PPRuNe Forums - Hearts on a SU-27

PPRuNe Forums (https://www.pprune.org/)

- Aviation History and Nostalgia (https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia-86/)

- - Hearts on a SU-27 (https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/394899-hearts-su-27-a.html)

helldog

6th Nov 2009 08:01

Hearts on a SU-27

Saw this photo on Airliners.net just wondering what the hearts mean. Are they kills?

Photos: Sukhoi Su-27 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

Photos: Sukhoi Su-27 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

aviate1138

6th Nov 2009 08:21

As it is an early one could they be Air Display airfields?

Load Toad

6th Nov 2009 09:20

They aren't hearts - they are symbolic kitten faces representing kittens that have met a sad end when pilots have thoughtlessly played with themselves.

Jhieminga

6th Nov 2009 11:20

They look like unit badges to me.

helldog

6th Nov 2009 14:48

Load Toad. Thats an awesome explanation :ok:

con-pilot

6th Nov 2009 17:23

The number of ex wives the pilot has. ;)

TheOptimist

6th Nov 2009 17:40

Well if they are kills the pilot is only one off being the ace of all aces. Old Giora won't be happy.

Edit: In fact I'm not sure about military convention, whether the hearts are for the single pilot or for the aircraft throughout its life.

Edit 2 : Do you know that Russia has 447 of those things :bored:

All times are GMT. The time now is 01:52.