RuAF News and Development Thread part 11

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Question : did the last 3 Su-35S arrived at Akhtubinsk yet ( or are they going at another base- Lipetsk?), or they're still at Shagol? Thanks.:)

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I got excited when I thought it was Il-476 for a moment...

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It is .

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Not sure if the designation is accurate, but more significantly this appears to be the one-off example with Tu-160 engines:

http://russianplanes.net/st/Tupolev/Tu-22MP

That link returns a blank search result.

If you put Tu-22MR at the end you get ten hits showing the MR variant (MP in cyrillic is MR) - but that isn't the NK-32 engined example.

That is 'Red 4504' - now in a museum at Ryazan - where I photographed it in 2005......

http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/moscow_2005_files/day_03_08.jpg

Note the 4 rows of auxiliary blow-in doors... 12 in total

http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/moscow_2005_files/day_03_13.jpg

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WoW! It's like Moses parting the Red sea...

hxxp://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRigxSgd57gSnjQkT81TAgH6xojI2_xbUtMs0g_AAoksQx-8N-11A

...Except that the Moses bit never happened, while the Bear splitting the sky happens in front of our very eyes. :p
Fantastic photo indeed.

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Great pics, thx :) Looks like they Su-35C are in the middle of State trials phase two, Weapons trials.

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I expected more from you people, there is indeed no such thing as Su-35C. Son, i am dissapoint. Although i am sure TR1 made a typo, it is golden haavarla repeated it. :D

Apparently Akhtu runway is under repair, hence Su-35S' being relocated to Zhuk for the time being. Hope S-2 with its "stripes" makes to there as well.

PS: And the "MR" picture is indeed M4. Not M3 or MR.

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Switching from russian to english keyboard layout, gets confusing. :p

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Btw, i can reveal the VTOL V-22'ski ish style TsAGI designs look... interesting. I will share if i get "clearance".

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I expected more from you people, there is indeed no such thing as Su-35C. Son, i am dissapoint. Although i am sure TR1 made a typo, it is golden haavarla repeated it. :D

Apparently Akhtu runway is under repair, hence Su-35S' being relocated to Zhuk for the time being. Hope S-2 with its "stripes" makes to there as well.

PS: And the "MR" picture is indeed M4. Not M3 or MR.

Oh my.. Cy-35C or Su-35S... i think the majority of the posters understand its the same thing.
Great move Sherlock.