So glad I got to see this on the day. Pavel Vlasov demos the MiG-29M OVT thrust-vectoring demonstrator, lots of somersaults and free-falling aerobatics.
https://youtu.be/ikL17PpE4Zc?list=TLPQMTcwNTIwMjApDaR_5LwanA
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Jim (sullybiker@sully.site)'s status on Sunday, 17-May-2020 11:05:06 EDT Jim
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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 19-May-2020 20:12:03 EDT lnxw48a1
Wow! That's amazing. I'll bet the crew used up many boxes of #Depends while learning to fly the plane through all those maneuvers. In conversation from nu.federati.net permalink -
Jim (sullybiker@sully.site)'s status on Wednesday, 20-May-2020 12:22:29 EDT Jim
@lnxw48a1 The chief test pilot said anyone could be trained to do it..I'm sceptical.
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Jim (sullybiker@sully.site)'s status on Tuesday, 19-May-2020 17:22:27 EDT Jim
My images from the day:
https://flic.kr/p/6bjGZT
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