{"id":27,"date":"2011-08-19T10:22:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T09:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rapcon.org\/?p=27"},"modified":"2012-09-21T19:45:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T18:45:18","slug":"maks-international-aviation-and-space-salon-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapcon.org\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"MAKS International Aviation & Space Salon 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Held at ZHUKOVSKY between 16th and 21st August 2011.<\/p>\n

Our reporter was drawn to MAKS by the promise of the first public display by the new Russian 5th generation fighter aircraft, the Sukhoi PAK T-50 and the rumours that this will be the last display by The Russian Knights and Swifts Display teams. The T-50 did indeed display on Saturday but an engine problem prevented it flying on Sunday. Visually it very much resembles the F-23 which lost out to the Raptor in USA and it did a gentle display as you would expect from such a new fighter. The Knights and Swifts both did impressive displays on Saturday but the weather was not at its best.
\nStatic Display<\/strong><\/p>\n

The static display was quite impressive with a fine line-up of Russian hardware including SU-35, SU-34, Su-30,SU-25, MIG-35, MIG-31,MIG-29 and a large gathering of Helicopters .A small enclosure held a few stored aircraft including a pair of Flagons.The USA attended with B-52, KC-10,F-15E, F-16C, A-10C and P-3C aircraft.<\/p>\n

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