Russian pilots demonstrated the outstanding maneuverability and engine performance of the Soviet MiG-29 and Su-27 fighter jets. Viktor Georgievich Pugačov, chief pilot of the Sukhoi design office, was the first to demonstrate it in 1989 on the Su-27 engine at Paris Aviation Day. It has bore its name ever since.
During the forward flight, the plane suddenly raised its nose sharply, but did not fly up, but in a vertical position continued to move in the same direction, until for a moment the tail that was below was slightly in front of the cabin. , which is above. Then it returns to its original position and continues to fly forward at the same height.
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Turkish F-16 pilot performs an aerobatic maneuver.
The theoretical meaning of maneuvers in combat can be a sharp and unexpected reduction in speed and a slight lift to the height of the opponent behind the tail to get in front of you. The target can become an attacker in an instant. An important advantage is the element of surprise and the fact that few engines and pilots can follow such a maneuver.
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Turkish F-16 pilot performs an aerobatic maneuver.
The maneuver is considered as evidence that the fighter has extraordinary maneuverability, which is called supermaneuverability.
No one has yet performed this maneuver with an F-16, Reuters reports. Russia, on the other hand, very often changes it with their machines.
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Cobra maneuvers performed by a US F-22A Raptor fighter pilot at the 2008 Arctic Thunder air show in Alaska.
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Shot from the cockpit as the Turkish F-16 pilot maneuvers the cobra.
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