Originally Posted by
DHfan
Although the basic airframe was well on the way to meeting requirements and the engines were getting there, it was a recipe for disaster from the outset.
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Yes, as someone else has said the specification was way too ambitious. There was also a big question as to whether the avionics. to allow low level flight in all weathers, would have been ready when the plane entered service..
Coming back on topic the MiG23/27s currently in the UK don't seem to have have visited Shoeburyness. They are ex-Lativia;perhaps, in view of Ukraine, they would like them back.....