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The aircraft carried a total of 1,350 kilograms (2,980 lb) of fuel in two bladder tanks, one each ahead and behind the pilot. The low-mounted, straight wing had a single-spar and a slight dihedral of 4°20'. The outer flaps were split and could act as air brakes. The Su-9 was the first Soviet aircraft to use hydraulic-powered controls. [3]
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. About 50 units were manufactured. T-431 A specially modified Su-9 for setting the world record for absolute height in 1962. Sukhoi Su-11 A upgraded design based on the Su-9.
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 interceptor fighter aircraft 108 December 25, 1958 1964 1962–1965 1983 Su-15: Flagon interceptor fighter aircraft 1,290 May 30, 1962 1965 1965–1979 1996 Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 ...
On the first flight of the prototype Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui, a Japanese derivative of the Me 163B, the aircraft reached 1,300 feet (400 m) in a steep climb; the rocket motor then cut out, and the plane crashed at Yokosuka Naval Aeronautical Engineering Arsenal. The cause was believed to be hydrogen peroxide shifting to the rear of the partially ...
Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. ... news photos of the attacks on the World Trade Centre ...
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Six people in an aerial tramway car plummeted 700 feet (210 m) to their deaths when an Armée de l'Air Republic F-84F Thunderstreak jet fighter struck and severed the downward-travelling tramway cable. The car, containing a German family of four and an Italian father and son, was returning from the Alpine peak of Aiguille du Midi to Chamonix ...
On Sept. 11, 1974, Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashed in Charlotte, killing 72 passengers. Ten people survived. It remains the deadliest plane crash in Charlotte history.