Someone in the US Owns Two SU-27s

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 02/05/2015 at 17:13 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! today reminded me that I once stumbled upon two Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker" fighters that were for sale in the US.

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Back in 2009 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , a warbird dealer out of Rockford, IL, had the two Russian-made fighters for sale for about $10 million, I believe. The website was updated toward the end of that year to say that the first one had completed a successful test flight after being restored. Sometime after that they aircraft were sold.

FAA records show that both Flankers were last registered to a Meridian Inc., out of Wilmington, DE, with certificates that expired in 2013. Flight Aware lists only one flight for N131SU back in 2009 and doesn't list anything for its brother, N132SU.

Information beyond that is hard to come by so it's not certain what the current status of the Flankers is, or what the owners may have planned for them. My wish would be that they make their way onto the airshow circuit, but that seems like a long shot at best.

T5Killer > Jcarr 02/05/2015 at 17:34

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I heard a rumor they were going to be bought by AIR USA INC for Dissimilar air combat training but I don't think that happened.

Jcarr > T5Killer 02/05/2015 at 17:38

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I saw some forum speculation that the government bought them for aggressor training. Not sure how likely that is, though.

f86sabre > Jcarr 02/05/2015 at 18:30

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would hoon and perhaps troll Red Flag/Nellis

Jcarr > f86sabre 02/05/2015 at 19:08

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Would be fun to troll the Russians by stationing them at Elmendorf and intercepting Bear patrols with them.

f86sabre > Jcarr 02/05/2015 at 19:19

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That would be epic.

wiffleballtony > Jcarr 02/05/2015 at 23:09

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Seems like you would get to know your local air national guard pretty well.

Pleiades Stars > f86sabre 02/11/2015 at 23:37

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Most awesome reason for being arrested here.