Some news:

Second Stage engine for PAK-FA ahead of schedule:
http://arms-tass.su/?page=article&aid=94468&cid=25

PAK-FA engines thrust :
AL-41F1 -86KN military , 147KN max afterburner.
Izdeliye 129- 107KN military, 176 KN aftreburner(:eek:)
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2011/04/13/pakfa/

“Official” confirmation of T-50-2 having been shipped to LII 🙂
http://www.sukhoi.org/news/smi/?id=3986

Wow, that was quick! 😮 If i’m correct , the rumours was that T-50-2 was suposed to arrive at Zhukovsky in May.
So based on past experience, i assume it is possible the bird MIGHT start flying in few weeks time ( 2-3?). Hope everything goes well and boy i’m waiting for those first pics in cammo like a dog! 😀

Any news about the T-50 proper ? Rumour was few days ago that T-50-2 might have bort number 53, so it should be in cammo by now, right ? (useless to say i’m drooling for some pics- Shadowname where are you ?:eek: )

Also, about 51 , anything new since the 23rd ?

Thank you.:)

Speaking of libyan Mig-25s , found this picture of a Mig-25P( Foxbat-A) from 1981 in the Flightglobal archive …does anyone have it by any chance in better quality ? Thanks.:)

…and i was just about to ask for any recent news about “51” …man this bird never ceases to take my breath away , even after all these hundreds of pictures! 😮
Thanks alot Jo Asakura.

BTW , any news if “52” is painted yet ?:)

Thanks Jo Asakura for letting us know , and to Sukhoi for sharing with us, lovely vid.:p
You can cleary see the “sawteeth” on the nose/radome in this vid.

Speaking of angles , i think there are several more pics, which i haven’t seen on the internet at least ( of the T-50-1), in Mr .Fomin’s english suplements of Take-off, which are available online.

Not that it matters too much to me, either, but I really don’t like our own hypocracy in pretending that we actually “care” for them. We never did..

Well said. IMO anyone believing that it’s only because US , France and UK and other governments caring so much for the lybian peopels, and caring so much for their wellbeing and protection , they started this little air war ( only ?), needs a serious dose of reality …(oh, you can add to that “care” list the afghan “people” , iraqi “people” , and so on …but we digress):(