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Originally Posted by BloodFetish
My favourite warplane moment was at the Abbotsford air show years ago, when the Soviet Union still sent their jets over. I think it was a SU-27 that the pilot had basically at the stalling point maybe fourty feet over the runway - just crawling along. Then he stood this thing on it's tail and let 'er rip straight up and out of sight.
The most awesome display I've ever seen, and also the loudest.
Unfortunatetly the last two times I went to the Abbotsford show they only had North American planes.
When I was a kid, my Dad took me to the Comox air base, and we'd sit and watch the Voodoo's land and take off. Good times :-)
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That maneuver is called the Cobra. Its a tough move to defeat, and it allows the aircraft to fire a missile at a plane in pursuit.
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