To: mazda77
[I didn’t know the Russians had a version of a Harrier!]
From a long time ago. Yak-36, eventually the Yak-38.
I don’t know if any of them still fly.
201 posted on
10/10/2015 11:19:26 AM PDT by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: SaveFerris
I think it was a reference to the article where it said the Russians were hovering. Regular jets don’t hover, they orbit.
202 posted on
10/10/2015 11:36:34 AM PDT by
ichabod1
(Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
To: SaveFerris
I had a yak once. Wiped my mouth of and continued on my way.
203 posted on
10/10/2015 11:49:27 AM PDT by
mazda77
To: SaveFerris
From a long time ago. Yak-36, eventually the Yak-38.
I don’t know if any of them still fly.
Those are long gone, left service when the Russians got rid of the Kiev Class carriers. The replacement, Yak-141, never made it into service. That aircraft's three-piece rotating rear exhaust nozzle is really similar to the F-35B's ...
Back to the Yak-38, it was much more similar to the German VAK-191 prototype than the Harrier line:
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