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The Su-9 was unarmed and was directed to ram the U-2. One ramming attempt was made, but the Su-9 missed the U-2 due to the significant difference in the speed of the two planes. Due to the Su-9's lack of fuel, the pilot elected to break away from the U-2 and continue with the original flight plan.
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 ...
Maiden Flight Introduction Years of Production Retired Su-2: None reconnaissance aircraft, light bomber 910 August 25, 1937 1939, December 1937–1942 1944 Su-7: Fitter A ground-attack aircraft 1,847 September 7, 1955 1959 1957–1972 - Su-9: Fishpot B interceptor fighter aircraft 1,150 June 24, 1959 1959 1959–1960s 1979 Su-11: Fishpot C
Individual initiative saw a Nakajima Ki-43 fighter plane bringing down a lone B-17 Flying Fortress, The Fighting Swede, on 8 May 1943. After three of the Japanese fighters had each made two attack passes without decisive results, the bomber's pilot, Major Robert N. Keatts, made for the shelter of a nearby rain-squall.
In the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, three hijacked planes slammed into the Pentagon and New York's landmark World Trade Center on Tuesday, demolishing the two 110-story towers ...
The plane climbed to 34,000 feet (10,363 kilometers), where it remained for the rest of the flight until 3:23 p.m. when it began to descend and crashed about nine minutes later, according to the NTSB.
A Ukrainian drone attack has forced the closure of two major Moscow airports - after what’s thought to be their biggest strike today. According to Russian officials, the attack involved 25 ...
Family of observation and attack aircraft; composes of the A-3, the main attack version, XA-4, and A-5 and A-6 with more powerful engines. Fokker XA-7: Fokker-America: 1931 1 Curtiss A-8: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company 1931 1932 13 Lockheed Y1A-9: Detroit Lockheed: A version of the Lockheed YP-24 that specialized in ground attack. 1931 1