Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Close encounters of the aviation kind


Here's a fun video of a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter closing in on a light cargo plane that was being used for air-to-air photography.  The big fighter simply can't fly slowly enough to keep in formation with the slower plane, and eventually has to break away - but in the process, the photographers get some spectacular shots.





I'd have been rather nervous, watching that fighter closing in on me like that!

Peter

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7 comments:

  1. juvatAugust 20, 2019 at 1:21 PM

    That's dumber than a box of rocks. No margin for error.

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  2. a bearAugust 20, 2019 at 1:58 PM

    Curious how close that actually is. Twenty feet? Hard to tell, since the Flanker is significantly larger than the photo plane.

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  3. GlenAugust 20, 2019 at 2:47 PM

    They forgot the B-70 rule. Don't get too close.

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  4. John T. BlockAugust 20, 2019 at 10:40 PM

    Krazy Ivan....this is why there are old pilots, and bold pilots, but NO old, bold pilots, execpting maybe Yeager...

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  5. capt fastAugust 21, 2019 at 1:08 AM

    once the Pilot Induced Oscillation set in the breakaway was sure to follow.
    very interesting photo op

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  6. STxARAugust 21, 2019 at 6:07 AM

    I figured the porposing was due to wake turbulence. I sure hope the radar was off...

    Pretty incredible footage.

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  7. Bob GibsonAugust 21, 2019 at 10:55 AM

    Sorry, son, we're *not* a Tanker . . .

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