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@cnni - CNN International
Over 50 years after Concorde's test flight, several companies are working on new supersonic jet designs, with one carrying out test flights as soon as 2021 https://cnn.it/32d0D17 https://t.co/z9PysNv3K1
@MrFrantarelli - Massimo Frantarelli
On this day, 53 years ago, the world's first supersonic passenger airliner Tu-144 made its maiden flight. 📹https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6d-AKVNGo https://t.co/kmrQcmNHva
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31 декабря 1968 года — день первого вылета. Все было готово, ждали только ясной погоды, но она оставляла желать лучшего. Это время ожидания было трудным, как и для птицы, которая не взлетает с задранной головой. Наконец, момент настал, и аппарат поднялся в воздух. Теперь остается только ждать дальнейших новостей, даже от генерального конструктора ничего не поступает.
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December 31, 1968 — the day of the first flight. Everything was ready; they were just waiting for clear weather, which was poor. This waiting period was challenging, much like a bird that doesn’t take off with its head held high. Finally, the moment arrived, and the craft took to the skies. Now, all that’s left is to wait for further news, as nothing has come from the chief designer.
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Speaker 0: -31 декабря 1968 года. День первого вылета. У них давно уже всё было готово. Ждали только ясного неба. А погода стояла дрянью.
И все извелись, потому что всё время трудно держать себя в готовности. Говорят, он похож на птицу. Птица тоже никогда ведь не взлетает с задранной головой. Взлетел. Надрал в высоту.
Теперь этно нам остается ждать. Даже и от генерального конструктора теперь уже ничего не довесило.
@daddyhope - Hopewell Chin’ono
I consider The Concorde the most iconic passenger airline plane ever made. It was only flown by Air France and British Airways from 1976 to 2003. In this video I have put in 4 parts including when it came to Zimbabwe. The last part sees its last flight from London to Bristol! https://t.co/oqSAkacBbI
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Climbing to 58,000 feet and still ascending. The cold temperatures outside, at minus 71 degrees Celsius, are beneficial for the aircraft, while the skin temperature reaches 92 degrees. We're approaching 60,000 feet, where we'll begin our descent and slow down to subsonic speeds as we cross the coastline. The touchdown speed will be around 185 miles per hour, significantly faster than conventional planes. The delta wing design allows for low-speed support but requires a steep pitch attitude of 13 to 15 degrees during approach to maintain lift over the wing.
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Speaker 0: 58,000 feet and still climbing. Excellent. Get a good run today. Excellent run. Nice cold temperatures outside.
Made it good for the aeroplane. Excellent. Minus 71 degrees centigrade outside, and yet the temperature on the skin of the aircraft, 92, plus 92. That's nearly the temperature of boiling water. At 9 at 60,000.
Thanks. The other sensation we wanna give you is to be at 60,000 feet. So we're climbing rapidly now to, through 58,000 feet to 60,000 feet. And once we're there, we'll be starting our deceleration and our descent as we approach land, and, we have to slow down the subsonic speed as we cross the coastline. Down to 12 and a half degrees.
You'll be putting the engine out on 2 finals, gradually reducing the speed, and we'll have a touchdown speed today of some one 185 miles an hour. So that's much faster than conventional airplane. The delta wing can support the airplane at low speeds, but it requires very high pitch attitude. And our attitude as we make the approach will be some 13 to 15 degrees from the horizontal. So quite a steep attitude.
And that sustains the lift over the wing using a tidal
@webflite - Aviation
A little F-16 action! : piotr_gubernat
@webflite - Aviation
F-22 Raptor full of vapes!
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The 2023 Pacific Airshow has been incredible, with the F22 Raptor stealing the spotlight. As a longtime fan, I'm thrilled with the footage I captured on day 1. Filmed handheld on a boat, I used a 400-600mm lens in 4K 120fps. The Raptor is truly a sight to behold! #PacificAirshow #F22Raptor
@Combat_learjet - Combat Learjet
: IG patrickc_la ・・・ •Pacific Airshow• The 2023 pacificairshow has been absolutely phenomenal and the star of the show has been the F-22 Raptor. The Raptor has been my favorite jet since I was 10 and I could not be happier with the footage I captured of it on day 1. This was filmed handheld between 400-600mm in 4K 120fps on a boat.
@webflite - Aviation
F-22 Raptor unrestricted climb with full afterburner! : jetworld_
@Combat_learjet - Combat Learjet
The F-22 demo at Pacific Coast Airshow!
@webflite - Aviation
F-18 with full Afterburner catapulting from an Aircraft Carrier! : Jason Blessing
@webflite - Aviation
MiG-29 blasting off from an aircraft carrier : AviationMafia
@webflite - Aviation
GE powered F-14 Tomcat in full blower! : AviationMafia
@webflite - Aviation
The golden era Concorde taking off from Heathrow with full afterburner! : Craig Smith
@IV_Musketeer - The Fourth Musketeer
Suppressed Technology https://t.co/x2rJwKgyAs
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This is a 1998 Ford Explorer Sports, known for being a gas guzzler. However, the speaker has found a solution to improve gas mileage. By using distilled water with a teaspoon of baking soda as a catalyst and applying 12 volts of electricity, they separate hydrogen from oxygen. This hydrogen is then sent into the combustion chamber, resulting in a 100% burn instead of the usual 30%. The benefits include improved engine performance, quieter idling, increased torque, and horsepower.
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Speaker 0: Hi. My name is Grant, and this is a 1998 Ford Explorer Sports. Now I'm not sure if you're familiar with Ford's Explorer line, but they have a reputation of being horrible gas guzzlers, and I can actually attest to that. I did the mileage test on my truck and found but I was getting 13.6 miles per gallon highway, which as far as I'm concerned is absolutely unacceptable. Last year I spent $11,000,000,000 on gasoline.
Okay. I made that number up, but it sure felt like it. Well, I did something think about it, and now I'm getting 56% better gas mileage, which translates to 56% savings in my pocket at the gas How did I do it? My truck is now a water hybrid. Check this out.
