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please please. it crossed mechanics are always the first to appear was an iffy on land thing a real monsters behind old better. until the story begins none of the engineers knows which crew fly. like pilots and navigators who buy operate different types technicians always remain loyal to just one machine.
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before any for its traditional pilots to add the finishing touch by polishing the skylight which is what flight crews canopy over the cockpit. it's this find the bomber is affectionately known at russia as the because of its flat nose cone. concealed beneath the outer skin as a special radar antenna which help crew to take control of immediate and space. and whether it's on land on the water or in the. thirty four has a comfortable cockpit designed for hold flights two people can stand upright behind the seats as well so it's. and cooking facilities.
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this aircraft was originally designed for naval pilots training to teach them how to land on aircraft carriers but while it was being designed and built the new machine was read designated for combat changes. as you thirty four fold back to. maximum speed one thousand nine hundred kilometers an hour. combat radius one thousand one hundred kilometers. service ceiling seventeen thousand meters. on takeoff weight forty one thousand three hundred sixty kilograms. as a bomber yes he was thirty four is capable of destroying ground targets warships it's
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a weaponry weighs up to eight tons but the f.a.a. has excellent flying characteristics making it a highly effective fighter. it's highly maneuverable the air able to defend itself as well as to seek and destroy enemy planes and. in russia every file it never gave to has his own particular specialization offensive combat or bombing but whatever field a young pilot chooses his route to achieving the status of flying ace will never be first.
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please please. please. please. to graduating from the military academy and let's flight simulator training begins that's followed by exams and flights with instructors. then a minimum number of solo flight outs and a beginner's takeoffs gradually become a combat training. for yes but a tree service and a pilot fulfill practically any able in tosca it might be offered up and show.
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flies like an o.e.m. it's a powerful heavy unstable bomber that can carry out a missile a bomb attack against a target in almost all weather conditions even at night. its most prominent feature is the variable geometry of its wings the pilots can select any one of four different configurations during the takeoff face the wings are extended to their maximum angle to generate the most list. as twenty four. crew to. maximum speed one thousand four hundred kilometers per hour. that radius five hundred sixty kilometers three. service ceiling eleven thousand meters. maximum takeoff weights thirty nine thousand seven hundred kilograms.
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super bowl of buffalo is a symbol of strength and power. the beast has no natural enemies was a hero but my first flight in this aircraft went well me up on my colleagues congratulated me in keeping with tradition they all sat on the nose will. all will as i was left to the very moment pressures on memories of that flight. in combat b.s.u. twenty four as we swept back almost flat against the fuselage this reduces drag allowing for much greater speed and maneuverability. operating combat aircraft at night is always dangerous.
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after sunset take. just until late into the night. most of these boys has been in trouble with the law for violence or theft. but we broke the window climbed in and tried to start it. we pushed it a little way we were drunk. and soon who you're an alcoholic nearly all of them are homeless or fans no money. without me. for a moment but there it felt like i was back but there's street to it and you're going to beat me up at any moment. you know that i turned my back i couldn't help wondering why my safe. isn't. warden he's there doc the father you could say that
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a lightweight all weather front line fighter that something else appears to defy the laws of gravity. believe. nato has given them a twenty nine the code name fulcrum because of its. extreme maneuvering stability. for. the design of fuselage in the strict sense of the word in its place. up a surface of the graduates into the wings forming an exhibit like. this generates a dramatic increase in lift allowing the fighter to perform quite unbelievable turns at supersonic speed.
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to make twenty nine as an international presence as one of the world's most effective and safe combat fighters. an engine that was once asked what kept the aircraft flying during its spectacular . but it was the salesman's of hands of the people who created it. i. make twenty nine primer a short distance weapon is the controllable piece seventy three missile with infrared targeting system. for forty three. local forty three.
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i'm serving the operation for forty three types of contracts but i get ready. launch authorized. the pilots can choose between missiles or gunfire throughout any stage of an airborne maneuver. i grew up near the air base so every flight that took off from look at scare base was right in front of my eyes i dreamed of becoming a pilot ever since i was a child i wanted to become a fighter pilot to perform all those amazing exercises in the air my dream came
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true and now i fly to make twenty nine i truly believe that this aircraft is one of the finest aircraft in the world and let you do so many different things as a pilot now i'm absolutely delighted with it. twenty nine. crew one. maximum speed two thousand four hundred kilometers per hour. radius three thousand kilometers. service ceiling eighteen thousand meters. maximum takeoff weight eighteen thousand five hundred kilograms three. to sixty nine takeoff to sixty nine takeoff.
