john@uunet.UU.NET (John A. Weeks III) (07/10/90)
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- -- =============================================================================== John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications ...uunet!rosevax!bungia!wd0gol!newave!john ===============================================================================
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (07/11/90)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: newave!john@uunet.UU.NET (John A. Weeks III) >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... Um, "langing"? Do you mean "landing"? Can you elaborate on this? At the Paris Air Show, the An-225 with the Buran orbiter on its back taxied across the *grass* at a gross weight of a million pounds (after, however, landing on the concrete). You don't see many C-5s doing that. Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry