On Jun. 3, 1973, at the 1973 Paris Airshow, the flight crew on a Tu-144 attempted to perform an impressive steep…
Civil AviationLosses and Aviation Safety
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
SR-71 Pilot tells the story of the “Secret” Party He and other Habu Crews had with Victor Pugachev and other Soviet Su-27 Pilots at Paris Air Show 1989
by Dario Leone‘All Soviet flying demos were mysteriously canceled that day. Could it have been the Tequila, or did they all want to…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That time a Soviet Test Pilot Ejected Two Seconds Before the Crash of his MiG-29
by Dario LeoneThe MiG-29 hit the ground beside the runway, erupting in a tremendous fireball. Test pilot Anatoliy N. Kvochur landed a mere…
