To: sukhoi-30mki
Got to admit, that rear facing gunner was seriously retro of them to think of........
Still cool, but the gunner wound not get to see all the good stuff happening up front!
To: sukhoi-30mki
Interesting article! I wasn’t familiar with this plane before.
3 posted on
07/11/2014 11:09:52 PM PDT by
DemforBush
(Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
it has that “Made in Russia” look about it..
To: sukhoi-30mki
The Russians could have made good use of this aircraft in Afghanistan.
6 posted on
07/11/2014 11:14:27 PM PDT by
Rockpile
To: sukhoi-30mki
It DOES remind me of a jet-driven Sturmovik.
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7 posted on
07/11/2014 11:23:22 PM PDT by
tanuki
(Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Yet an obscure Russian close air support aircraft that lost a competition to the now notorious Sukhoi Su-25 may take the trophy for the must gorgeously ugly combat jet of all time. A couple of contenders...
Of course airplanes always look uglier parked on the ground.
8 posted on
07/11/2014 11:23:29 PM PDT by
Hugin
To: sukhoi-30mki
Does NATO call it the.. “Homer Simpson”?...
16 posted on
07/11/2014 11:49:29 PM PDT by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Its a jet IL 2.. the il2 was the most produced combat plane ever..a ground attack aircraft..for Russian it is their iconic aircraft of World War 2..
23 posted on
07/12/2014 12:34:43 AM PDT by
tophat9000
(An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
To: sukhoi-30mki
It looks a bit like an updated version of Germany’s ME-262 ...
26 posted on
07/12/2014 3:35:59 AM PDT by
ByteMercenary
(Healthcare Insurance is *NOT* a Constitutional right.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
There are some aircraft that don't fly because of Bernoulli's Principle. Some aircraft are actually so ugly that the ground repels them — such as the Ilyushin Il-102.
To: sukhoi-30mki
33 posted on
07/12/2014 5:22:00 AM PDT by
DFG
("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
To: sukhoi-30mki
OMG, I want one to go with my Enfield Motorcycle and Bren Gun Carrier!
If the USAF hot jocks hated the A-10, imagine the paroxysms of disgust they would feel about this useful beast! Is there a belly gunner ball turret option?
Imagine low-cost, highly effective, easy-to-maintain combat aircraft for close support. These Iluyshin people must be crushed before they upset the entire international arms market. What next, Kamev Helicopters?
34 posted on
07/12/2014 5:22:51 AM PDT by
Kenny Bunk
(The GOP is dying. What do we do now?)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Thank you for the cool article FRiend, and for the neat site with so many other good links. Will def send it on to aviation loving son ;)
Tatt
36 posted on
07/12/2014 5:35:28 AM PDT by
thesearethetimes...
(Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Here is what the Il-102 was derived from, the Il-40 (NATO name 'Brawny'):
The ugly nut doesn't fall far from the ugly tree.
40 posted on
07/12/2014 5:45:18 AM PDT by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Code name "Fugly"?
47 posted on
07/12/2014 8:42:45 AM PDT by
tbpiper
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