"Bjørnar Bolsøy" wrote in message ...
Any records on Nato or neutral pilots who have flown both the Eagle
and the Flanker, and their comments/views?

Regards...

I would be surprised if they provided any comments that pointed to an
over-all superiority of one of the planes. As well know, one of a
fighter pilots most crucial skills is highlighting the advantages of
whatever plane he's flying against those of an opponent. What's not
as understood is that pilots aren't supposed to be critical of their
planes beyond the extent needed to point out their weaknesses and
learn to avoid them. In Yeager's book there's a story about fighter
pilots being invited to test fly the hot new F-100. Unsurprisingly,
these guys loved every minute of it. However, none of them paid much
attention to those areas of its flight regime that had worried Yeager
- they were only looking at what made the plane so hot.
Unfortunately, in hopes of quelling fears, NA's flight-test chief took
up one of the early Huns and flew a profile directly risking the sort
of directional instability problems Yeager warned of - only to lose
his life when the plane disintegrated.