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Originally Posted by Soviet Ace
Really, a PAK FA doing a flyby with a Sopwith!? You do know, that even a Spitfire with a Griffon and more powerful Spits, have a hard time flying alongside a Sopwith. The pilot of the Spit has to pretty much fly on the edge of falling out of the sky! While the Sopwith pilot fly's at max throttle. I don't think that'd be a very good show for the people, when a multi-milion dollar jet falls.
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I would think it viable given good pilots in each. I am fully presupposing PAK FA performance on par with an F-22. At a recent real airshow I witnessed an F-22 come to a dead stop above show center at high angle of attack with full thrust vectoring. The same F-22 made a high angle of attack pass at roughly 70 knots before doing a few cartwheels, making a quick expresso for the crowd, finishing my taxes, and running off into the heavens. Add into that equation a Sopwith pilot peddling for all he's worth, and you have a sight that would surely bring tears to my eyes.
04-26-2010, 08:48 PM
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