Well, technically, it's a hydrogen on demand hybrid. What we have here is distilled water with 1 teaspoon of baking soda used as a catalyst. We tickle that water with 12 volts of electricity. And what it does is it separates the hydrogen from the oxygen. That gas is then sent into the combustion chamber where I was formally getting a 30% burn.
That's right. In all of your gas vehicles, you only get A 30% fuel burn, which translates to 70% of your fuel, of your gas comes out of your tailpipe. Now, However, I'm getting a 100% burn in my combustion chamber, which means a few benefits. Number 1, after a couple hours of running hydrogen, it had blown Years of deposits out of my engine. My engine actually idles so quietly in city traffic, I can't even hear it.
My torque increased. My horsepower
@webflite - Aviation
Viper, Raptor, Lightning, Warthog heritage flight! 🔥 📹: toroschmitz16 https://t.co/Uj1z3OpWja
@JustXAshton - Ashton Forbes
Did the U.S. Government shut down the R&D programs in the 60s after Lockheed Skunk Works developed the SR-71? That was 60 years ago. What do we have now? https://t.co/FXgKmUPVwO
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The US government has advanced technology, like the Garmin 7 x, with various features and sensors. Garmin spends $800 million on research, while the US government spends $140 billion. They developed gen 3 night vision in the 1980s and high-speed cameras in the 1960s. Their research and development efforts continue to push boundaries.
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Speaker 0: You do not understand the type of technology the US government has. To make our point clear, this is a Garmin 7 x. This 2 inch titanium sapphire puck with a touchscreen compass, gyroscope, barometer, altimeter, accelerometer, thermometer, and 4 GPS modes is capable of reading your heart rate, breath rate, and blood oxygen level with a 30 day battery life. Now Garmin spends about 800,000,000 on their research and development. The US government spends a 140,000,000,000 on their r and d.
Now when the US government invented gen 3 night vision in the 19 eighties, do you think they packed down their r and d facilities and called it a day? When the US invented a camera that could see a copy of Pravda in a Soviet citizen's hands from the stratosphere while moving 3 times the speed of sound in the 19 sixties, more than half a century ago. Do you think they stopped researching?
@onlydjole - Djole 🇷🇸
🇷🇺✈️🇺🇸‼️ Once an F-16 and a Russian fighter met ...‼️ 😄😄😄 https://t.co/iRvlqNjmRK
@simpatico771 - SIMPLICIUS Ѱ
⚡️🇷🇺Lords of the Sky: Full Su-57 Episode https://t.co/PiXt8mrv7P
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Nothing in an airplane cabin should be created without the pilot's involvement. The evolution of fighter jets over the last 40 years showcases advancements from the Su-27 to the 5th generation Su-57, featuring supermaneuverability and advanced technology. Test pilot Sergei Bogdan, a star at airshows, demonstrated the Su-57's capabilities, captivating audiences with its maneuvers. The aircraft integrates artificial intelligence to assist pilots, enhancing combat effectiveness. The helmet of the future displays critical flight information directly to the pilot. Continuous training and modernization ensure that new aircraft meet evolving military needs. The Sukhoi Design Bureau fosters young talent, ensuring a legacy of innovation in aviation. Ultimately, the beauty of flying lies in the breathtaking experiences above the clouds, where pilots feel a profound connection to their craft.
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Speaker 0: Nothing in the airplane cabin should be created without the pilot's involvement.
Speaker 1: People And who make airplanes
Speaker 2: Separate 6th generation technologies, adaptation of both tasks for special military operation.
Speaker 3: And those who lift them into the sky for the first time, defying the usual laws of aerodynamics. Might be, but we will.
Speaker 4: Two planes are in a spin rotating around each other.
Speaker 3: Conceivable aeropatic maneuvers from the most unusual angles. How on earth do they teach 5th generation airplanes to fly faster than the pilots?
Speaker 5: How to proceed in this situation. He needs 50% attention to complete the task.
Speaker 3: They preserve traditions and seek
Speaker 6: A lot of interesting things, but I can't tell.
Speaker 3: But something will be revealed. For the first time, we will see our 5th generation fighter with a flat nozzle. The helmet of the future will be explained and shown by who and how. Inventing airplanes making them and then nurturing them on the ground and in the sky breaking through clouds.
Speaker 7: Water.
Speaker 3: My dear one. Test pilot Sergei Bogdan was probably the most recognizable at the recent air show in China. If there were an audience choice award, it would certainly go to the chief pilot of the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Bogdan couldn't move without being stopped. Lines formed, photos for memory, autograph.
Subtitles by the name of the truly like a rock star. People admitted that they traveled across all of China to the city of Zhuhai, specifically to see Sergei Bogdan and his flight on the 5th generation Russian fighter jet.
Speaker 8: Very beautiful. I must say these are the coolest maneuvers I have ever seen. Hey. You came here just for this plane. I am a big fan.
Speaker 3: This is simply top notch. With mouse agape, the airshow guest watched the flight of our s two fifty seven, of course, only from the ground. Viewers of channel 1 have the opportunity for the first time and in more detail than ever to see the latest Russian combat aircraft in the sky from unimaginable angles. For this, we installed 12 video cameras on the fighter. This has never been done before.
You will be able to see the flight dynamics from all sides. Different angles, Robert. We'll show
Speaker 4: what it will tell you.
Speaker 9: At what speed it can take place, how long it lasts, and
Speaker 10: who will emerge victorious. Memory. My eyes couldn't even keep up with these maneuvers.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 10: Very complicated. Some just flow, and it's beyond limits. He's simply a hero, a true hero.
Speaker 11: Did loops with a 9 g maneuver lasting around 20 seconds. When that the strip, it doesn't move smoothly, rotate, but it moves in a discreet manner like blood. Apparently, for a split second, the image freezes. I see a multitude of frames. Click, click, click, click in my eyes.
Speaker 3: It was during the air show in China in 2014. At that time, Sergei Borgmann demonstrated the capabilities of the generation 4 plus plus 235 fighter. 10 years later also in China, he presented our 5th generation fighter on the international stage for the first time. A month before the air show, every maneuver begins to be perfected in the sky over the Moscow suburbs. Test pilot Sergei Bogdan has over 1,000 flight hours on the Su 57 preparing for another solo flight.
