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In 1989 at the Paris air show, Viktor Pugachev in the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker made the first public display of what became known as “Pugachev’s Cobra”, despite the fact that the maneuver was pioneered by LII test pilot Igor Volk during the Flanker’s trials. The maneuver is mostly useless in air combat but has always been a great crowd-pleaser.

Since then, many other aircraft types have proven capable of executing the Cobra. These aircraft are mostly modern designs with high thrust-to-weight ratios and thrust vectoring.

Except for the Saab 35 Draken, whose maiden flight was in 1955…

Don’t take my word for it and advance the video to 1:50 to see this classic Swedish delta-wing interceptor perform this extraordinary maneuver .

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