Russian Stealth Fighter Makes Its First Flight

An anonymous reader writes "The long-awaited Russian stealth fighter, codenamed PAK FA or T-50, has had its first test flight today. This Google translation of a Russian article has a photo of the jet. Production is supposed to begin in 2015; the AP reports that India is helping with development. It's reportedly designed to compete with America's F-22 (first flight: 1997). Relatedly, according to Wikipedia, Japan is planning to fly its own stealth fighter, the ATD-X, which we have previously discussed, in 2011."

Comments

do you have to think in Russian to fly it?

[Joe The Dragon]

do you have to think in Russian to fly it?

What happens in a dogfight?

[singingjim1]

Do they all just collide in midair?

Stealthy ?

[daveime]

has a photo of the jet.

So not *that* stealthy then ? Of course, I guess if it was that good, the pilot would never be able to find where he parked the thing.

Re:Stealthy ?

[Sockatume]

I hear the US is working on a fighter so stealthy that once it's in motion, even the pilot doesn't know exactly where it is. The F-6626 Heisenberg.

That's nothing!

[codeButcher]

My country has also developed a stealth airplane. It's so stealthy nobody has seen it yet.

Or the tax money used to develop it....

Re:Does someone at NATO have a sense of humour?

[KH]

Clint Eastwood will steal it in no time...

indian way of making stealth vehicle

[snsh]

THIS is how we make stealth car in India

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7eOVpBCtPo

Compulsory picture

[janwedekind]

Stealth fighters can be detected by the characteristic pattern of reduced precipitation below the body of the aircraft:
http://www.roe.ac.uk/~jkd/stealth.jpg