Wings of Russia. Fighters. Struggle for Superiority. (Episode 4 of 18)

Town Zhukovsky, near Moscow, holds an airshow every two years. The show gathers hundreds of thousands of viewers. And fighters become stars of the show every time. Abilities of aircrafts in beginning of the 21st century strike imagination. Multi-ton aerial vehicles execute pirouettes in the sky, refuting the classical laws of aerodynamics. And meanwhile they deliver confidence, that an air battle with probable enemy will be won for sure!
Following aircrafts are featuring in this episode: MiG-21bis, MiG-23, SU-15, MiG-25P, MiG-31, MiG-29, SU-27, SU-30MK, MiG-35, SU-35, SU-47 "Berkut", MFI (1.44).

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This is a documentary of "Wings of Russia" studio about history of development of Russian Aviation. It contains a lot of unique video footage. The documentary speaks about creation and development of fighters, bombers, helicopters, reconnaissance planes, hydro-planes, planes of civilian Aviation and also about sport and training Aviation, in the USSR and Russia.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Russian
• Air
• Force
• Aviation
• Military
• history
• documentary
• Russia
• flying
• jet
• airplane
• aircraft
• planes
• moscow
• 4th
• generation
• fighters
• F-15
• F-16
• Gripen
• Eurofighter
• Rafale
• pilot
• aviation

[scrakshit]

mne nravitsya smotret russkie dokyment. filmi na russkom. gde ya mogu naiti eti na russkom????

[BitnikGr]

@scrakshit statehistory.ru

[devastatermir372]

@BitnikGr

Dear sir, the narrator says a quotation @ 51:34. can u write it for me? i will be grateful

[BitnikGr]

@devastatermir372 "Any force is noble when it is not used."

[BitnikGr]

@deathsaurer123 In overall conditions, including training and numbers - Yes.

In fighters of 5th generation - Yes

In fighters of 4th generation - No

In fighters of 3rd generation - No

In fighters of 2nd generation... 50/50... but probably no.

[EduEnYT]

1st - i dont like the upward-firing countermeasuers. Unless the russians use an evasion method other than the typical (high G pull), the plane flies into its own contermeasuers =S

2nd - i really liked the closing words. a lot of people should pay more attention to them

3rd and final - i love these documentaries, specially their objectivity. History channel's dogfights could take a very good example on these.

[barron8006]

I always wondered what a Russian thinks when they see this: an obviously more prosperous past contrasted with a flawed present. This is all Soviet technology used decades after it was dismantled by Yeltsin and co.

[hmodywakid]

Respect to mother russia

[mauricioalfredo83]

@BitnikGr +1 whit it...Im also intrigue by Gripen...but the piont its frensh have alway know how to made airplanes and ships and they are very good (I wont talk about tanks XD whit le clerk example XD)

[normison69]

@BitnikGr Yet you miss my point...Its not about what % is used where. But about US wasting their money on one very high to maintain plane wich has never seen action, instead of making new non-stealth.

[BitnikGr]

@normison69 I place my knowledge on claims of manufacturers. It is stated that F-22 has about 40% of its structure made of composites. In first public interview with Sukhoi designers in February 2010 they said that their goal is to have "at least same percentage of composites with F-22". In last article on this subject published in late 2011, it was stated that percentage of composites in PAK-FA is approximately 70%.

[normison69]

@BitnikGr You can not know how much composite and how much metals PAK FA will have when it will enter mass production, but i bet their goal is still keep the manouvarability of SU-35/37. I only claimed that F-22 is not so manouvarable in visual range combat as SU-35 or SU-37 and concluded that US should have put more money on 4++ jets and not only one 5th gen jet.