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to fifty four and left three hundred level. in the russian air force every combat aircraft has its. on the radio no the pilots no controllers will have a say at the time only its designated number. fifty four aides are cleared to land . traffic controllers have full come out all the movements around the base. they give permission for the engine start on takeoff and landings and then remain in contact with all cruising flight relaying information about any passenger airliners flying within a one hundred kilometer radius of the base. come back to craft a victim away from conflicting traffic so they can perform their exercises a safe distance from civilian airplanes to sixty nine return to zone six six hundred. six hundred.
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the russian pilots this is a craft is known as the. the airplane went through a baptism of fire would be early eighty's when the say big union was engaged in its military campaign in afghanistan. among pilots the su twenty five is especially known for its high levels of survivability. and. su twenty five attack aircraft often returned safely to base having sustained heavy damage with just one engine with damaged ailerons a bullet traces on the cockpit kind of a. twenty. foot crew want
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maximum speed on the thousand kilometers per hour. that radius one thousand two hundred fifty kilometer. service ceiling seven thousand meters. maximum take up late nineteen thousand kilograms. of the twenty five craft still in active service in russia ukraine the loose goal afghanistan and several other countries. as you twenty five is a combat aircraft that was designed to provide as support to ground forces on the battlefield yeah i love this play and very much people usually say i'm either obama
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or if i said but i tell them no guys i'm not either of those you're wrong but i'm an attack on my it's a proud name that's why they called it the road like a good because it looks like what our guys feel so you know there is a proud and useful but i don't feel it's a minute's weight when you approach the aircraft you create him in your mind you say come on pal go up we'll go on a flight now and everything's going to be all right. well we have a tradition under left hand and takes a twenty five out for the first time he gives out cigarettes once he's landed at as they are but who does he give them to talk to the instructor who trained him and showed him everything but he gives a pound to him even if the instructor doesn't smoke it gets a packet with the pilot signature there will feel i've trained something like six left hand and i still have every one of those side acts goma.
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major general alexander of such a scheme is the officer wearing the light blue flying suit he's the commanding officer at the lake that's. under his supervision these pilots are working on their aerobatics routine. these aviators will execute the twenty seven straight up when it was the falcons russia's famous edge display. said to sydney and. aerobatics on notoriously risky it takes teamwork coordination and pinpoint
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as a single logic plane. as soon as the group reaches its destination the formation splits with each aircraft diverting to its own allocated. i think such a scale is a veteran high level solo aerobatics pilot the bell is his favorite figure a complex and dangerous and combat maneuver the fight to get as speed of tickle klein then suddenly hangs motionless in the.
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as an undefeated aviator. in the atlantic ocean a triumph staver american f. fifteen fighter pilots in training one of those he beat south africa's best pilot in a training flight. a coma basic fronts he was offered the chance to fly us. simulated a comeback mission in the mirage two thousand. despite never having seen the aircraft or if afloat it he climbed into the cockpit took off and one of the challenge. his french counterparts was stuck under with his belt standing with an early decoration. to have secured the majority of his ever trees in the su twenty seven. twenty seven flanker crew one maximum speed two thousand five hundred kilometers per hour. combat radius one thousand six hundred eighty kilometers.
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service ceiling eighteen thousand five hundred metres. maximum takeoff weight thirty thousand kilograms. of the s u twenty seven spermy objective with its an excellent dynamic characteristics to gain and maintain air supremacy it's not easy to predict which pilot might win the one flying a modern aircraft or a second generation plane the outcome will depend on the airman skilled as well as the conditions prevailing during the maneuver so there's not one best aircraft but the pilot to acquire the target first makes best use of the weapon systems is the one who will prevail. once flying is a craft ascent to a distance the banks. pilots can return to their hopes.
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a. crime i did not do. we have numerous cases where police officers lie about polygraph results. innocent people taking shots at police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really. in the course of interrogation why because there's been this is like meant no because the psychological techniques are more effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse and they were taking they could get what they wanted they can say what they wanted and there was no evidence of what they did or what they said. hold it. hold of. her lips.
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bloodbath in and around the capital it's claimed hundreds have been shot dead as police moved into. those supporting the toppled islamist president. won a belt true finds himself caught right in the middle of the crossfire and had to directly witness some of the killings. middle east peace talks are in the spotlight again though after a three year stalemate and this comes amid israeli airstrikes on gaza and an announcement of thousands of new settlements on palestinian. brother as eavesdropping trash cans in central london and you surveillance scandal we dispatched one of our correspondents to see what it's all about.
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