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The aircraft crashed in December 2002 due to structural failure. The Su-37 did not enter production, despite a report in 1998 which claimed that Sukhoi had built a second Su-37 using the twelfth Su-27M airframe, [3] T10M-11 remained the sole prototype. Sukhoi had instead applied the aircraft's systems to the design bureau's other fighter designs.
Su-37 ("Terminator"): an improved Su-35; Su-28 / Su-25UB: trainer and demonstrator; Su-25TM / Su-39: 1984, ground attack aircraft, optimised for anti-tank use; Su-38: light agricultural aircraft; S-32/37: multirole fighter (was marketed for a time under the designation Su-47) Su-47: experimental aircraft; P-1: 1958, interceptor fighter; T-3: ...
The Sukhoi Su-27 (Russian: Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supersonic supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi.It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet fighters such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, with 3,530-kilometre (1,910 nmi) range, heavy aircraft ordnance ...
Here's the passage from the book: "Piloted by Yevgeniy Frolov, the Su-37 stole the show at Farnborough International '96 in September - and with good reason, too. The Su-37 is capable of pitching up through 180° into a tail-first position and staying in that position long enough to fire a missile at a pursuing enemy fighter...
Originally known as the S-37, Sukhoi redesignated its advanced test aircraft as the Su-47 in 2002. Officially nicknamed Berkut (Russian: Беркут) (the Russian word for the golden eagle), the Su-47 was originally built as Russia's principal testbed for composite materials and sophisticated fly-by-wire control systems, as well as new airframe technologies.
Sukhoi Su-9 (delta-wing fighter of 1956) Sukhoi Su-10; Sukhoi Su-11 (straight-wing fighter of 1947) Sukhoi Su-11 (delta-wing fighter of 1958) Sukhoi Su-12; Sukhoi Su-13; Sukhoi Su-15 (fighter prototype of 1949) Sukhoi Su-15 (supersonic fighter of 1962) Sukhoi Su-17 (fighter prototype of 1949) Sukhoi Su-17 (variable-geometry attack aircraft of ...
The Sukhoi Su-17 (izdeliye S-32; NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter Soviet service and featured updated avionics.
The Sukhoi S-54 was a series of three closely related aircraft proposals; the S-54 trainer aircraft, S-55 light fighter designed for export, and the S-56 carrier-capable light fighter. All members of the family resemble the Sukhoi Su-27 in general form, or the Sukhoi Su-33 more closely, but built around a single Saturn AL-31 engine instead of ...