Skip to comments.
Meet The Ilyushin IL-102, The Most Gorgeously Ugly Combat Jet Ever
Foxtrot Alpha ^
| 07/11/2014
| Tyler Rogoway
Posted on 07/11/2014 11:00:07 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-47 next last
To: sukhoi-30mki
Got to admit, that rear facing gunner was seriously retro of them to think of........
Still cool, but the gunner wound not get to see all the good stuff happening up front!
To: sukhoi-30mki
Interesting article! I wasn’t familiar with this plane before.
3
posted on
07/11/2014 11:09:52 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
it has that “Made in Russia” look about it..
To: doorgunner69
He gets to shoot the harpoon and tow cable.
5
posted on
07/11/2014 11:12:04 PM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The Russians could have made good use of this aircraft in Afghanistan.
6
posted on
07/11/2014 11:14:27 PM PDT
by
Rockpile
To: sukhoi-30mki
It DOES remind me of a jet-driven Sturmovik.
.
7
posted on
07/11/2014 11:23:22 PM PDT
by
tanuki
(Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Yet an obscure Russian close air support aircraft that lost a competition to the now notorious Sukhoi Su-25 may take the trophy for the must gorgeously ugly combat jet of all time. A couple of contenders...
Of course airplanes always look uglier parked on the ground.
8
posted on
07/11/2014 11:23:29 PM PDT
by
Hugin
To: RitchieAprile
it has that “Made in Russia” look about it..
It certainly does. It looks like it would be tough to fly but take a beating.
9
posted on
07/11/2014 11:24:18 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: Hugin
10
posted on
07/11/2014 11:27:39 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: Hugin
I spoke too soon. That’s not an ME-109.
11
posted on
07/11/2014 11:28:56 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: laplata
JU-87 Stuka and P47 Thunderbolt. Both great ground support planes and the P47 was also a fine high altitude fighter. But compared to planes like the P51 Mustang and Focke-Wulf 190 they were ugly as sin.
12
posted on
07/11/2014 11:34:22 PM PDT
by
Hugin
To: Hugin
That’s an ugly old Buffalo :-)
13
posted on
07/11/2014 11:35:36 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Israel is the most long-suffering and peace loving nation on Earth.)
To: Hugin
I don’t think either of those is a combat “JET” though.
Russian aircraft always have an indefinable “something” that makes them seem odd somehow. Something in the design language is just “off”.
To: Little Pig
You’re right, I missed the “jet” part.
15
posted on
07/11/2014 11:44:12 PM PDT
by
Hugin
To: sukhoi-30mki
Does NATO call it the.. “Homer Simpson”?...
16
posted on
07/11/2014 11:49:29 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Hugin
17
posted on
07/11/2014 11:49:52 PM PDT
by
razorbak
To: razorbak
18
posted on
07/11/2014 11:52:07 PM PDT
by
razorbak
To: Hugin
I got the P-47 right. LOL One of Dad’s best friends was a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot.
19
posted on
07/11/2014 11:53:01 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: razorbak
Polikarpov Po-2 Russian WW2 Fighter
20
posted on
07/11/2014 11:59:24 PM PDT
by
razorbak
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-47 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
