Russian aviation

[Elroy Blue]

A Top Gun-esq video of Russian aviation. Some good shots non the less

https://youtu.be/ca6ARA4V0v4

[DMN]

I'll take my chances with Mavric and Goose:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPRoBvJHFsY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-8DFu-6sag

[Composite Guru]

You want to take a close look at the archaic engineering on most of these aircraft. You would get me flying on any of them. Look good from a distance though!!

[Vitorio]

Composite Guru said:

You want to take a close look at the archaic engineering on most of these aircraft. You would get me flying on any of them. Look good from a distance though!!

With the exception of the Tu-95 it isnt all that bad, not like they still use MiG-15s and such.. Not like an F-16/18 is a spring chicken (or a b-52..)

[Z06George]

Vitorio said:

Composite Guru said:

You want to take a close look at the archaic engineering on most of these aircraft. You would get me flying on any of them. Look good from a distance though!!

With the exception of the Tu-95 it isnt all that bad, not like they still use MiG-15s and such.. Not like an F-16/18 is a spring chicken (or a b-52..)

Agree with F16/B52 comment but Super Hornets entered service '99/'00 so that's pretty new as far as aircraft go.
Either way I enjoyed that video!

[KieronGSi]

Z06George said:

Agree with F16/B52 comment but Super Hornets entered service '99/'00 so that's pretty new as far as aircraft go.
Either way I enjoyed that video!

But the regular F-18 Hornet has been around since the 80s.

[Vitorio]

KieronGSi said:

But the regular F-18 Hornet has been around since the 80s.

Just did some wiki-ing, i was expecting most regular hornets to be replaced by the supers (in US service anyway), as it turns out there are still plenty of (US and other) squadrons flying A/Cs, some of em have been operational for over 30 years.

[Tango13]

Composite Guru said:

You want to take a close look at the archaic engineering on most of these aircraft. You would get me flying on any of them. Look good from a distance though!!

Tu4 bomber anyone? Complete with a patch from where some flak damage was repaired on the original B29 that the Russians copied

[Z06George]

Ah I knew that there were none on carriers but didn't realise they still had a load at Oceana.

[DMN]

Vitorio said:

KieronGSi said:

But the regular F-18 Hornet has been around since the 80s.

Just did some wiki-ing, i was expecting most regular hornets to be replaced by the supers (in US service anyway), as it turns out there are still plenty of (US and other) squadrons flying A/Cs, some of em have been operational for over 30 years.

However the US miliitary budget is much larger than the Russian one.