Sebastijan Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Here are some of my shots from this years MAKS 2007. If you like'em I'll post more in the following days Friday, 24th August 2007 Strizhi Disapointing programme... The right most wingman was lagging all the time and they had a very shortned display as well... I guess technical error must have been one of the causes... enivormentalists treat :twisted: highly polished Ka-52 Aligator nice display of very quiet and elegant helicopter MiG-35 The newest MiG, based on MiG-29M2 - very agile without the use of TVC this time Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 F-15C to me, the display was nothing special... it needed a lot of space to gain altitude and speed... take off however, is impressive MiG-29K Newest version of this naval fighter for Indian carriers... Similar display to MiG-35 One of the highlights of Friday was the performance of Russian Falcons - a group of 4 Flankers that showed some precission formation flying and then 2v2 dogifght with loosers being flamed out of skies... Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 Of course the day couldn't be over without the performance of two of the Russia's hottest fighters that seem to defy the laws of phisycs MiG-29OVT Cobra In slow formation flight with Il-103 Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 Su-30MKM Notice the angle of exhuast nozzles :twisted: One of the flying legends also performed - MiG-3 Flying display was concluded by Patrouille de France with obligatory Russian flag Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Wow. That's a truly magnificent set of photos! Those "burnin' Flanker" photos are incredible - I remember you mentioning about them earlier. Cool material! Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Good lord that an awesome pic!!! Most excellent. Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Yes, that's the most awesome shot! Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 (edited) Fantastic shots, Sebastijan! :D Please DO post more! The pic Zmey and Jan "chose" is really awesome. I'm kinda partial to this one. That blueish hue of Flanker engines looks really, really cool! Edited August 30, 2007 by ChernayaAkula Link to post Share on other sites
Su-34 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 GREAT set of photos, Sebastijan! Is the canopy fake painted on the nosebelly? I actually got fooled Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 GREAT set of photos, Sebastijan! Is the canopy fake painted on the nosebelly? I actually got fooled It obviously is. And you're not the only one who got fooled! :) Thus the false canopies CAN work! Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 (edited) Thus the false canopies CAN work! Only if they paint false intakes on the top! :) But I was also fooled - first time round. Edited August 31, 2007 by ChernayaAkula Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Omg, is that a new sukhoi jet with airintakes on top...?Wow, scary. :blink: Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Great photos! Link to post Share on other sites
Shark Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 dude!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!! you were right, that pic of the "burning" Flanker and the second one flying by was the best shot! and i did get fooled by the false canopy (did not catch it until some one mentioned it). thank you for posting them!!! keep them coming! you took pics of the Knights as well on VIP day if i remember well, could you post some of those too? thank you in advance. Shark Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 These two pics are especially stunning to me. Link to post Share on other sites
slick95 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Beautiful pictures! Thanks for posting....an yes, I was fooled as well.......uhhhh. SLICK Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Tuesday was the opening day for this year's MAKS. Due to the fact Russian president Putin opened the salon, security measures were extremely tight and lots of us missed the first part of the show and had to watch it from the queue lines, including Ilyushin formation, Tupolev formation along with MiG-29K and OVT escort, Su-34 demo,... Also the first day the lightning was very bad because of humid atmosphere and burning earth a few kilometers away from the airfield, which produced a brownish tint to the skies... Conditions that proved bad for the photographers... also due to the opening day, there was not a lot of flying display.... However here are some pics from the first day: Strizhi and Russian Knights performed together - a magnificent view and excellent alltogether display... A scene for Sci-Fi fans 2 decades ago, reality today Pantsir M1 - you don't wanna be on the receiving end of this beast Impressive array of weapons underneath the wing of Su-30MK demonstrator Russia's new missiles Zmey, help me again on this one! New anti-ship missile Novator 3M-54AE Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Su-33 or better said T-10K5 - one of the Su-33 preproduction examples The finest interceptor in the world - MiG-31M The new improved Su-27SM Mean looks of Ka-50 And the trusty Mi-24 platform gets new gadgets The white swan of Russia's AF Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Sebastijan, excellent additions to the thread ! Thanks for sharing them ... Gregg Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Zmey, help me again on this one! Novator KS-172 uber long range AAM. No more info is available on that beast. ;) Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Speculation on my part but it looks like it might be a two stage design... Gregg Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Novator KS-172 uber long range AAM. No more info is available on that beast.;) I asked the Sukhoi 'minder' on the Su-35 about it - via Piotr Butowski........ I asked about its status, was it in production? etc. He grinned and said something like - 'What you see is what there is' ;) Ken Link to post Share on other sites
Flex Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Are you sure the 04 is MKM now? Link to post Share on other sites
Su-34 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 I see the nicely painted MiG-31 got text "Nizhnyi Novgorod", its from there...? Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Excellent photos! Link to post Share on other sites
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