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From: newave!john@uunet.UU.NET (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Soviet Airplanes In The USA (was Re: Oklahoma crash)
Summary: There are MIGs behind every rock!
Keywords: Su 27 (26?) crash
Message-ID: <1990Jul10.024719.9816@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 10 Jul 90 02:47:19 GMT
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From: newave!john@uunet.UU.NET (John A. Weeks III)

In article <1990Jul5.020351.13874@cbnews.att.com> grumbly!root@uunet.UU.NET (rb duc) writes:

> I read where several Su-27s went to an air show in Oklahoma recently.  Several
> days later I read about an Su-26? crashing out of a stall maneuver at the
> Oklahoma air show.  Can anyone flesh this report out?

The Su-26 is a radial piston engined stunt plane.  Tom Jones lost his life
while flying a routine at the Sunday show during Aerospace America '90.

The Su-27 was also at Aerospace America '90.  This is a plane about the
same as the F-18 Hornet without carrier landing gear.  It has two engines
and twin tails.  They had a single seat version and a two seat trainer
plane.  Both flew in formation with a Tomcat (of all things...).

Watch your magazine racks for airplane magazines next month--since Aerospace
International was named air show of the year, there will be coverage of
the show in at least one magazine.

The "High On Kalamazoo" show featured the Mig-29 this year.  The Mig-29
is a defensive air superiority fighter similar to an F-15.  It features
two large engines and twin tails.  Two Migs were on display at Kalamazoo
this year, but only one flew.  The highlight of their show was the Cobra
manuver where the plane pitches back 100 degrees to rapidly slow down.

To be perfectly honest, the Mig-29 is not in the same league as the F-14
Tomcat.  The Tomcat appeared to be much more agile.  The Mig was able
to do a loop on take-off.

I have also seen two Soviet transport planes this year.  The An-225
was at Aerospace America.  This plane dwarfs a C-5, but does not have
the langing capability of the C-5 and does not have a pressurized cargo
hold.  The Soviets brought a An-76 to the Kalamazoo show.  This plane
looks much like a C-141 in size and wing configuration.

-john-

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