N29UB —

Putin on the run ?

Perfectly camouflaged with the mountains in the background.

Enjoyed N29UB at Oshkosh '22.

Beautiful Photo

While I agree that it was neat to see it at OSH I think that the flying I saw didn't compare to some of our young (superb) pilots in the F35s and F18s. I was blown away by some of the stick and rudder that one F35 pilot did especially what a knowledgeable person next to me called a tactical turn which was clearly a maneuver to get back on target during close air support. For a plane that various gov evaluators (read pencil-pusher looking at 'after-the-fact' captured data) that plane was doing pretty good. The MIG29 was the best machinery the Soviet AF, then the Russian AF, was s'pposed to have. The 'deficient' F35 gave a creditable performance. BTW that MIG17 was a thriller.