Not at all! The Soviets were quite capable ejection seat designers.
Witness the spectacular low-altitude escape sequence photographed and
published by Aviation Week of the Paris Airshow crash a few years ago -
Su-27 was it?
Gary Edwards
people, places, flight at http://members.home.com/garyetx/
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From: "John Hudson" <xyyc@xxxxxxxx>
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> Also, did it have an ejector seat ...... weren't the ruskkies a bit
> retarded in providing a means of escape?
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