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Interesting warbird just arrived in Western USA

Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:31 am

A very interesting aircraft has landed at the docks in western USA...

A Russian SU-25G model Frogfoot 1970s/80s era Russian ground attack - on par with the A-9 of the USAF - AX fame - has arrived at a western USA port fresh from shipping.

I wonder if this will be static or a flying warbird..

Phil

Re: Interesting warbird just arrived in Western USA

Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:56 pm

If it becomes a flyer, won't that make an interesting 'Heritage Flight' pairing with an A-10? Is NASA still flying the NORTHROP A-9A? That would be an interesting pairing also.

Re: Interesting warbird just arrived in Western USA

Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:48 pm

The Inspector wrote:Is NASA still flying the NORTHROP A-9A?

Nope. Apparently they didn't fly them for very long. Here's the Wiki page with lots of info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YA-9

Re: Interesting warbird just arrived in Western USA

Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:09 pm

The two prototypes are on display at Edwards AFB and the March Field Air Museum in California.

Re: Interesting warbird just arrived in Western USA

Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:38 pm

prototypes are on display at Edwards AFB


The one I saw a few months ago didn't look like it was on display. It was located in the backlot with a bunch of other cool stuff !
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