Tuesday, December 12, 2006

PUGACHEV SU-35 Combat Fighter Sale

If you have the money and a country to oppress, call your local Pugachev dealer. I wondered if Yuri Orlov got this little sucker in his stock pile




     

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Pugachev is not an aircraft maker, nor is it the name of any aircraft - he's a famous test pilot who "invented" some new maneuvers in the Su-27 and Su-35 family of aircraft (first name is Viktor). The manufacturer of the Su-35 depicted here is Sukhoi (hence the SU- designation). His most famous maneuver is the "Cobra" in which the aircraft performs a tail-stand of sorts and almost stops in midair, allowing the pilot to speedbrake suddenly therefore forcing the attacker on his tail to overshoot, turning the tide of the dogfight in his favor. The Su-27 variants are the only aircraft in the world which can perform this maneuver without starving the engines of their air supply and causing them to flameout and die.