Off-topic: Russian Documentaries

[fer]

If you've ever wondered what the Russian perspective on fighter jets and strategic bombers might be, these documentaries make for interesting viewing (and destroying your productivity). They're just a tiny bit Russia Today or guns.ru in tone, but to be fair I'm sure Western equivalents must seem equally biased to our Eastern Bloc cousins.

[Alex]

Gonna queue these up during work tomorrow.

[SuperU]

I like the whole lack of G suit because they are too macho to wear one.

[zitron]

18 part series on Russian aviation:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 4788F64720

This is surprisingly factual, and starts at the very beginning.

[Aqarius]

Heh, I'm watching the fighter episode, and remembered a story. Supposedly, soviet aerospace engineers, pilots, etc. were under constant surveilance and scrutiny on the personal order of Stalin himself. You see, he was afraid of flying, and in his infinite paranoia considered everyone and anyone connected to aircraft 'suspicious'