MiG-29k makes first landing on INS Vikramaditya!

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MIG fighter makes first landing on INS Vikramaditya

A Russian-built fighter jet has made the first landing on the INS Vikramaditya as part of comprehensive sea trials the aircraft carrier is undergoing ahead of its induction in the Indian Navy later this year.

A MiG-29KUB two-seat naval fighter jet landed on the Vikramaditya’s deck for the first time on Saturday after performing several touch-and-go approaches in the Barents Sea in the Russian Arctic, the Interfax news agency reported quoting a Russian defence industry source. The jet, built for India, was piloted by Russian Navy test-pilots Colonel Nikolai Diorditsa and Mikhail Belyaev.

The former Soviet Admiral Gorshkov heavy aviation cruiser, rechristened Vikramaditya, has been extensive refurbished and upgraded to a light aircraft carrier at the Sevmash shipyard in the Russian city of Severodvinsk under a $2.3 billion contract with India. It had its flight deck extended and turned into a full runway with a ski jump and arrestor wires.

A MiG-35 jet will also be used for landings and take-offs from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier to test its new short-takeoff-but-assisted recovery (STOBAR) system.

The Vikramaditya is to be handed over to India in December. It will carry 16 MiG-29K fighter jets, which Russia delivered to India last year, and about a dozen Russian-built Kamov helicopters.

The Hindu : News / International : MIG fighter makes first landing on INS Vikramaditya

Time for celebration guys!

 

[kurup]

Nice achievement .......... Lets begin the celebrations ...........

 

[tvsram1992]

We should go for Mig35s if possible by cancelling the extra orders . That would be much similar to Mig29k but the chances of getting upgrades to Mig29k will be slower when compared to Mig35 , because Mig35 would be a Mig29K+ plane . Waiting for LCA to join this elite club in 3 years .

 

[sancho]

We should go for Mig35s if possible by cancelling the extra orders . That would be much similar to Mig29k but the chances of getting upgrades to Mig29k will be slower when compared to Mig35 , because Mig35 would be a Mig29K+ plane . Waiting for LCA to join this elite club in 3 years .

Why cancel them, we just need to upgrade them! The Russian navy gets Mig 29Ks with Zhuk AE, TVC can easily be added to the RD 33MKs, some avionics and the only feature that would be missing from Mig 35 would be 2 x additional hardpoints, but that's it.

 

[Bl[i]tZ]

Pictures from 2 days back when the Mig was performing touch and go approaches

Lets wait for the video of Mig29ks landing on this beauty

 

[tvsram1992]

Why cancel them, we just need to upgrade them! The Russian navy gets Mig 29Ks with Zhuk AE, TVC can easily be added to the RD 33MKs, some avionics and the only feature that would be missing from Mig 35 would be 2 x additional hardpoints, but that's it.

Instead of buying them and then upgrading , directly we couldnt have gone for Mig35 which saves cost and time .

 

[sancho]

Instead of buying them and then upgrading , directly we couldnt have gone for Mig35 which saves cost and time .

Which was not possible, because neither Mig 35 nor Zhuk AE were fully developed when we ordered the fighters. With the recent news about AESA on Russian Mig 29Ks, it will be interesting to see if we add AESA too or when they will be upgraded with this feature.

 

[Sergi]

Tooooooo many threads but good news

 

[sudhir007]

 

[laltaputu]