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Great Picture

Andrei......

Fantastic pic.....my favorite of the week !!

A quick google reveals this piece of Russian hardware is no longer participating in any "special miulitary operation". The wreakage is being sold off to fund the Ukrainian war effort.

Really interesting photo because you can see the differential thrust vectoring in action!

Please explain “cookies” that you want toSTORE WHERE????

When one of these guys passes you like that I guess that means you're OK, otherwise you would have been toast.

Outstanding shot Andrei!

Many thanks for positive comments!

WOW!!!

An outstanding shot!

Jeez. What a shot!

@Andrei, the correct ICAO type code for a Sukoi SU-30 is actually SU27, since both aircraft are code-named "Flanker" by NATO. Same goes for SU-32, -33, -34, -35, -37. If you want your photo to be correctly indexed by Flightaware, you need to change the type code.

Great photo! From the position of all the flight controls and the exhaust nozzles, it looks like they’re moving the Flanker to the left in a “slow -speed” (slats and flaps down slightly) descending direction. Does anyone know if the canards move independently or only together? The starboard one is definitely pointing down.

Great photo! Looking at the position of the flight controls, it looks like they are moving the Flanker to the left (rudders and starboard exhaust nozzle) and nose down (horizontal stabilizers, starboard exhaust and canards) and at “low speed” with the flaps and slats deployed. Do the canards move independently or only together? Anyone know?