This is unpreceded in the Islamic World. Never before has a Muslim nation produced a state of the art manned supersonic advanced trainer/light attack aircraft before. Congratulations to the Turkic Nation and to Turkiye. Once again an immense source of pride for all of us.
By the looks of it, the TF-X shown might only be a ground test unit and the one currently in production will be the one flying.
@MADDOG, can you confirm?
This is not a Marketing stunt. This is the first test flight of a manned aircraft. A lot of risk is involved. You never paint the aircraft on a first test flight
7 out of 33 engines failed early in the flight. Several others potentially operated below nominal.
Really a hard problem to have this many engines. The Soviets went through the same issue with their moon rocket.
7 out of 33 engines failed early in the flight. Several others potentially operated below nominal.
Really a hard problem to have this many engines. The Soviets went through the same issue with their moon rocket.
There is some truth to what you say, but your statement is not entirely correct. Yes, ethnic minorities are over represented in the ranks of the ruskies, however, still the vast majority of ruskies slaughtered are rus and not ethnic minorities.
Updated with first export of Akinci. Apparently, some units have already been delivered to Pakistan.
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/technology/game-of-drones-pakistani-pilots-operating-turkish-made-akinci-ucavs-get-shiny-new-patch-3663034