Su-47 (S | mig 47
Su-47BerkutwasdisplayedatInternationalAviationandSpaceSalonMAKS-2019show.Credit:AnnaZvereva.ThemaidenflightoftheaircraftwasperformedinSeptember1997.Credit:LeonidFaerberg.Su-47’sairframeismadeofaluminiumandtitaniumalloys.Credit:DmitryPichugin.TheSu-47fighteraircraft,previouslycalledtheS-37BerkutorGoldenEagle,wasdevelopedbytheSukhoiDesignBureauofMoscow,Russia,andperformeditsfirstflightinSeptember1997.Su-47isinaforward-sweptwingconfigurationandusesahighlyunstabletriplane(withthreemai...
Su-47 Berkut was displayed at International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019 show. Credit: Anna Zvereva. The maiden flight of the aircraft was performed in September 1997. Credit: Leonid Faerberg. Su-47’s airframe is made of aluminium and titanium alloys. Credit: Dmitry Pichugin.The Su-47 fighter aircraft, previously called the S-37 Berkut or Golden Eagle, was developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau of Moscow, Russia, and performed its first flight in September 1997.
Su-47 is in a forward-swept wing configuration and uses a highly unstable triplane (with three mai...