Salyut KLIVT nozzle for -M2 and -M3

The photos of the record-breaking flight do not appear to show them (although it is admittedly not easy to see for certain) and it would make sense to remove them as a weight-saving measure for the record attempt (like the wing-tip missile launch rails).

As you see, Ken’s closeups show KLIVTs while 595 was at static line at MAKS-2005. Remove them and install ‘other’ engines for FAI record a day or two after? Unlikely…

T-50 is flying now as we speak, which one it is exactly, i dont know.

use the Force, Luc! it’s 50-2

50-3 was testing radar today on the ground with 710 sliding over her forth and back. Paradise ranch for spotters these days there.

that’s how did it look at MAKS-2007 (photos by Paralay)
note that it has smaller fairings than at 29OVT (120/120/120)
and now it’s right engine

UPD: according to Zhenya Yerokhin from Take-Off magazine
595 was flown with AL-31F-M1 on contract between LII and Salyut since 2002 (first flight with -M1 on January 25, 2002 by LII test pilot Alexander Pavlov)
595 (37-11) was not in service as of May 2011 but may be flown again in case of service life extension
598 and 05 (24-05) are either in the same condition or were barely flying then as well. only Su-30 597 was flying regularly

In what meaning “shiny”?

I was there from Day-5 to the removal of the last stand. It was the most rainy MAKS I could remember. it was also first appearance of F-15 whose engines sound scared me to death when I could not determine if she’s just passing by another time or already in her last dive

BTW. what happened to these LII Su-27 equipped with vectored thrust engine from SALUT, never seen them flying a display?

me too. I think currently they are at the scrapyard to the right hand of the road that you can see while driving to the eastern MAKS checkpoint. at least on May 2011 they were still on the balance sheet of LII