How did I not know this existed?

"phenotyp" (phenotyp) 08/28/2013 at 18:47 • Filed to: planelopnik

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The Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA. Pretty sweet lookin plane, methinks. First flight was three (!) years ago, so I'm kinda shocked I hadn't seen it before.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > phenotyp 08/28/2013 at 18:56

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Reminds me of this:

Hmm...

HammerheadFistpunch > phenotyp 08/28/2013 at 18:58

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PAK-FA! great stuff. I had a coworker who was there for a lot of those test flights, he had some neat pics. This is supposed to really be a true contender for the F-22

Mosqvich > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/28/2013 at 19:00

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You beat me to it!

pdthedeuce > phenotyp 08/28/2013 at 19:01

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pretty swoopy looking...except that top view make the engines look like they came off a podracer .

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > phenotyp 08/28/2013 at 19:03

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ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Mosqvich 08/28/2013 at 19:05

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Having been close enough to lick the YF-23, I thought the shape of the Soviet Russian plane looked a little too familiar.

phenotyp > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/28/2013 at 19:42

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Quite. I think that's why I was so surprised not to know of it already. The 23 is, in my opinion, the prettiest jet ever.

phenotyp > HammerheadFistpunch 08/28/2013 at 19:47

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Whoa, lucky dude.

Mosqvich > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/28/2013 at 23:55

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There's one at Wright-Patt in the USAF Museum. Unfortunately, the Experimental and Presidential Hangar is closed due to Sequestration. It's wonderful to be able to look at it up close and touch it. I like the F-22 and have watched them fly out at Langley AFB, but the YF-23 just looked more menacing.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Mosqvich 08/29/2013 at 09:21

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I know. I used to volunteer there, in that hanger. Sequestration is total BS.

And you're really not supposed to touch the planes on display. *wags finger in disapproving manner*

Mosqvich > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/29/2013 at 10:22

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:-) One docent actually opened up a few planes and let me get in. It was a pretty quiet day. The one I really want to get in is the XB-70. Wow, that is quite an airplane.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Mosqvich 08/29/2013 at 10:27

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That must have been a while ago. I am certain that kind of thing is absolutely verboten now.

Yeah everyone asks how to get into the XB-70. It is indeed a magnificent airplane.

JoeDapper > phenotyp 08/29/2013 at 13:43

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There are some fantastic documentaries on youtube about the development of the SU 27 and its further evolutions ~Su T-50. This is a 5th? 6th? generation fighter? The documentaries go on to explain how we went from fixed wing to delta wing, to variable geomentry, to lifting body, etc. Seems the Sukhoi folks are the leaders over there, but all we know from growing up, (fracking top gun) is the Mig.

phenotyp > JoeDapper 08/29/2013 at 14:09

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Oh, sweet. Thanks for the heads up. I know what I'll be doing tonight.