NutLoose
5th Aug 2010, 12:00
http://englishrussia.com/images/cabrio_jets/1.jpg
Those photos are real and were made during the filming of the Russian movie involving jet fighter stunts. In one episode they had to film the jet without a canopy, so rather to film it on the ground they decided to hire a high-class pilot to make a real flight without that glass thing. He had to take off a few times on such plane in order to film enough material to be included in the final footage.
“The maximum speed I achieved on the jet plane without a canopy glass was around two times greater than speed of sound. While on this speed I even managed to pull out my fingers in glove for an inch or two outside - it became heated very fast because of immense friction force plane undergoes with the air.“, writes the pilot.
http://media.englishrussia.com/cabrio_jets/8.jpg
And that’s one more test - the second pilot tests the ejecting system while on the flight with no canopy installed. The first pilot remains in the plane.
More images here
English Russia Russian Jet Cabrio Flight [updated] (http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2009/07/24/russian-jet-fighter-cabrios/#more-3524)
Those photos are real and were made during the filming of the Russian movie involving jet fighter stunts. In one episode they had to film the jet without a canopy, so rather to film it on the ground they decided to hire a high-class pilot to make a real flight without that glass thing. He had to take off a few times on such plane in order to film enough material to be included in the final footage.
“The maximum speed I achieved on the jet plane without a canopy glass was around two times greater than speed of sound. While on this speed I even managed to pull out my fingers in glove for an inch or two outside - it became heated very fast because of immense friction force plane undergoes with the air.“, writes the pilot.
http://media.englishrussia.com/cabrio_jets/8.jpg
And that’s one more test - the second pilot tests the ejecting system while on the flight with no canopy installed. The first pilot remains in the plane.
More images here
English Russia Russian Jet Cabrio Flight [updated] (http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2009/07/24/russian-jet-fighter-cabrios/#more-3524)