June 27, 200916 yr Here is a photo of Russia's newest version of their MIG-29 - the stealth version. Allied forces are unable to visually see it due to all of the smoke and radar can't penetrate it. Why didn't we think of that first??? Matthew Bellette
June 27, 200916 yr They dont call them Vodka Burners for nothing Bryan Richards "People depend so much on automation that they forget how to get the automation to work." B.W.
June 27, 200916 yr Commercial Member It has Polish Airforce insignia on the tail. Interesting purchase for a NATO member... Konrad
June 28, 200916 yr unable to visually see it due to all of the smoke Well... I can see it!Note to Allied forces - Look for a puff of black smoke moving at Mach 2, and there's the target!Even if the smoke could stealth radar, it would only work the plane is flying away from you.My mums knackered car should be GATSO proof then.Only playing, mcbellette, its a cool pic. :( Adrian Burley London, UK
June 28, 200916 yr Why didn't we think of that first???we did think of it first, they didn't call the F-4 Phantom 'Old Smokey' for nothing LOLActually, on that pic, it could indeed be the fuel it was using; a good many Russian aircraft are designed to be able to use a wide variety of fuels in case of logistical problems, so joking aside, they can put all kinds of fuel in the things as long as they are prepared to accept that it will reduce the life of the engines. Even so, I remember reading an article in AFM years ago when the East Germans put their Mig-29UBs up against some Dutch F-16s. The F-16 guys could spot the MiGs a long way out, but when it got to a turning fight, the HMS the MiG drivers had proved pretty decisive, and they won against the F-16s because they could get a lock a long way off boresight.Al Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
June 28, 200916 yr Look at the description of the picture on a.net. It says Mig-29GT, which means German Trainer. This is one of the Migs that Germany took over from the East German Air Force after the Reunification and later sold to Poland for 1 "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory." - Leonard Nimoy ASUS Prime Z270-K/Intel i7 7700k @ 4.7GHz/be quiet! Black Rock 3 Pro/EVGA Geforce GTX960 4GB/16 GB Crucial DDR4-2400 RAM Alexander Neugebauer
June 28, 200916 yr You should see the stuff spewing out of some of Canada's old C-130's!Cool shot! Great find!Patrick H Patrick Houghton
June 30, 200916 yr we did think of it first, they didn't call the F-4 Phantom 'Old Smokey' for nothing LOLThat reminds me of a saying amongst RAF maintenance crews about the then aging Phantom squadron in Germany - "if a Phantom isn't leaking fluid from somewhere it must be empty!" :( Iain Smith
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