ORAC
14th Jun 2014, 09:39
Mixed fortunes for Russian fighters (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2014/06/mixed-fortunes-russian-fighters/)
Just when it all seemed to be going so well, one of Sukhoi’s prototype PAK-FA/T-50 fighters looks set to be out of action for a little while, due to a little bit of fire damage.
There’s a popular post-prang saying in UK military circles: “That’ll buff-out”, and that is indeed the line that Sukhoi has adopted since the mishap – which occurred in Zhukovsky just as the jet was landing, with the aircraft expected to be repaired.........
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rbi-blogs/wp-content/blogs.dir/96/files/2014/06/t-50.jpg
Just when it all seemed to be going so well, one of Sukhoi’s prototype PAK-FA/T-50 fighters looks set to be out of action for a little while, due to a little bit of fire damage.
There’s a popular post-prang saying in UK military circles: “That’ll buff-out”, and that is indeed the line that Sukhoi has adopted since the mishap – which occurred in Zhukovsky just as the jet was landing, with the aircraft expected to be repaired.........
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rbi-blogs/wp-content/blogs.dir/96/files/2014/06/t-50.jpg