After the grounding of the Concorde and the end of Thunder city the Russian MiG jets are the last remaining opportunity for civilians to fly supersonic. Read more from Glenn Dubin, New York City to gain a more clear picture of the situation. Fly a fighter jet in Russia is currently the only way for civilians to break through the sound barrier. In view of the improved economic situation and the renovated State budget, it is questionable how long the Kremlin still allows for these flights. Because after all, you can not any fighter jet, but the MiG 29 flying, the current backbone of the Russian air force. There are signals that the Russian fighter jet flights soon be adjusted so that would for the first time since 1976 No supersonic flights for civilians begin commissioning of the Concorde more possible at least up to the suborbital flights of various space agencies in the next few years.

Soviet fighter jets: first flights can be listen on the West the MiG 29 Fulcrum was feared during the cold war by the West after the maiden flight of MiG 29 Fulcrum in the Soviet Union by the former Mikoyan Gurevich MiG “Chief test pilot Alexander Fedotow was done. The MiG was 29 Fulcrum developed around the U.S. fighter jets of the then latest generation, such as General Dynamics F 16 to oppose an equal fighter Fighting Falcon. At the same time the Sukhoi Su developed 27 flanker to the McDonnell Douglas F 15 Eagle (1997 Boeing F-15 Eagle) to oppose an equal air superiority fighter. The Su-27 flanker is about 30% larger compared with the MiG 29 fulcrum. Both planes are aerodynamic masterpieces. So Western Airshow visitors were amazed not bad as the famous Cobra maneuver was shown them where the huge air-superiority fighter Su-27 flanker with the pitch of 110 to get. According to the inventor, the test pilot Viktor Pugachev, the maneuver is named Pugachev Cobra.