The SU-34 is also being deployed to Syria. Compare its' weapons load to the 5th gen American F-35 which when it goes into full production (I think) their numbers will be scaled way back due to cost...just like the F-22 debacle.. This bird can defend itself both air to air and ground to air..
If I had the time and the money I really would like going to Russia and flying some of their front line fighters... Just because... call it a birthday present to myself.. Oh the wife could watch..! They used to have a program that for around 10,000 USD you could fly their stuff (two man cockpit)... I guess at this stage that kind of activity is not in any of my future plans.
Yep all the neat stuff as far as radar is behind it's beak..
Vodka for hydraulics ?? Humm I have never heard of that but knowing a few Russians nothing would surprise me.. They can make more from nothing than just about anyone.... because they have always had not much to begin with..
Yep ..... for awhile back during cold war days there was problem of russian bomber crews drinking the vodka from the hydraulics ..... they even put memo out telling them not to drink it .... used to have copy of the memo russian friend gave it to me while he complained about it ......
Being a poor country theyve got good at improvise things ....... One the evil exs is russian ......
Dunno why ya not wanna take wife up for flight in mig ... ya could have fun show her how well it handles .....
Yep ..... for awhile back during cold war days there was problem of russian bomber crews drinking the vodka from the hydraulics ..... they even put memo out telling them not to drink it .... used to have copy of the memo russian friend gave it to me while he complained about it ......
Being a poor country theyve got good at improvise things ....... One the evil exs is russian ......
Dunno why ya not wanna take wife up for flight in mig ... ya could have fun show her how well it handles .....
I would be more than happy to if they would give me the bird to do it in. One of the guys I used to do airshows with still has an small two seat slightly acrobatic aircraft that he flew in to a local airport to see us one day. My wife had never been in a small plane so he took her up for a show and tell... When they came back he was in love and my wife was wondering if I would ever buy another aircraft.. My friend Don is planning on coming here if anything ever happens to his wife.. I told him "good luck" for my wife was a "one of a kind" and if he thought he could find another like her....well good luck...hahahah at that he just told her to write him when I kicked the bucket !
I tell you I need new friends !
Are you still in Japan or I seem to think you are in China now? When do you think you will be returning up river ? Not prying just wondering ?
I have a couple of friends who have left for Cambodia to enjoy womanly flavors and favors there. They go for a month every year just for a change ... If I went it would be with the wife and to enjoy some of their golf courses and resorts... I really am getting old and settled in my ways..
Golf tournament tomorrow and I am not really motivated to kick butt... but I will, Buddha willing....hahahah :cheer:
Hehe .... keeps ya on toes having friends like that ...... otherwise get too lazy .......
Still in japan at present ....... getting ready take the lads on little hunting trip ...... going be awhile before get back to boonieville thanks to abe ..... and after incident in bangladesh where another japanese got killed by the ass backward goat shagging primitives going to be busy for awhile ..... otherwise wouldve been on way back to boonieville before winter hits .... hate snow grrrrr ......
Heard they put in some nice golf courses in cambodia now ....... I stick more to the vietnam side when out in boonieville ......
Goodluck on tournement and hope you win bunch on bets ......