MAKS 2011: Sukhoi T-50 Stealth Fighter Debuts as Russian Air Force Updates Re-equipment Plan | Aviation International News

MAKS 2011: Sukhoi T-50 Stealth Fighter Debuts as Russian Air Force Updates Re-equipment Plan

Russia’s first stealth fighter, the Sukh

Russia’s stealth fighter flies at MAKS 2011. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

By Chris Pocock • Defense Correspondent

August 22, 2011

Russia’s first stealth fighter, the Sukhoi T-50, made its public debut last week at the Moscow Air Show (MAKS 2011), where Russian air force commander General Alexander Zelin gave an update on this and other re-equipment programs. The two T-50 prototypes flew in formation, before one gave a restrained solo display.

The debut was flawed, however, by an aborted takeoff August 21 due to a reported engine malfunction of the starboard engine. The T-50 had reached 100 km per hour when the pilot, Sergei Bogdan, decided to abort the flight and deployed the brake parachute. No more T-50 flights were held on the closing day of the air show, and less than half of all planned MAKS demonstration flights took place because of bad weather, Interfax reported.

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