Rick Massagee Sukhoi Su-26
MODEL BY:
Pat Tritle
Model Scale:
1/20
MODEL ADDED:
02/28/97
historical significance
First Albuquerque Visit: 1990
Additional Information:
The Sukhoi Su-26 is a single-seater aerobatic aircraft from the former Soviet Union and is powered by a single radial reciprocating engine. The Su-26 has mid-mounted straight wings and fixed landing gear with the main gear mounted on a solid titanium arc.
The Su-26 made its first flight in June of 1984 with the original four made having a two-bladed propeller. The production switched to the Su-26M, with refined tail surfaces and a German-made MTV-9 3-blade composite propeller. Further refinements were made, and the model won both the men’s and women’s team prizes at the 1986 World Aerobatics Championships. The modified Su-26M3 with the new M9F 430 hp engine dominated the 2003 and 2005 Aerobatic World Championships as well as the 2004 European Championships.
Rick Massagee, was an aerobatic stunt pilot and he flew his Sukhoi Su-26 at the Coronado Air Center during Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta in October of 1990. Rick Massagee later died when a wing failed on his SU-31 as he was flight checking a new stunt in Florida in 1996.
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