{"id":49051,"date":"2022-10-23T22:16:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T20:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=49051"},"modified":"2023-10-23T00:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T22:12:30","slug":"the-shooting-down-of-a-russian-sukhoi-su-25-attack-plane-recorded-by-its-own-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/10\/23\/the-shooting-down-of-a-russian-sukhoi-su-25-attack-plane-recorded-by-its-own-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"The shooting down of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 attack plane recorded by its own pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the history of aviation, many spectacular films have been seen, but the one broadcast today is, without a doubt, one of the most spectacular.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/10\/16\/russia-has-to-retrieve-old-mig-29s-in-storage-due-to-its-losses-in-ukraine\/\">Russia has to retrieve old MiG-29s in storage due to its losses in Ukraine<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/10\/04\/the-antiquated-t-62-tanks-that-the-russian-army-is-abandoning-on-the-kherson-front\/\">The antiquated T-62 tanks that the Russian Army is abandoning on the Kherson front<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>This morning, the Russian Youtube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Fighterbomber\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fighterbomber<\/a> posted a video showing <strong >the shooting down of a Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 attack plane in Ukraine, recorded by its own pilot<\/strong> using a GoPro camera attached to his helmet. To my recollection, this is the first time such a video has been recorded in a combat situation. Judging by the images, <strong>the plane would have been hit by a portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) and the video would have been recorded this summer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043f\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0438\u0437 \u0421\u0443-25 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u043b\u0451\u0442\u0447\u0438\u043a\u0430.\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkT7Q5EHOAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let's see below a series of captures of the video to analyze what is seen in it. The recording begins with<strong> an image of the front part of the Su-25's cockpit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52449260648_d52ef8bdfe_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this image we see <strong>the cockpit dome being ejected for pilot ejection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52448746761_642e8ec133_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Immediately, <strong>the pilot activates his ejection seat and is ejected from the plane<\/strong>. In this image we see the nose of the Su-25.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52448746776_1413aedec0_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is a large flash followed by sparks.<\/strong> This is most likely the rocket that propels the ejection seat out of the plane.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52449186000_1271c00460_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this frame we see the nose of the plane. The images appear to have been inverted<\/strong>, perhaps to make it difficult to identify the aircraft and the site. We're looking at a backwards \"09\" and that's the right side of the plane, not the left. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airplane-pictures.net\/photo\/1177156\/09-russia-air-force-sukhoi-su-25sm3\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Could be this Su-25SM3 photographed by Alexandr Kharlanov in 2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52449216895_bdf7427761_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The pilot records his Su-25 after the ejection.<\/strong> The number, previously clearer, now appears more diffuse. This seems to indicate that the video was edited to blur the number of the plane, but they missed the previous frame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52449186040_e40fd3d11f_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another image of the Su-25 after the ejection of the pilot.<\/strong> We see the canopy of the cockpit falling very close to the plane.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52449186015_a8f3c33e9d_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A spectacular image in which we see that <strong>the plane has the drift cut in half<\/strong>. The right motor (remember that we are seeing inverted images) seems to be on fire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52448220347_a3f4e62345_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The frame following the previous image. We clearly see the flames coming out of the engine and the mowed drift.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52448746711_731510278e_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The pilot's parachute straps at the moment of opening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52449186025_c3992029ec_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just after the opening of the parachute, <strong>the pilot looks back at his plane and sees how it crashes<\/strong>, causing an explosion near a forest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52449185985_be6018b084_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once on the ground,<strong> the pilot manages to get up and sees the column of smoke caused by the explosion of his plane<\/strong> when it collided with the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52449260358_3defffa7fd_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the history of aviation, many spectacular films have been seen, but the one broadcast today is, without a doubt, one of the most spectacular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11546],"tags":[10731,11372,16153,6445,15307],"class_list":["post-49051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-military-aviation","tag-russia","tag-russian-air-force","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-sukhoi-su-25","tag-ukraine"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 03:28:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}