Comments on: Carrier aviation video

By: kyon

kyon — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:13:31 +0000

Why are there only a handful of 33’s painted vividly. They should paint them all so they’d look better.

By: Stas

Stas — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:26:26 +0000

I watched it many time a go… And liked it. I watched it today and liked again. Very nice episode. Congratulations to “Smotr”’s guies! And to Pavel, off course

By: Northern Dancer

Northern Dancer — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:26:26 +0000

Flanker-D is a very capable platform with excellent pilots. However, Russian Navy pilots don’t get the flight hours that, say, USN pilots get. The Russian Navy just doesn’t have the money.

The orange suits make it a lot easier to spot a pilot in the sea. These may be exposure suits (poppy suits). If something goes wrong with the plane while you’re flying over the Barents Sea you really want to get pulled out of the water PDQ before your freeze to death. So you wear a very uncomfortable poppy suit and color it a nice bright color.

By: Not A Fox

Not A Fox — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:24:42 +0000

I tend to think it potent no matter what it’s size.

Think of the pilots behind those controls. They’re pros. Veterans. They could give our Top Gun graduates a run for their money, easily.

BTW, I’m wondering if someone could fill me in on this: What is it with the Orange suits that the Su-33 pilots are wearing?

By: daishi

daishi — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:03:31 +0000

it is times like these that i enjoy the U.S. naval supiriority. i mean, who can look at that carrier with pride? im dissapointed with idea of taking a monster jet like the SU-33 and putting it on an extremely small carrier. Russia has a long way to come with their naval force. but best of luck!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:31:44 +0000

It is an interesting video. I can see the Russian pilots flying, practising, playing,… The carrier and the Su-33 fleet is very nice.