PAK-FA takes to the sky!

[RPK]

 

[booo]

One more day to go...

 

[jha]

are they really serious about the date...????

 

[no_name]

Can't wait to see the real pictures of PAK-FA, I'm starting to get bored with just F-22 and F-35 pics.

 

[sathruvinasakh]

hehehe
just hope they dont show you a repainted berkut

 

[booo]

First flight of fifth-generation fighter was appointed on January 28

First flight of a promising fifth-generation fighter PAK FA scheduled for Thursday, January 28, reports "Interfax" referring to the Chief of the aviation safety of the Armed Forces Minister Sergei Baynetova.
Reported earlier that the first flight of the new aircraft flew from the airfield aviation production association "Dry" in Komsomolsk-on-Amur to the end of January 2010, but the exact date was not mentioned.

Bynet told that at the airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, has already begun preflight tests of a fighter, on which he is present. The exact time of the planned take-off fighter interlocutor "Interfax news agency did not specify.

The first date of the flight PAK FA (promising aviation complex of Frontal Aviation, also known as T-50 and article 701,) have repeatedly changed. So in December 2009, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov stated that the new fighter to rise into the air before the end of the year. Later, it was reported that the first flight tests fighter moved to early 2010, but the exact date has not been named.

According to official figures, PAK FA will be multi-role fighters, differing maneuverability and low visibility in the optical, infrared and radar wavelengths. In addition, the aircraft can take off and landing on runways length of 300-400 meters. It is assumed that the first T-50 military aircraft will be transferred to Russia in 2015.

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[booo]

28.01.10 04:00
Fifth-generation fighter for the first time to rise into the air on Thursday Komsomolsk-na-Amur. January 28. Interfax-Far East - the fifth-generation fighter will make its first flight on Thursday from the airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, told Interfax-Far East "Chief of the aviation safety of the Armed Forces Minister Sergei Bynet.

"At present I am on the pre-flight tests. The first flight is scheduled for today", - said S. Bynet.

He did not specify a particular time of takeoff fighter.

Source: Interfax

 

[chantpapipart2]

Sukhoi will test-fly by the end of January a new “fifth generation” jet fighter that aims to challenge the United States for technical superiority, an aviation industry source said Wednesday.

“Ground testing of the airplane was successful. It’s technologically ready for the first test flights, which will be held in the next two or three days, depending on the weather,” a source in Komsomolsk-on-Amur told Interfax on Wednesday.

The plane, known as the PAK FA, is being tested at an airfield in the far eastern city, the source said.

The warplane is seen as Moscow’s challenge to the U.S.-built Raptor. The F-22 Raptor stealth fighter first flew in 1997. Fifth-generation jets are invisible to radar, have advanced onboard flight and weapons control systems and can cruise at supersonic speeds.

Sukhoi is Russia’s largest exporter of military planes, accounts for a quarter of Russia’s annual arms sales and has a portfolio of foreign orders worth billions of dollars. India is its biggest client.

A Sukhoi spokesman told Reuters that the plane would fly “in the near future.”

Government and industry officials had said the fighter would make its first flight in 2009.

Analysts have said it could be at least a decade between the first flight of the Russian prototype and the start of commercial production.

 

[gowthamraj]

pak-fa going to fly today?

 

[Supersonic26]

i can't breath due to excitement. World most powerful jet fighter taking into the sky. My all best wishes with the makers and contributers of PAK-FA aka FGFA.

 

[booo]

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28/01/2010, Thursday, 09:36:16
Updated 28/01/2010 at 08:18:36

First flight of fifth-generation fighter was postponed for a day
First flight of fifth-generation fighter delayed. It is reported by Interfax, citing a source in the headquarters of the Far East Air Force and Air Defense Association. The reasons for the test date was moved were not disclosed.

It was planned that the first flight of the fighter will be held on Thursday, January 28. This, in particular, stated the Chief of the aviation safety of the Armed Forces Minister Sergei Bynet. The official told Interfax, the plane ready for takeoff, "but it was decided to postpone the flight for tomorrow."

Earlier it was reported that the first flight of PAK FA (promising aviation complex of Frontal Aviation, also known as T-50 and article 701) will make the airfield aviation production association "Dry" in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. At the end of December 2009 it became known that tests fighters have already begun. It was reported that the plane made the first jogging at the airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

In September 2009, Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said that the Armed Forces are planning to purchase the fifth generation fighter in 2015. He did not specify how many of these aircraft will Russia's Air Force.

OKB Sukhoi is developing a multifunctional fifth generation fighter with a late 90-ies. It is reported that the new aircraft will be equipped with high-precision weapons. He can hit both air and ground targets regardless of weather and time of day. Also, the fighter will differ maneuverability and low visibility in the optical, infrared and radar wavelengths.

Official data on the technical characteristics of the new fighter were not disclosed. It is assumed that the aircraft will be able to reach a maximum speed of over 2 thousand kilometers per hour, and range PAK FA will be 5.5 thousand kilometers. Also reported that the fighter can take off and land using a runway length of 300-400 meters.

 

[Kinshuk]

is it in the news?

 

[Kinshuk]

russia today????

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Earlier it was reported that the first flight of PAK FA (promising aviation complex of Frontal Aviation, also known as T-50 and article 701) will make the airfield aviation production association "Dry" in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. At the end of December 2009 it became known that tests fighters have already begun. It was reported that the plane made the first jogging at the airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
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"Dry" LMAO.....I never thought they will translate Sukhoi literally....

 

[Novice09]

is it in the news?

New Sukhoi Fighter to Fly This Week | Business | The Moscow Times

New Sukhoi Fighter to Fly This Week
28 January 2010
Combined Reports

Sukhoi will test-fly by the end of January a new “fifth generation” jet fighter that aims to challenge the United States for technical superiority, an aviation industry source said Wednesday.

“Ground testing of the airplane was successful. It’s technologically ready for the first test flights, which will be held in the next two or three days, depending on the weather,” a source in Komsomolsk-on-Amur told Interfax on Wednesday.

The plane, known as the PAK FA, is being tested at an airfield in the far eastern city, the source said.

The warplane is seen as Moscow’s challenge to the U.S.-built Raptor. The F-22 Raptor stealth fighter first flew in 1997. Fifth-generation jets are invisible to radar, have advanced onboard flight and weapons control systems and can cruise at supersonic speeds.

Sukhoi is Russia’s largest exporter of military planes, accounts for a quarter of Russia’s annual arms sales and has a portfolio of foreign orders worth billions of dollars. India is its biggest client.

A Sukhoi spokesman told Reuters that the plane would fly “in the near future.”

Government and industry officials had said the fighter would make its first flight in 2009.

Analysts have said it could be at least a decade between the first flight of the Russian prototype and the start of commercial production.