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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 ...
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 ...
September 11 Terrorist Attacks in photos Spectators look up as the World Trade Center goes up in flames September 11, 2001 in New York City after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in an ...
A woman with no flying experience took control of a plane and landed safely at a California airport after her pilot husband suffered a heart-attack mid-flight on Friday afternoon, according to ...
The model was just 23-years-old when she walked into a plane's propeller in the dark, losing an eye, a hand and suffering brain damage. Because her tragic story made news headlines that night, the ...
Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was an American aviator who became famous for being part of two aviation-related events. The first occurred while conducting a civilian training flight at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when she was the first United States pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
New photos show the sickening moment a California man launched a savage assault on a female Safeway employee in San Francisco. Kwontell Summerfield, 28, of Sacramento County attacked the ...