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The cobra maneuver per-
formed by Russian pilot Victor
Pougatchev in his Su-27 jet has
gone down in the history of
aviation. The maneuver al-
lowed Pougatchev to halt his
plane in the air for a moment,
causing an enemy plane to
pass underneath. ("Yeni Avc›
Uçaklar›:Pougatchev'in
Kobralar›," (New Hunter
Planes: Pougatchev's Cobras)
Asst. Prof. Selcuk Aslan, Bilim
ve Teknik, Mar. 1990, 57-58.)
Yet Pougatchev’s maneuver is
as nothing compared to what
the hummingbird does.