Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

[-foxtail-]

Moscow, on December, 28th. The first flight of a warplane of the fifth generation will take place in the nearest future. As transfers the PRIME-TASS, the president of the Incorporated aviabuilding company today has informed on it (ОАК) Alexey Fedorov to journalists.

As he said, now very actively there is a preparation for the first flight. «I can confirm that the plane has already begun jogs», — head ОАК has noted.

In the near future the first flight will take place. According to Fedorova, this plane – essentially new car. «Therefore accurately to predict date I did not become», — he has told.

Head ОАК has noticed that «some variants of a place of the first flight – or Komsomolsk-on-Amur, or other place» are considered.

http://news.mail.ru/politics/3209772/

[scottr5213]

Here's a good vid of it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlCHYwIxgeE

[-foxtail-]

01.29.2010.

Fist flight video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp0yd6no ... r_embedded

http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=338601

Photo http://lenta.ru/news/2010/01/29/pakfa/pak.jpg

[CelticWarrior]

And on Aunty Beeb

[pgd]

Hmm...looks like a cross between the F-22 and the YF-23!

[MIKE JG]

Raptorski.....

[MIKE JG]

From another forum, "it looks like an F-16, F-22 and Su-27 had a three way......"

Wonder how long till we get to see the ejection seat demonstrated at an airshow?

[tango234]

Let me rephrase that...

How long is it until the first one crashes in a very public and embarassing way?

lol