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Development of the Su-9. T-405 Prototype model of the Su-9. Su-9 Production variant, about 1,100 built. Su-9U Training variant, mounting the standard avionics suite without weapon systems or hardpoints.
Another prototype was begun in 1946, but this aircraft was intended to use the Yakovlev-designed version of the afterburning RD-10F engine. However, wind tunnel testing of the Su-9 in September revealed that drag could be reduced if the engine nacelles were mounted in the wing rather than underneath it, and the wing tips were redesigned to use a different airfoil that significantly reduced ...
Name Type Description Seats Number Built Maiden Flight Introduction Years of Production Su-26: aerobatic aircraft: single-seat 1 153 if combined [1]: June 1984
The Su-11 was an upgraded version of the Sukhoi Su-9 ('Fishpot') interceptor, which had been developed in parallel with the OKB's swept wing Su-7 fighter bomber.Recognizing the Su-9's fundamental limitations, Sukhoi began work on the Su-11, which first flew in 1961 as the T-47 prototype.
After the surrender of Nazi Germany several of the secret or unfinished projects of German military aircraft gained wide publicity. Also certain postwar planes such as the Bell X-5, F-86 Sabre or the MiG-15 were deemed to have been based on the pioneering work of World War II German aircraft designers.
Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a ...
Bears receiver Keenan Allen said that issues ran deeper than that and went back to the offseason. “Too nice of a guy," Allen said, according to Kalyn Kahler of ESPN, via Dan Wiederer of the ...
REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo. His son Michael and Tiffany were married in an elaborate ceremony at Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago Club in November 2022, according to Reuters, ...