Sukhoi Su-11

what is it?

The Sukhoi Su-11 (NATO reporting name: Fishpot-C) is an interceptor aircraft used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 8.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 2,340 km/htop speed
• size 14 tmax take-off weight
• built 108made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 68 years ago, in 1958.
• 🏎️Top speed is 18.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 💥Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.9 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🏔️Can fly 2.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1958-12-25

introduced

1964

retired

1983

status

retired

number built

108

role

interceptor aircraft

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Sukhoi

engines

1× Lyulka AL-7F-2 / AL-7

crew

1

length

18.2 m

wingspan

8.5 m

height

4.7 m

max take-off weight

14 t

top speed

2,340 km/h

range

—

ceiling

18,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.