A bird strike and the 2 Flankers colliding has nothing to do with the Su-27 which is still considered one of the best frontline fighters in the world.3x Su-27 down within 2 weeks is surely not a good promotion for the Aviation and surtainly not the Russian Industry.
I'm afraid that this might wake up more Airforce to replace theire aged planes and alerts Western countries agains these type of planes.
Hurricane.
I think you do; (for the first part; )since the Ukrain Su-27 came down some years ago and combined with the reputation of the Russian airplanes (lack of fundings, poor maintenance, questionable performances ect.) in general the opinion has changed negative (to normal people and military users) and resulted in several Airforces to drop Russian types over the past years and still this proces continues on....Hans Rolink wrote:I am not sure if I understand you. Care to elaborate?Hurricane wrote:
I'm afraid that this might wake up more Airforce to replace theire aged planes and alerts Western countries agains these type of planes.
Hurricane.
Hans.
Mmm.. That manouvre doesn't seem to be high enough for a good egress... It just disappears behind the trees...Crizz wrote:Found a movie on a Polish news site with the fatal moment.
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I think the "bits falling off" is different than we think. In another video I saw the image briefly increasing in pixelation at the moment (00:19 sec) described. This could have been mistaken for pieces falling off.evhest wrote:The final few second of this clip offer a slightly better view of the aircraft in it's final moments. I observe no parts falling off in this clip. Strange crash, this one....
Check 1:23, there you will find black dots seemingly shooting away from the aircraft...evhest wrote:The final few second of this clip offer a slightly better view of the aircraft in it's final moments. I observe no parts falling off in this clip. Strange crash, this one....
nope, it is just 2 birds flying there the seconds before and after I thinkpjotrtje wrote:Check 1:23, there you will find black dots seemingly shooting away from the aircraft...evhest wrote:The final few second of this clip offer a slightly better view of the aircraft in it's final moments. I observe no parts falling off in this clip. Strange crash, this one....
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