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India Four Two
13th Apr 2024, 18:43
On Friday, I visited the Polish Aviation Museum at the old Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport. Lots of interesting aircraft but for me the surprising highlight was a real Mig Alley!

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/img_9557_7aa28d459563fca52bc76e61d6104388afb940ba.jpeg

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/img_9566_8866d85ed2b10f0ba0a4a817aac70b08513ef65b.jpeg

Included in the lineup was a Mig-17 variant I had never heard of:
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/img_9560_4f519bb87d51b7ae92545d1fcfd9b143f0adb1f0.jpeg

A radar-equipped WSK Lim-6R. The nose reminded me of a basking-shark!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL-Mielec_Lim-6

Beyond Mig Alley was this Sukhoi Su-22UM3K. I hadn't realized what giant wing fences it has.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/img_9571_72c5a39a9fb2950b60983bf92563b84e10628558.jpeg

And finally, an aircraft I knew about but had never seen - the PZL M-15 Belphegor - a jet-powered crop sprayer.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/img_9587_53196039ae2a8451082c70d5a29bae7d4e213305.jpeg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/img_9589_656019b4c0ce9150d7ac3460bb37d14d5868d8f1.jpeg

bobward
14th Apr 2024, 15:52
A flying tractor!

lindholme
15th Apr 2024, 19:00
Great pics!

meleagertoo
15th Apr 2024, 19:09
The best Mig alley I ever saw was the buldozed remnants of the Somali "Air force" at Mogadishu in 1993.