Russia Showed Off Its Fifth-Generation Stealth Fighter At The MAKS Air Show This Week

Video: Russia Shows Off Stealth Fighter at MAKS Air Show

Russia showed off its fifth-generation stealth fighter this week at the MAKS air show outside Moscow, according to news reports.

The T-50 is one of several prototypes developed by Sukhoi, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corp., as part of the Russian air force’s PAK-FA program. The twin-engine fighter is designed to compete against such U.S. military aircraft as the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, both of which are made by Lockheed Martin Corp.

The multi-role T-50 has been a regular at MAKS after making its first appearance at the biennial air show in 2011. Similar to previous appearances, it performed a series of stunts, including the Pougachev’s cobra, in which the pilot raises the nose of the aircraft beyond the vertical position while maintaining constant altitude; the kulbit, in which the pilot flies a tight loop; the dead leaf, in which the pilot performs a wing-level stall; and tail-dive, in which the pilot flies vertical until losing forward momentum and falls backwards, according to an article by the state-owned RT​.com.

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