Russians: Su-35s As Bridge To Next Fighter

[SUBMAN1]

I'm surprised it has taken them this long to start rolling out SU-35's in the first place!

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...hannel=defense

-S

The Russian air force wants to acquire two-to-three regiments (48-72 aircraft) of the Sukhoi Su-35 upgrade of the Su-27 Flanker until it begins to take delivery of its fifth-generation fighter, known as PAK FA....

[SUBMAN1]

Some additional details here:

-S

PS. Those are some very LARGE MFD's!

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...entId=blogDest

The first prototype of the Sukhoi Su-35, Bort (side number) 901, was shown to air force officials, and foreign air attaches July 7 at the Zhukovksy airfield near Moscow. The jet has made 20 flights since it took to the air in February....

[Bort]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

He-Hey! I like this plane!

[Rhodes]

Cool cockpit! Like the 2 big dark blue screens (I think they are)!

[nikimcbee]

Flat screen monitors! There goes the days of sub-par Russian electronics. Maybe windows 95 is the software?:rotfl:

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Flat screen monitors! There goes the days of sub-par Russian electronics. Maybe windows 95 is the software?:rotfl:

Well that depends on your standards. Maybe they are simply keeping standard - the F-22 for comparrison has 7 display units - 4 main, 2 secondary, and 1 DED!

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Flat screen monitors! There goes the days of sub-par Russian electronics. Maybe windows 95 is the software?:rotfl:

It beats Vista!

BTW, I like the plane, I always liked Russian planes like the MiG-29 and Su-27