Sharpens to the mark for the flight mission in the pocket, and here is the runway.
Speaker 9: Workdays.
Speaker 3: They report the readiness of the aircraft, a traditional aircraft walkthrough. Sergei Bogdan first took the 5th generation fighter jet to the sky in January 2010. Yay. Life. And now along with other test pilots from Sukho Design Bureau, he has been nurturing the fighter for years.
During this time, only the exterior has remained unchanged. Internally, it is an entirely different machine. Different engines, artificial intelligence, the computer starts working as soon as the pilot sits in the seat. A press of a button automatically checks all systems. And here you can closely observe the movement of the control surfaces.
Speaker 11: It tilts in completely independent different directions at wide angles, and thanks to this, it provides exactly those interesting moment characteristics the airplane can move, let's say, contrary to the classical laws of aerodynamics. It can perform spins and some completely unthinkable flights tail first, and the airplane is stable, steady.
Speaker 3: This is already a completely different philosophy of flight indeed, contrary to the classical laws of aerodynamics. The main advantage of supermaneuverability is that the pilot can lose speed to 0, but the aircraft will be controllable even at low altitudes. The first supermaneuverable fighter with thrust vector control was the s u 35. For comparison, to recover from a spin, a pilot of a super maneuverable aircraft, only 500 meters are necessary. A car.
It turns out that in a horizontal position, the 4th generation fighter jet suit 27 requires around 5 kilometers to come out of a spin, which is 10 times more altitude. Sergei Bogdan recalls his impressions during his first piloting of the fighter jet. At that time, it seemed like pure fantasy. Then for a long time, I didn't fly it, only tested, the Su 57 and after several years as it happened, once again took off in the Su 27 and was shocked again.
Speaker 11: I think how am I going to land this plane? It's like a piece of wood. It's not just irony. It feels like I'm flying a heavy bomber. I think how are you going to land?
Well, you're a test pilot. Why wouldn't you land? The Su 27 plane, which seemed to be the pinnacle of 4th generation aircraft perfection, after some time seems like a piece of wood. That's evolution.
Speaker 12: Here
Speaker 3: is how the evolution of fighter jets occurred over the last 40 years. The s u 27 is the 4th generation aircraft. In the eighties and nineties, it was considered the super dry theme as a replacement. The generation 4 plus plus, the kang similar only in appearance. The airframe of the 35th is made using super strong composite materials.
It is lighter, its service life is higher, and the fuel reserve is increased. New powerful onboard radar equipment of this 235 sees the enemy twice as far. The engine on the 35 has three-dimensional thrust vectoring, hence, its super maneuverability. Unlike the Su 27, it can literally turn in the air on a dime. In 2019, a fighter conquered the sky, Steve generation Su 57, an entirely new combat aircraft like moving to the Major League, supersonic speed, cruising without afterburner, super powerful locator, onboard computer.
The flat fuselage provides stealth. That was also why it was made.
Speaker 13: We continued.
Speaker 3: The s u 57 at launch. Since the flight is a test, one novel is round on the right. There's no doubt about its reliability. And the flat one's performance is still being checked in flight. The chief designer of the s u 57, Mikhail Strelitz, says the principle of this aircraft is modular.
Some units can be replaced quickly with others. That is with engines that have a flat planes that are already performing combat operations can be equipped with this nozzle in the future.
Speaker 14: There is little that can be said, of course, but, but the most important thing is that it performs more functions than an exosymetric nozzle. It is made of metal. This is a composite structure, specially developed, integrated with the engine by a construction corporation and used on the aircraft to create new capabilities, including providing low visibility. In the educational range, we wanna what determines the characteristic forms of the nozzle curve and allows its application over a wider range, the heights of the aircraft flight speeds. Essentially, it complements the existing aerodynamic control devices, allowing moments to be created in 3 planes and thereby control moments in yaw.
Since the nozzle installation angle is preserved with the axisymmetric nozzle, All capabilities after the aircraft's high maneuverability are also maintained.
Speaker 3: Among foreign aircraft, the American f 22 raptor has flat nozzles, but they only deflect in the vertical plane, so our aircraft has more maneuverability. The flat nozzle narrows the high temperature jet, which reduces the aircraft's visibility in the infrared range. But perhaps the most important thing about this aircraft is the brains. Here at the Sukhoi Design Bureau, they're being, so to speak, enhanced. Artificial intelligence collects data from sensors and transmits it.
This is all done by this onboard computer. The software is entirely developed by our specialists to be continued. Also, the domestic architectures. Albers.
Speaker 15: We received the blocks from manufacturing companies, and they come to us completely poorly managed. To go, so these are sterile blocks that, that have absolutely nothing in them. It's, it is at our enterprise that the foundations and principles of the aircraft's operation are formed, and the already developed software auction is some, which consists of millions of lines of code is loaded onto this stand. The system sees as if it is on the aircraft and actually flying.
Speaker 3: Such test lasts for several months. The fact is that all the information collected by a modern aircraft cannot be processed by 1 person alone. Artificial intelligence as a second pilot assists in piloting so that the pilot can completely let go of the control stick and no stall will occur. Artificial intelligence will take care of everything. Additionally, the computer, after analyzing the combat situation, can advise which target is a priority and how to position the plane in the right place at the right time.
It will also help in an emergency.
Speaker 15: It can be seen in the text message that we simulated the brake failure situation. And in this case, the pilot not only knows there will be some problems with braking, but also receives advice on how to handle this situation. Below, we see that he needs to use the parking brake to counter this situation.
Speaker 3: The computer immediately shows the reason for the failure, and this is already a help for the technicians on the ground. They know where to look. In the near future, during the flight, information from the main computer will be displayed not only on the display, but also on the visor of the flight helmet. Here is a prototype of the helmet of the future. It was specially developed for the s u 57 fighter.
It displays information about piloting as well as the combat situation. Speed, altitude, targeting marks with all coordinate calculations, distance to the target.
Speaker 16: With an infrared homing hit, accordingly, if it is guided towards the target, the target is locked. And the pilot will then see the site mark change from across to a circle. He will know that the target is locked and then on the scales, he will see whether the launch is permitted under the conditions or not. The direction the pilot looks in, the missile seeker head deviates in the same direction.
Speaker 3: The helmet of the future weighs less than 2 kilograms. It passed tests on special stand Waiting. They poured water on it.
Speaker 9: Air
Speaker 3: than a metal. Including for strength, applying a load as during ejection. By the way, during those tests, the first prototype cracked after which these were made. They disrupt the intense airflow for strength which occurs during ejection. The helmet of the future is already being tested by pilots in the sky.
Continuity of generations is always important in aviation. And, of course, this applies not only to people, pilots, engineers, and even the aircraft themselves. The latest is always a continuation of the previous one in evolutionary development path. It seems the Su 57 is an exception but of course 0. In the mid 2000, Berkut was in the program for Here in the 50 5th generation fighter.
Our today's Su 57. By the way, it was precisely visibility. At airframe remains as a single unit, a museum exhibit, yet it is treated like a combat unit.
Speaker 17: Aviation evolved from cavalry. In cavalry, mounting the horse was always done from the left. Therefore, letters for airplanes to enter the cockpit were also made on the left.
Speaker 3: This, by the way, is about traditions and continuity in aviation. Hero of Russia, test pilot Igor Butintsev, was the first to take the Berkut into the sky in 97. He is a legend among testers. Today's multifunctional frontline supersonic fighter bomber 2 34, which is affectionately called duckling in the troops due to its characteristic nose, is also his offspring. Searching for enemy ground targets, recognizing and destroying them.
The bomber inherited maneuverability and presence from the s u 27. The fighter bet. After completing a mission, the Su 34 can maneuver to evade enemy air defense missiles. Here's how it happens in combat. Radio exchange recording.
The crew of the Su 34 evades an American Patriot missile in the sky over Donbas. The overload reaches up to 7.
Speaker 1: Subtitles created by Dimitorzak.
Speaker 10: Subtitles by Dimitorzak.
Speaker 1: Subtitles created by Dematorga. Subtitles created by Dimitorton. Yes.
Speaker 3: The arm hurts because the pilot is actively controlling the plane, mister Mathein Tom. And during overloads and at high speeds, this is incredibly difficult. Imagine Subtitles the pilot has to handle a 32 kilogram weight with one hand. Overall, it is an incredible frontline bomber capable of evading 3 enemy missiles. Accepted into service in the spring of 2014, it proved itself during a special military operation.
So much so that the ground shook. Guided aerial bombs from 250 kilograms to 3 tons. Precise weapons whose destructive power changes the course of combat actions. So the today Russian military pilots can carry out such combat missions. In 1999, Igor Butintsev together with test navigator Alexander Gaivoronsky risking their lives, tested issue 34, setting world aviation records for payload capacity.
At that time, they didn't even think about talking about it. They just did their job. Two records were noted with the lift 2,000
Speaker 17: and 5 tons above 11,000. My mood lifts, when I hear about the CAP 3,000. I did not reach this application. The fact that the aircraft turned out to be so unique that it allows for such use. I am just very happy and proud of the pilots, proud of the factory.
Speaker 3: The aviation plant flight testing station, another machine, or as it is usually called here product. The frontline bomber su 34 is being prepared for its first flight. Recently released from the final assembly workshop.
Speaker 18: Respect for leaks. Check the condition of the tires, the cooling propellers, and the cleanliness of the air channels. The first flight of the aircraft is very critical. This flight should demonstrate how well the machine meets the technical specifications.
Speaker 3: And thorough preparation. Vladimir Philip started at the factory in 85 as a simple technician. The first aircraft was the s u 24 bomber. Now he shares his experience with young Might
Speaker 15: it be
Speaker 19: a piece of metal, but each plane has its own life, its own fate. They are all different. It seems they all look the same, but when you work with them, they are all different. So they too, like a person, have their own fate. We always inspect the machine before the flight.
Speaker 10: We are getting acquainted, so to speak, with our comrade, the airplane. We examined the airplane, got to know it, petted it, and after that, we flew. Because how we treat it, it treats us back. The airplane was made by people, so a part of each person is embedded in
Speaker 20: it. And we bring
Speaker 19: it to the those pilots a happy flight over the desert. See you later. And I just stroke the plane's wing. It's the it's like sending a part of myself with it. And I worry in my heart until landing.
Speaker 21: Thank you for watching.
Speaker 3: Watches the plane for a long time. To take off, this is the moment that contact. Mate. This really is the hardest part of the job as an aviation technician waiting. Vladimir Philipov himself dreamed of becoming a pilot, but it didn't work out.
He still remembers the moment he fell in love
Speaker 4: with the kind
Speaker 19: The first time I flew on an airplane was in 1974. It was a 2 104. That was it. Everything inside me turned upside down. Aviation, everything.
I was 10 years old. The sensation of the takeoff, liftoff gaining altitude turned everything at once. I even wrote an essay about how I spent my summer, about this flight, and it stayed with me for life.
Speaker 3: The first flight usually lasts about 1 hour, checking all systems stability of operation.
Speaker 2: It's the birth the birth of the plane. Here it is born, you see here. And before this, it was around. We all carried it, but now it showed on its own what it can do. And it gave us a ride.
Speaker 3: As a rule, 4 such flights are enough to ensure the machine is ready for combat missions. Tests in different modes, altitudes, speeds, and then the aircraft flies out of the nest to the troops to distant aviation garrisons.
Speaker 13: Every time a plane leaves the facility, there is an unwritten rule. Pilots who are heading to the military unit, make a gesture by waving, the wing to the entire facility team. The pilot waves the wing, thanking the thousands of team members for doing his job. When you stand on the runway, of course, it's goosebumps. Of course, it's indescribable emotions.
Speaker 4: Special difficulty is training specialists. Beyond the gates, you won't find riveters who assemble planes. Therefore, we train all workers ourselves in our shop. We give them theory. We give them practice, and only after that do we release them for production.
The main thing here is personnel.
Speaker 3: In the final assembly shop, you can see what the workers are doing. Here, the aircraft's body is already fully assembled. Gradually, all the electronics are installed in the empty metal frame of the future machine and wires are laid. It is heavy, grueling work.
Speaker 22: 1 of the, not the large harnesses uses more than 10 kilometers of wear. This is one of the largest fuselage harnesses installed on our product. Just like in a human, the circulatory system, capillaries, and everything else are also on the airplane.
Speaker 3: This empty glider practically transforms into that very supersonic bomber right before your eyes. For many here, aircraft construction is not just a lifelong endeavor. The history of the factory is also the history of a fan.
Speaker 21: The factory opened in, in 1,936. Grandfather got here in 1,938 already. And grandfather the same, army, Chicago factory, and more than 40 years at the factory. Aviation technical school, army. After the army, Chikalov factory.
Elder son school, Chikalov factory. Army, Chikalov factory. The total work experience for the whole family is 222 years, benefiting for myself, for my family, and for the fact that my grandfather sort of started this. We continue.
Speaker 3: Here, the brothers and wife work a true dynasty. Over this time, more than 10,000 planes have come out of the factory. Combat MiGs, Sukhoi, Migi 15, 17, 19, Su 9, Su 15, Su 24, and, of course, today, Su 34, the flagship of fighter bomber aviation.
Speaker 23: Of course, we survived the the nineties, the the difficult 19 nineties when the entire defense industry was on the brink of liquidation, including our Aviation manufacturing enterprises. If, of course, the early 2000s, our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin did not decide to consolidate all remaining defense enterprises, including aviation, into state holdings, into corporations. Probably today, it would be, very difficult for us to participate in any military action.
Speaker 3: The main task of the state corporations and holdings created at that time was to stop the collapse of the industry, preserve personnel, scientific, and production
Speaker 24: potential. 2001. But it was my first introduction to the factory. This is a workshop where things stopped. Various kinds of work are performed there, drilling and mechanical processing.
Speaker 12: That's confusing.
Speaker 24: In the past, when you entered the shop, it was quiet. Why was it quiet? Because in the early 2000, unfortunately, there was not yet an opportunity for the government to finance. And accordingly, the plant was not busy at that time. In 2,007, if I remember correctly, the first government contract for the production of the 2 34 aircraft was signed.
The plant came to life.
Speaker 3: Modernization of the enterprise was carried out, new equipment purchased, and in 2,011, serial production of the 2 34 began. Today, it is in the world news. Just like the deeply modernized MiG 31 k fighter equipped with Russian aviation complex Kinzhal, the first combat use of the hypersonic missile in 2022 in the zone of the special military operation. The supersonic long range interceptor fighter MiG 31 also provides monitoring, detecting, and destroying aerial targets. It went on combat duty in in 1981.
Back then, it was the first Soviet 4th generation fighter. But even today, it remains a record holder, the fastest airplane in the world, the only one reaching speeds up to 3,000 kilometers per hour. After deep modernization, it is a different aircraft. Only the airframe remains from the previous version.
Speaker 2: The trials of this aircraft were completed in 2019. In 2020, it was assigned a letter, and now it is being adapted for the tasks of the special military operation. It is being refined, already refined. This is a completely different information management field that provides easier combat application and faster decision making.
Speaker 3: Information management field of the airplane, how it is developed and how important the layout is, We can show on the training aircraft UTS, which is currently being developed by UK Bimikoyan. The struggle for every gram of the aircraft's weight and every second of the pilot's attention begins right from the start of the design process. It all starts with these ground test flights.
Speaker 6: Taking off. Opening speed is high.
Speaker 13: Starting the evaluation of attention reserve.
Speaker 7: The excess thrust is significant.
Speaker 3: To understand how conveniently the interface is positioned in the cockpit, engineers assess the pilot's attention reserves at different stages of the flight. Here's how it's done. Under the pilot's left hand are 3 buttons, red, green, and blue. To the right at eye level is a small panel. On it, lights of the same colors light up.
The pilot during takeoff and turns must read the lights and extinguish them by pressing buttons of specific colors. The lights turn on faster and faster. The time the pilot takes to extinguish the lights is his reserve for free pilot. In an actual flight, for example, this is the time for combat use.
Speaker 5: The more convenient and comfortable it is for the pilot to fly, the more relaxed he is, the greater the reserve of attention we obtain. This means he is not completely focused on the task, but rather needs 50% of his attention to complete it. The rest he is free.
Speaker 3: After redesigning the original interface, attention reserve indicators improved by 35%. Just because of the correct arrangement of all indicators and the choice of the right color, there are no minor details in aviation.
Speaker 6: Engineers perceive this from an engineer's perspective. Initially, it was inconvenient. The cabin was very colorful with many different colors. They distract attention. And to understand what is what right away, you spend more time, it is more complicated.
The image is oversaturated and you look at it and the information that you should emphasize for yourself at this moment. You start to spend a long time choosing, searching.
Speaker 3: Creating Airplanes are also about studying pilot being conducted on this simulator sensors and special classes on the pilot, test flight over 600,000 records, more than 80 different parameters, psychophysiological tension at each stage of the flight, pulse pressure, as well as the assessment of the pilot's eye trajectory.
Speaker 11: You can see how the the pilot's pupil appears and moves with their head. Based on objective control parameters, how well did the pilot, fly with this image or that one? If the pilot lingers on certain instruments, it indicates that, well, maybe something is not drawn very well.
Speaker 3: In other words, the test pilot in aircraft creation is a co author. At almost all stages, they help designers and engineers in forming tactical and technical requirements From piloting the aircraft to managing the armament of the Mikoyan Design Bureau. The tradition was established during the creation by Soviet aircraft designer, Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan himself. His son, Avanesh Mikoyan, an aviation engineer, worked almost his entire life at his native design bureau and remembers how any aircraft begins according to his father's precepts.
Speaker 25: He was very meticulous about the smallest details, especially to ensure pilot comfort so that, heaven forbid, there was no discomfort in the cockpit or that the control handles were poorly positioned or that ejection was not well provided for. He closely monitored
Speaker 0: When I came, I was at the Miku and Design Bureau quite some time ago. The first thing I heard, words attributed to Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan. Nothing in the aircraft cabin. MiG, nothing should be created without the participation of the pilot. No one like the pilot can better advise the designer on how to make it convenient and comfortable.
For example, the the landing gear control switch should be under the left hand in a convenient location. Its length should be quite comfortable. The switching force should be comfortable, yet tangible, and so on much, much, much more.
Speaker 3: Hero of Russia, senior test the newest between. 29th. He resigned for the first time back in military school. In June of 19 eighties as a cadet, 2 fighters were flying from the factory to a military unit. He he remembers it was a small revolution in consciousness where progress is headed.
The appearance was mesmerizing. The wing contours, the fuselage, the engines, that MiG became the MiG of a lifetime for Mikhail Belayev.
Speaker 26: This is the aircraft 747. This is the prototype of the flying laboratory of the MiG 35 aircraft. This is the aircraft where all new advanced systems are tested, where we prepare everything that will be on the serial production of the MiG 35 aircraft.
Speaker 3: 1st, a service in the armed forces. Like, almost 20 years ago, he graduated from a test pilot school. Now his job is to bring airplanes to life. He took the carrier based MiG 29 to the sky. Now he is deploying the successor of the legendary 29, the generation 4 plus plus fighter, MiG 35.
Along with Dimitri Sedivan, of today's flight assignment is on 8 pages. Of course, they cannot be shown.
Speaker 6: Right now, specifically, a new targeting and navigation system, a new radar, and a little bit of new cockpit equipment. It's better not to. Very beautiful. Good work. There's a lot of interesting stuff, but I can't talk about it.
Speaker 3: Breaking away from the Landry, the cameras mounted on the fuselage and in the cockpit show us the full beauty of the flight, but the pilots have no time for beauty. Today, they must test among other things, the functionality of the so called low altitude flight system. Meaning, whether the new equipment correctly detects altitude, and these are low and extremely low altitude, 50 meters above the ground, then basically above the head, 10. Test pilot at this time are focused exclusively on the indicators performing the flight mission. Everything here is strict.
For example, when testing the determination of the characteristics of the machine stability and controllability, specifically the roll control measurements are in many
Speaker 0: control to half deliver travel. This means that with a full travel, for example, of 100 millimeters, I need to move it to 50. We stand for the duration of a full rotation of the plane at a given angular speed while also approximately assessing the angular speed at which the plane rotates, then return to a neutral state. If I instead of making half the movement, 50 millimeters, for example, if it was 54 or 56, then it doesn't count. Therefore, when they say that it's romance, Sky, flight for pilot trainers, no.
It's work. It's tough, intense work, where you must strictly follow the instructions given to you.
Speaker 3: So the MiG 29 was the basis for the new aircraft, but plans changed. The wing area was increased.
Speaker 2: The number of suspension points on the wing increased from 6 to 8, new optical location station, new engine with increased thrust, fundamentally new machine. The
Speaker 3: During the development of FITAS 35, designers paid special attention to improving operational performance. Up to 30% of the fuselage covering is composite materials. In this workshop, a cutting machine cuts out carbon fiber blanks. Strips of different lengths and shapes are laid and glued together in a special way.
Speaker 27: The laying is done under a laser. The laser machine shows the direction, how to lay it, and then what form. If you look now, 0 90 degrees laying is happening. After this, a 45 degrees laying will occur.
Speaker 3: This determines the strength. Each part has its own scheme and number of layers of carbon fiber depending on the load during flight. Then a vacuum bag is put on the work piece. The item is sent to the oven. Here, they also produce the honeycomb pillar.
For example, what will be inside the sheath, aluminum alloy foil of various thicknesses. First, it is folded like an accordion and glued in a special way. And and it also shrinks. Yeah. Next, when stretched, we share the very filler is formed.
We share an entire panel riddled with honeycombs. Despite such airiness and lightness, it is very strong. Even thin, it can support the weight of a person. But this is, of course, for an impressive picture. The real test of composite materials, other loads are experienced very differently.
For example, I am stretching apart. In the background.
Speaker 10: There you
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Speaker 3: You can hear the clicking. It's individual thread snapping inside the parts. Portions from below.
Speaker 1: Destruction of support in our APL.
Speaker 3: They show us how strong the material is. A thin strip withstands extreme loads. This is the whole for static test of Sukov's experimental design bureau. Another test of strength is hours long vibration. Not everyone passes it.
They tear, crack. The production of parts from composite material takes up to 5 days. Metallic ones take much longer. Future airplanes are rarely shown like this. One of the initial stages of production is the foundry.
A complex technological process takes about 20 days to manufacture 1 part. Some of them then send to special bath.
Speaker 28: This is the shop for applying galvanic coatings on aircraft parts. Here, we give the parts anti corrosion properties. This involves immersing the parts in a special solution where under the influence of electric current, the parts become more resistant to atmospheric load, humidity, and aggressive conditions.
Speaker 3: By the way, the light green color of new airplanes is given by anti corrosion coatings. Here is the stage of joining the wings and fuselage. As you wipe by the GCA, the Unicorni Nissan, this is how the engines arrive at the factory. This is for the future Sule 35 aircraft, a work of art in itself. After installing all the components, the machine is still on the assembly stands, but it's already coming to life.
The testing of all systems begins.
Speaker 9: Do your job. Certainly, in any case, this equipment will be at the front to protect our borders. Everything for the front, everything for victory.
Speaker 3: This front is a personal story for fighter assembler, Andrei Tymoshenko. He is a participant in the special military operation. He volunteered in September of 2020.
Speaker 9: There was a deferment, but for me, a deferment means nothing. The main thing is that in my heart, I need to defend the homeland. I went to the draft office and wrote a statement refusing the deferment.
Speaker 3: In an assault squad, the very heat of battle where he had to go, what he saw and felt. They don't talk about words, can't express it. Andre has several concussions. A year later, he was discharged due to injury. He received the medal of courage or as the military say, the guys medal for participating in the operation to capture the enemy stronghold.
Now he perceives combat aircraft somewhat differently. Like a picket thing supported by a
Speaker 9: You feel proud because you assembled the best airplanes in the world.
Speaker 3: Su 30 5, its first flight in February 2008, and then the global economic crisis struck, producing a new aircraft, if planned at all, was only as an export version. Everything changed in one day. He is well remembered at the factory.
Speaker 5: The impetus for the the the development of mass production was the visit of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in the capacity of prime minister. In 2009, during the visit to our plant, an agreement was signed. Pro total based on which a country issue a contract was signed. For the serial production of these airplanes, 48 airplanes were ordered from us back then. For the enterprise, actually, this provided a significant boost in terms of receiving funds, which we in turn use for modernization.
Speaker 3: At the same time, the production of the c 50, the future s u 57 was launched. The Sukhoi Design Bureau and the factory had an ambitious task to create an entirely new 5th generation aircraft. Modernization of production was necessary. At that time, this u certified fighter elevated the enterprise itself and, of course, our combat aviation to a new level.
Speaker 2: Zomash f four was, put in by the plan together with Sukhoi Design Bureau. Teams were constantly here day and night around the clock. So many issues, so many remarks.
Speaker 11: Well, 35 times it worked. Good fighter, excellent fighter. It allows you to do many things that you couldn't even imagine on the Su 27. The same flips, the same cobras. Cobra is for the chosen ones.
In principle on this plane any operational pilot showed.
Speaker 3: And entering a high angle of attack, the Cobra maneuver. Our test pilot, Victor Pugachev, was the first to perform it publicly. It was in it was in 1989. Plus, now it's called Pugachev's Cobra. He performed it on a Su 27 fighter jet.
At that time, it was a brand new aircraft. We presented it abroad for the first time. Viktor Georgievich recalled that he prepared as if for the Olympics to be the best and amaze the whole world. In fact, that's what happened as soon as we arrived France.
Speaker 25: It's a joyful meeting. Hello, welcome. How long was your flight? About 3 and a half hours, Espany. Where did you land?
That's their external tanks or anything. Guys, calm down. We took off 3 and a half hours ago. They went silent and said, that can be and they started going in circles. That's new.
Speaker 8: Thought through. It's a pity. Yes.
Speaker 10: We actually saw this
Speaker 3: Our airplanes at international air shows have always captured the audience's attention, and the pilots were welcomed like superstars. This tradition is also passed down from generation to generation. How Sergei Bogdan was welcomed in China only confirms this. Wheels faster, higher, stronger, and in the sky, it's even more maneuverable.
Speaker 7: What is done at an air show is always done to the limit. Absolutely any maneuver here is pushed to the maximum to make it spectacular. So to say that I like this maneuver, I like taxiing to the parking area. That's when I relax. I like this maneuver, opening the canopy.
The refreshing breeze feels nice.
Speaker 3: And on the ground, there are also workers to stay in shape. Morning exercise or evening hockey. This sport is chosen not only for the physical exercise. Sergei Bogdan says that hockey players have something to learn from this time.
Speaker 8: In a team, in a trio, in a group, just like in aviation, speed of decision making.
Speaker 3: Sergei Bogdan's love for airplanes began in childhood. It just so happened that his native, the the Moscow suburb of Voskossensky, is located near the the test flight area. There is a scientific test range for aviation systems there. The latest machines flew past the boy's eyes. The sounds of the fighters were mesmerizing and made him look at the sky again and again.
Of course, I did not think then that I would become a test pilot myself, but he firmly decided to enter the military aviation school. And it was there that experienced officers noticed that the cadet might have a great future.
Speaker 7: At the end of the second year, my flight instructor wrote my evaluations for graduation. After flying the L 29 aircraft, it's it's considered reasonable to use them in test work, but to be honest, I found it funny. I mean, who am I? Just some cadet? And it seemed like some kind of light irony to me, though it was supposed to be a serious document.
Speaker 3: Several decades later, Rishi, as a test pilot, he learned why the instructor wrote that in the report. The thing is cadet Sergei Bogdan grasped everything quickly in every sense of the word. And the modes that the instructor showed to perform very precisely. Therefore, the the officer was afraid he might do something wrong himself and the trainee would remember it developing what is called an incorrect skill. In another test flight, Sergei Bogdan flies with test pilot Sergei Chernyshov working in tandem.
There are specific features here. Coordination is important.
Speaker 29: 57 aircraft allows flying at any, intervals and distances. It is very powerful, very sensitive. With such maneuverability characteristics, you can fly at any intervals and distances, including the lowest ones. These are just a few meters. We fly at 10 to 15 meters.
When breaking through clouds, we maintain the smallest distances between airplanes that is 2 to 3 meters in order to maintain visual contact.
Speaker 3: Close to aerial combat is, of course, unlikely, but developers do not rule it out. That's why they conduct various tests to understand how a particular aircraft will behave. Here's how close combat might look today. Planes enter it at speed. Kilometers per hour literally in 20 to 30 seconds, the speed drops to 500.
Vigorous maneuvering, the speed is already 300 and then the plane becomes barely controllable. And only the supermaneuverability mode allows for a quick turn or even to adjust the plane on these passions to get behind the tail. The close combat at speed will take about a minute.
Speaker 7: We practice certain modes during air combat. 1 aircraft is piloted without super maneuverability meaning within allowable angles of attack and the other aircraft is piloted at extreme angles of attack and usually within approximately 20 seconds. An aircraft with the super maneuverability option like the Su 35 or Su 57 within 20 seconds ends up in the rear hemisphere ready to launch and strike. Accordingly, if 2 super maneuverable aircraft converge, we also work on that. We start aggressively maneuvering towards each other.
Then literally within 20 seconds, we find ourselves in a position where the 2 aircraft are in a spin, rotating towards each other, and we see each other from a distance of 100 to 200 meters.
Speaker 23: There is a lot of interest from foreign partners in our s u 57 aircraft. We already have specific customers. Today, many countries are engaged in creation, a plane of each generation, including the United States and Russia. But our plane is the one participating in actual combat operations. It surpasses many counterparts in several ways.
Speaker 30: Ogden is performing a test flight somewhere making a turn. This is exactly that case. We check it, see how much the structure is loaded, pressure dispersion. The blue area is the low pressure area where it goes from yellow to red. That is the high pressure area and these are the stress fields where it is redder, the stress is higher.
Speaker 3: Simulation of flight on a supercomputer is one of the stages in creating our 5th generation fighter jet. Here for example, the study where the most intensive stress on the airframe occurs. Accordingly, designers understand where increased strength is required. This is a general trend in aviation. More computer testing, fewer full scale tester.
This way aircraft can be created faster and cheaper. The supercomputer accounts for all the chemical and physical properties of the material. Here, for example, are shots of the fighter jet cannon test. Before this, there was computer modeling that showed what would happen during the
Speaker 30: An interesting effect that we can observe here is the secondary detonation of the gunpowder gases after exiting the barrel. The unburned gases come into contact with the surrounding environment where there is oxygen. Accordingly, repeated detonation occurs, which also affects the structure. An assessment is made of how long the structure can withstand single shots and multiple shots.
Speaker 11: Undoubtedly, the school plays a huge role. And today, we are talking about Mikoyan's school, about Sukov's school, the decisions that were developed and created today, they are actively used. At the same time, of course, we must create the foundation for future aircraft. And the main thing, at the moment is the application of digital development technologies.
Speaker 3: Of course, paper blueprints are a thing of the past. The Su 57, the first Russian fighter jet that is completely in 3 d. I all the documentation is electronic. In the factory during assembly, if a question arises, the worker can independently load the 3 d model to verify. When working through details at the modeling stage, every part of the design bureau work as a single organism.
Speaker 20: Constant communication with colleagues, you corrected something here. Your colleague had something changed and you sit together at the table and think about how to coordinate it, where to put the rib for rigidity, whether to put it or not, which bracket. So it's a creative process. You talk with your acquaintances in everyday life saying we're designing some kind of airplane. What do you say that you are drawing an airplane?
You are an engineer, drawing is for creative people. Are we that creative? In everyday language, we use exactly this word that we are drawing.
Speaker 3: Constant questions that designers grapple with. How to reduce the aircraft's weight, fuel consumption, and increase the volume of the fuel tank. In the quest for weight perfection, the implementation of modern lightweight materials alone is not enough. It is necessary to reduce the number of parts and make it so that one unit performs several function at once. For example, the s u 27 aircraft originally had a brake flap.
It was deployed during the landing to increase aerodynamic drag. The designers refined this and now this function is performed by the radars direction and flaperons. A fuel tank was placed in the location of the brake shields. The latest s u 57, of course, has many more original solutions.
Speaker 12: Number of parts has sharply decreased compared to the su 35 assembly of the aircraft has sped up because large panels are used, which simplify assembly and minimize the time for assembly operations.
Speaker 15: We see
Speaker 14: the airplane as a platform, capable of solving issues for at least 50 years. Effectively, its tasks including gradually introducing next generation technologies, essentially transforming the aircraft from generation 5 to generation 5 plus. Generation 5 plus is a generation in which are introduced technologies, already certain technologies of the 6th generation. There are different interpretations, but including the ability to control small unmanned aerial vehicles, which we are actively working on right now.
Speaker 3: The future can be imagined like this. A multifunctional aircraft in the sky with its pilot commanding several unmanned aerial vehicles.
Speaker 7: Aircraft and reconnaissance drones
Speaker 31: By the threshold of 2,030 to 2,035, the number of unmanned, aerial systems will increase from 4 up to 10 times at least. They will be able to replace transport airplanes or helicopters in unmanned form. If we speak about the military field, then certainly those types of assault aircraft such as airplanes and helicopters that are currently still used in, I think, the foreseeable future can already be replaced by unmanned aerial vehicles.
Speaker 3: Sergei Bibikov joined the design bureau as a student. The Sukhoi Design Bureau has had this practice for several decades, a targeted youth training program.
Speaker 14: From the junior and middle years of the institute, the most talented youth are invited to a targeted training program where they simultaneously work, study, and gain knowledge that is specific to working at Tsugoy Design Bureau since the time of Pavel Osipovich, a thesis about a trusting attitude towards young people was formulated.
Speaker 3: This is the only way to forge strong ties between generations to ensure this continuous connection. Young budding designers, engineers with bright eyes, cadets of aviation military schools, lieutenants who have just graduated from academies. Someone perhaps does not yet realize they will dedicate their life to aircraft testing. They are the future of our aircraft industry, and it doesn't matter if they admire rising from the ground. People in love with the sky for whom the airplane is a work of art and fly sees poetry.
Speaker 0: After I realized that I have completed all the points of the flight assignment, that I have done everything, I can now look at what is outside my window. And, and, if it turns out that, yes, there are clouds, the sun around the sea or something else, then you really get this incomparable
Speaker 7: When there's a big cloud, you literally touch its edges. And here you see such enormous force, almost 10 kilometers high, and there's some tremendously powerful rain activity going on. And you fly around it beautifully. It's breathtaking, especially it's striking when, for example, down below there's heavy rain, damp weather, strong wind, and you take off, break through the clouds, and there's bright sunshine. It's really impressive.
Speaker 6: It's vivid. Very vivid. It was on a cloudy day when you get on a plane, especially when rain is drizzling. Yes. You sat in the plane, started up, took off, climbed in altitude, and then I start like this.
The clouds brighten, so to speak, become translucent, and then you pop out and there is this bright blue sun. Your mood changes instantly, but I can't convey it in words.
Speaker 29: He had such a test pilot.
Speaker 6: Unfortunately, he is no longer with us.
Speaker 29: No. Sergei Nikolaevich Melnikov, he had this interesting phrase. The weather on the ground was not. The sun always shines above the clouds.
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