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There could be more than one PAK-FA / T-50 flying?
Posted by vkthakur on Saturday, February 06, 2010 (EST)
The first flight of the PAF-FA / T-50 on January 29 may not have been its first flight.

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The T-50 in this photo looks different from the one that flew on January 29. Photo Credit: Sukholi

February 06, 2010, (Sawf News) - The first flight of the PAF-FA / T-50 on January 29 may not have been its first flight.

Based on the analysis of one of the many photos that hit the web very soon after the first flight an Australian journalist believes that not only did a T-50 first fly before January 29 but there are more than one prototype under testing.

I am not sure as to what are the control surface details the journalist is referring to in his blog post.

If the journalist's contention is true, it could mean the development program maybe more advanced than the Russians want the world to believe.

Which makes me wonder…Is the IAF into it? Nah! Probably not.