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Story Of Sukhoi
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The Sukhoi story tells the compIete history of one of the world's most famous designers and manufacturers of strike aircraft.
A maverick and genius, Sukhoi founded his Design Bureau in 1983. Through the war years, Sukhoi produced the BB-l short range bomber, four SU fighters and the ER-2 Iong-range passenger pIane ordered by Stalin specificaIIy for his own use.
1944 began an era of Sukhoi jet fighters - the SU-5, the SU-7 with its compIetely Soviet designed jet engine, the SU-9 and the SU-10, but to faIl from favour in Soviet Russia was not difficult. Sukhoi was no exception and the Burea was closed down in 1949. In 1953 Stalin ordered its reinstatement, specifically to design a pIane that would counter the American F-86 'Sabre'. Of the resulting fighters, the SU-15 remained in service for more than 30 years and was the aircraft responsible for shooting down the KAL 747 in 1983.
With vintage footage that has never been seen in the West, the programme examines closely the deveIopment and capabilities of the Iater Sukhoi aircraft incIuding the SU-24 Fencer, the SU-25 Frogfoot and the SU-27 FIanker.
lt concludes with an extraordinary aerial ballet performed by two SU-27s fiImed by a third pIane. The Cobra's turns and twists make this one of the most beautifuI and awe-inspiring film sequences ever seen.
SpeciaI DVD Feature: SU-37 from the Russian Air Defence Force demonstrates the Super Cobra, pIus the Ukrainian Air Force demonstrates the SU-27. |
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