Leather flightsuits...holy shit!.

I jizzed in my pants when the X-wings showed up, mostly because I didn't expect them to show any full shot of the ships. I expected a glimpse at most...

Urban legend has it that Mig-25 mechanics would use the Smerch radar to clear runways and taxiways from rabbits and other pests.

Sexiest fighter ever along with the Flanker. I have a thing for these two behemoths of a fighter

I don't get it as in "I find it childish as fuck and why would anyone find that entertaining?".

I still don't get the penis obsession of some commenters whenever it comes to Russia.

Back in the day, the Soviet Union was huge, GPS didn't exists and putting navigational aids in the vast expanses of wasteland was impractical. So, what's the most pratical solution?

It's not duct-tape, but the frame of the emergency exit hatchs...

The size of the procession(which isn't funeral) gives it away as fake...

Airliners.net also has quite a collection of photos from the Mach Loop area.

It's probably less efficient than the A350...

I've read enough pilots that prove you wrong, actually...

And there are no "auto-throttle issues"

This design has the advantage of allowing the employment of weaker/smaller actuators compared to common fins.

Interesting. I thought the Rooivalk had a similar belt-fed mechanism from inside the fuselage.

That's an awesome video!. I had no idea it was such a pain in the ass to reload the gun on one of these things.

It never made it to its orbit. A faulty command caused the main thrusters to fire when they shouldn't have and it just burned in the atmosphere...

An helicopter that size will never operate anywhere near the frontlines...

They were retired long ago, replaced by CH-53's bought from Israel.

You are right. By the time I noticed my mistake, I couldn't edit anymore...

Most modern SAM's do, though