Jinxman Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Thought these might be worth showing given current news/events. 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Thanks for sharing. RIP, Grey Wolf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Lovely images and very poignant given the tragic news today of the shooting down last Friday of Col Oksonchenko, the former Ukraine AF SU-27 pilot who so ably demonstrated the type's prowess at RIAT for several years. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Great photos of an impressive machine. The Ukraine digital Flankers must be the most photographed of them all, certainly the best looking colour schemes. As an aside does anyone happen to have any photos form RIAT (or any other source) that clearly show the intake colour and the wheel well colours of Blue 71? I have just started (my long planned) build of Blue 71 and have trawled the internet for photos that show those areas but 99% are all from the more normal airshow views and leave me none the wiser whether the intakes are the tan colour of the earlier Su-27s or the more blue colour. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 57 minutes ago, Duncan B said: Great photos of an impressive machine. The Ukraine digital Flankers must be the most photographed of them all, certainly the best looking colour schemes. As an aside does anyone happen to have any photos form RIAT (or any other source) that clearly show the intake colour and the wheel well colours of Blue 71? I have just started (my long planned) build of Blue 71 and have trawled the internet for photos that show those areas but 99% are all from the more normal airshow views and leave me none the wiser whether the intakes are the tan colour of the earlier Su-27s or the more blue colour. Duncan B Assuming the Ukrainian single and two seaters are painted the same colours in these areas I might be able to help... Intakes are medium to dark grey to me eye, certainly not tan Sukhoi Su-27P1M Flanker 58 BLUE Ukrainian Air Force RAF Fairford 16/07/17 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr The wheel wells are trickier to determine, but I reckon they look more of a blue/grey here HTH Shaun 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 @Seamus lovely photos, thanks for those. They clearly show the colours well for the Ukrainian Su-27 single seater. I have a feeling that they might have been repainted when they went through their upgrades in Belarus, certainly not the tan colour seen on early single seaters and probably a good indication for the upgraded UBM-1. The second photo gives a great view of the undercarriage folding up and the staining around the engines which is another thing that can be difficult to see. Very useful photos so thanks again. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Duncan B said: @Seamus lovely photos, thanks for those. They clearly show the colours well for the Ukrainian Su-27 single seater. I have a feeling that they might have been repainted when they went through their upgrades in Belarus, certainly not the tan colour seen on early single seaters and probably a good indication for the upgraded UBM-1. The second photo gives a great view of the undercarriage folding up and the staining around the engines which is another thing that can be difficult to see. Very useful photos so thanks again. Duncan B No worries, you're welcome. There are plenty of shots on my Flickr of BLUE 71 too, just none of the detail shots. But feel free to look through, they may be of further use to you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Beautiful photos of a very impressive airplane! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Super photos there! They really bring home the size of the SU27 and also do a great job of conveying the power and sheer dynamism of the machine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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