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I don't think so. The one at the Petting Zoo is well and truly shagged.
It's well known that the Army has the Hinds and the AFSOC also operates the odd Mi and Antonov out of Hurlburt.
I don't think so. The one at the Petting Zoo is well and truly shagged.
It's well known that the Army has the Hinds and the AFSOC also operates the odd Mi and Antonov out of Hurlburt.
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There is a MiG-21 at Boscombe in the museum. It does get moved out of HAS now and again. This Slovak MiG-21MF flew into the UK during 1994 and was presented to the RAF Benvolent Fund. Does it fit in with your time frame?
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Here - have a look at this.. Copy the xml below into notepad, save and then change the extension to .kml - click to run (requires google earth)
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Sort of answering my own question, but when I drove past- some time ago, I thought the tail looked 'MiG21ish' but looking down on it looks like a fencer, yet the intakes are prominant like a MiG ......Tornado! I wonder if its a Faux Fighter?
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anybody out there know the story behind the Mig/Sukhoi airframes that have been stored at Hawarden (round the back of the main GA hangar) for a while?
Sorry i dont know the type but they looked bigger than a 21 and were instantly recognisable as russian fighters. They looked in a poor state of repair.
thanks all
Sorry i dont know the type but they looked bigger than a 21 and were instantly recognisable as russian fighters. They looked in a poor state of repair.
thanks all
I believe that they were imported from one of the Baltic States during the early 1990s. IIRC it was Latvia.
Two of the Floggers are now in Newark Air Museum, Notts.
Link to pictures and forums in reference to the Hawarden airframes.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=61446
http://laasdata.com/fra/bica_ctry.php?c=RA&t=
http://laasdata.com/fra/bica_ctry.php?c=YL&t=
http://www.qccuk.co.uk/pfa/Red%2054.htm
http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...nct_entry=true
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1065531/M
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5954523
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos....den%20-%20EGNR
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...5954523&nseq=0
There is a Su-22 FITTER K (Former East German aircraft via the Luftwaffe) at RAF Scampton owned by Hawker Hunter Aviation. It flew into Scampton in 1999.
http://www.hunterteam.com/sukoi-22-M4_tech_specs.htm
One of the former East German FITTER Ks is at Spadeadam. I've heard rumours that this one was at Boscombe Down before ending up on the range.
http://192.5.30.122/rafspadeadam/visual.html
Privately owned in the US and bought direct from Kyrgyzstan in the 90's
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...lin&topic_set=
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...lin&topic_set=
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...lin&topic_set=
Two of the Floggers are now in Newark Air Museum, Notts.
Link to pictures and forums in reference to the Hawarden airframes.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=61446
http://laasdata.com/fra/bica_ctry.php?c=RA&t=
http://laasdata.com/fra/bica_ctry.php?c=YL&t=
http://www.qccuk.co.uk/pfa/Red%2054.htm
http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...nct_entry=true
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1065531/M
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5954523
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos....den%20-%20EGNR
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...5954523&nseq=0
There is a Su-22 FITTER K (Former East German aircraft via the Luftwaffe) at RAF Scampton owned by Hawker Hunter Aviation. It flew into Scampton in 1999.
http://www.hunterteam.com/sukoi-22-M4_tech_specs.htm
One of the former East German FITTER Ks is at Spadeadam. I've heard rumours that this one was at Boscombe Down before ending up on the range.
http://192.5.30.122/rafspadeadam/visual.html
Privately owned in the US and bought direct from Kyrgyzstan in the 90's
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...lin&topic_set=
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...lin&topic_set=
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...lin&topic_set=
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Back in August 1994 I saw a MIG-23/27 being towed from the black sheds on the southern side across the runway and put into one of the HAS. Presumably it was ex-East German but there was a tarp over most of the front fuselage and the tail.
anybody out there know the story behind the Mig/Sukhoi airframes that have been stored at Hawarden (round the back of the main GA hangar) for a while?
Sorry i dont know the type but they looked bigger than a 21 and were instantly recognisable as russian fighters. They looked in a poor state of repair.
thanks all
Sorry i dont know the type but they looked bigger than a 21 and were instantly recognisable as russian fighters. They looked in a poor state of repair.
thanks all
Red Eagles is an interesting read, from memory one pilot tells the tale of how his favorite trick in an early model MiG 21 was to slow to 70 knots and then point his nose at the adversary, apparently the early versions with the “light” radar retained nose authority at that airspeed. Then there were the numerous F-14s who were beaten in low speed turning fights with a MiG 17, and the comments on the MiG 23 which centered around “Every time I strapped myself into this aircraft I reminded myself that it would try and kill me”, but that the aircraft had incredible acceleration.
I just wonder what they are playing with now - and when will we be looking at photos of Aurora.
I just wonder what they are playing with now - and when will we be looking at photos of Aurora.