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Originally Posted by McKinneyJD
I would think it viable given good pilots in each. I am fully presupposing PAK FA performance on par with an F-22. At a recent real airshow I witnessed an F-22 come to a dead stop above show center at high angle of attack with full thrust vectoring. The same F-22 made a high angle of attack pass at roughly 70 knots before doing a few cartwheels, making a quick expresso for the crowd, finishing my taxes, and running off into the heavens. Add into that equation a Sopwith pilot peddling for all he's worth, and you have a sight that would surely bring tears to my eyes.
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Just to give you an idea, for the challenge, skip through to about 4:50 in the video. I'm not saying what you're thinking would be impossible, but since we don't know all that much about the PAK FA yet, and its capabilities, I'm not so sure that the PAK FA would be so capable of flying along side with a Sopwith.