First appearence og MIG-29 at Farnborough '88

[Lyneham Lad]

Originally Posted by chevvron

Hmm the AN 124 in the background. It was parked on the main runway prior to the flying display and had to be towed to the 18 threshold after this. The tow involved a turn of about 160 deg onto what is now taxiway 'C' and one day, they managed to break the towbar. As AN124 towbars weren't too prolific in the UK in those days, this meant the runway was blocked and no flying display. After a lot of phone calls, the crew were traced (at lunch and downing vino) and were prevailed upon to go out and start up a couple of engines so as to taxy it clear!!

One of the highlights of the day for me was seeing this mighty beast in action. The majority of black specks in the second photo are clods of earth/grass as it rotated/lifted off. The third shot really shows the scale of the aircraft.