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Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

Posted: 28 Dec 2009, 12:25
by -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/

Re: Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

Posted: 28 Dec 2009, 14:58
by scottr5213

Re: Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 07:46
by -foxtail-

Re: Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 12:36
by CelticWarrior

Re: Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 15:12
by pgd
Hmm...looks like a cross between the F-22 and the YF-23!

Re: Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 20:20
by MIKE JG
Raptorski.....

Re: Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

Posted: 30 Jan 2010, 21:55
by 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?

Re: Russian 5th G fighter ready for first flight

Posted: 31 Jan 2010, 11:30
by tango234
Let me rephrase that...

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

lol