Antonov An-148 Airshow demonstration flight

[willedoo]

The AN-148 a couple of years ago. Reminds me a bit of the good old BAe 146.

 

http://www.ruaviation.com/multimedia/8/

 

 

[Guest just Mal]

the vertical stabiliser /rudder is a bit interesting! and so is its performance banked.

 

 

[willedoo]

the vertical stabiliser /rudder is a bit interesting! and so is its performance banked.

Yes, Mal, it seems to handle pretty good & they push them fairly hard over there. I've been away from the news for a while & haven't followed the 148 demonstration flight crash a couple of months ago. Seems like they were doing an emergency descent exercise & exceeded the maximum by 60 kts or so & it broke up. Not sure how the aerodynamics work on an airframe of that type & size doing that sort of thing.

 

Cheers,

 

Willedoo.