China reportedly adds an 800-passenger jet with a ‘flying wing’ body to its big aircraft plan. A futuristic plane model has a wingspan 1.6 times that of a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and seats more than the world’s largest commercial aircraft. Earlier, back in 2022, India’s DRDO flew the GHATAK Flying-Wing UCAV Demonstrator. The USContinue reading “China Adds the Flying Wing Airliner to Big Aircraft Plans: Is the Design Ready for Greater Exploitation”
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How the Sukhoi Design Bureau Overtook the Great Mikoyan Design Bureau
During the Cold War, the Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) design bureau held a monopoly on frontline fighters (like the MiG-21 and MiG-29), while the Sukhoi Design Bureau (Sukhoi) specialized in strike aircraft. Sukhoi seems to have surpassed the legendary MiG pack due to the massive success of the Su-27 “Flanker” family. Mikoyan’s financial struggles following the SovietContinue reading “How the Sukhoi Design Bureau Overtook the Great Mikoyan Design Bureau”