Russian Knights at the show
Russian Knights at the show
Two Russian Knights will join the Farnborough International Airshow.
Source: http://aerobaticteams.net/russian-knights-and-swifts-schedule.html
Source: http://aerobaticteams.net/russian-knights-and-swifts-schedule.html
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Re: Russian Knights at the show
sashobest wrote:Two Russian Knights will join the Farnborough International Airshow.
Source: http://aerobaticteams.net/russian-knights-and-swifts-schedule.html
If reliable, I think this all but confirms my weekend attendance.
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Re: Russian Knights at the show
I don't trust your source. Can you provide an official source please?
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Danny wrote::shock:
Here's a link to their website where the information is sourced from: http://blogs.strizhi.info/
Re: Russian Knights at the show
Holy sh*t on a shovel!
Haven't seen a Flanker display for years!!!!
Brillian news if confirmed, now hopefully they are bringing something special with them with the number 50 in its current designation
Andy
Haven't seen a Flanker display for years!!!!
Brillian news if confirmed, now hopefully they are bringing something special with them with the number 50 in its current designation
Andy
Re: Russian Knights at the show
Seems genuine although I'd wait until FIA confirms it. Also only two? Does that mean a solo demo with a spare?
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Re: Russian Knights at the show
well that would certianlly be a bit of a shock. The support aircraft is normally a IL-76, but maybe something smaller (An-26?) for 2 aircraft.
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Awesome if this is confirmed!
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Looks like it will be a solo display by the su27 with the other one being on static. If you translate this page, see the fourth post down.
http://www.strizhi.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1337433470/0
Might be something like this....
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLI_LJWpNTU[/youtube]
http://www.strizhi.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1337433470/0
Might be something like this....
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLI_LJWpNTU[/youtube]
Re: Russian Knights at the show
Interesting,
I thought they used their 5x Su-35's for the solo displays as they were too powerful to fly with the rest of the Flankers so formation flying was done with their 6x Su-27's?
Andy
I thought they used their 5x Su-35's for the solo displays as they were too powerful to fly with the rest of the Flankers so formation flying was done with their 6x Su-27's?
Andy
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boff180 wrote:Interesting,
I thought they used their 5x Su-35's for the solo displays as they were too powerful to fly with the rest of the Flankers so formation flying was done with their 6x Su-27's?
Andy
Could well be the case, im just going on the information on that page.
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Fantastic News, what a coup !
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The SU-35's havent flown for a number of years apparantly. Either way, its a coupe and a half for them to snag these! Its looking like this year going to be there organisers fighting 'we've got the best, no we have, no we have!' and guess who wins out
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Beautiful looking aircraft. Arguably the best looking Russian fighter in my opinion.
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Epic!
Fingers crossed they go to RIAT too!
Fingers crossed they go to RIAT too!
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Russ wrote:Epic!
Fingers crossed they go to RIAT too!
That would be nice.
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Oh this is fantastic news I always wanted to see the Russian Knights (even if its Just a sole) and a flying Su-27, now for what I always say hope we have good weather
No RIAT can miss out this year
Cheers
James
No RIAT can miss out this year
Cheers
James
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Best news I've heard in ages. I can't wait, even though I did see them in Russia last year, just can never get enough of them.
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I think I'll hold out on this one, I seem to remember these guys having a habit of 'confirming' for shows they later do not attend. I'd rather hear it from Farnborough.
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WooHoo !!!
what a coup if they do indeed turn up ! Looks like I d better get a ticket, then RIAT doesnt update their list until Thursday, it ll be interesting to see if there is any mention of the Flankers
what a coup if they do indeed turn up ! Looks like I d better get a ticket, then RIAT doesnt update their list until Thursday, it ll be interesting to see if there is any mention of the Flankers
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Realistically I can't see this happening,why would it just be 2 aircraft for a start,and just for 14/15 July,not the whole week?
Re: Russian Knights at the show
AARDVARK wrote:Realistically I can't see this happening,why would it just be 2 aircraft for a start,and just for 14/15 July,not the whole week?
They done airshows in the past with just two aircraft and the youtube link shows it, The reason I think it is because 14/15 is the public weekend and why display on the other days thats not for the public and surely that would be Sukhoi job to do.
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It's just why would they only display on 14/15,not say 13th aswell,it's just so random if you know what I mean,come all this way just for 2 days,maybe if they confirmed for RIAT,then went static for a week (rest and sight seeing for crews and support)then displayed on public days of show then it makes it a bit more believable,I guess it being 100 years of Russian Airforce this year,it's a good year to celebrate this and promote Russian aviation overseas?
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