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Tremendous video! That's amazing how he missed his approach twice coming in to land and never deployed the parachute either?! Funny seeing a Chevy or GMC truck towing an Su-27!

SU-27 First Civilian US Flight Quote: This aircraft is the first civilian-operated Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker in the world. Its first post-restoration flight, seen here, took place on 10 December 2009, in Rockford, Illinois, USA. It is registered N131SU. The outside air temperature for this flight was 7 degrees Farenheit, or minus 14 Celsius. The wind was 250/15. The takeoff roll on Runway 25 was approximately 1,100 feet, and the pilots used a...

Good video, Arsalan.

Quote: Originally Posted by Croatian 0:21 - Assyrian, not Persian relief! The assyrians were incorporated into the Persian empire..

Quote: Originally Posted by Mohmar 'Deathstrike' Huh? Isn't that the individual pilot's callsign? Yeah, thats what I meant...thanks for catching that...it is still one of the best I have seen...

Thoughts - I'd like to know who was flying the jet. The "miss" off the ILS was probably intentional, just to get a feel for the go-around. The second approach looked normal. The landing itself looked decent but not much aerobraking, if any. Parachutes are not always used... the F-15, F-16 do not have them. This airplane was light weight and the brakes alone were adequate. These airplanes do not need burner for TO......

Yeah, huge bird. Gomig, have you seen this plane before? It's a Chinese plane, called JH-7A FBC-1 Flying Leopard . I find the wings a little bit odd. It get's smaller at some point. www.Airliners.net

Yeah bro I have, its fantastic and very influenced by the MiG-25/31. I like that pic a lot too, you can see how one aileron is up and the other is down and how they extend all the way to the tip of the wings.

Quote: Originally Posted by gomig21 I remember a few years ago, they had the first female member to ever join the team and another one followed suit. I wonder how that dynamic worked considering its always been a man's environment. One more reason to love the TB's! The dynamic-eh looks great! Quote: Originally Posted by gomig21 Funny seeing a Chevy or GMC truck towing an Su-27! You don't miss anything? Do you? On a serious...

I really couldn't make out who was Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Indonesian, South Korean, North Korean, Taiwanese...etc. No offense to you guys! "This regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time." -Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini/President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad