September 1, 2014

Was the No 55 T-50 PAK FA stealth aircraft which caught fire on June 10, a technology demonstrator for Indian Air Force?

Earlier on  June 10 it was reported that smoke was observed coming from the fighter’s starboard engine air intake during landing, and a fire broke out shortly afterwards at Zhukovsky air base near Moscow.

http://www.asiandefencenews.com/2014/06/russias-fifth-generation-pak-fa.html

Photo - Sukhoi Corporation




Technology beggars cannot be choosers - Lesson from Russia

India has currently paid over quarter of a billion dollars for the preliminary design but the Sukhoi Corporation is currently not giving any explanation as to why a prototype aircraft caught fire during a technology demonstration.Russia has built six prototypes of PAK-FA and, after repeated requests from India, it agreed to hold a demonstration flight earlier this year for technical evaluation. The flight ended in a fire that embarrassed the Russians.

India today story :

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pak-fa-project-sukhoi-t-50-russia-india-ties-defence-ministry-iaf/1/380033.html



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