MIG 17 rebuild to fly

for historical accuracy is that Lim-5, LIM-5, LiM-5 or L&m-5 in Cyrillic?

is it LYE EMM FIVE or LIMMMMMM FIVE?

passes Ken his coat on the way out – smiles

regards

Mark Pilkington

Bournemouth

Work is being done on the MiG and has recently had to move around inside the Museum hangar due to safety reasons. It now lives on the Side of the hangar in its own taped off compound where work is being done.

To be accurate it isn’t a MiG, but actually a Lim-5. A Polish licence-built variant.

Work is being done on the MiG and has recently had to move around inside the Museum hangar due to safety reasons. It now lives on the Side of the hangar in its own taped off compound where work is being done.

Thanks for that info, how close to flying condtion is the MIG and if and when it fly’s will it stay painted up as it is now ? as I think it looks rather nice.

As of August 2005 this is how she was being displayed at Bournmouth and a damn fine little jet it is, would be nice to see her fly……

John.

From now on I’ll buy my underwear from MiS 😀

Guys,

The first letters of their surnames – joined with the Russian letter i for &..

In Latin it is M&G, in Cyrillic it is MiG.

Flanker Man – I learned some years ago of the correct way to present the name MiG (although I occasionally forget) but I had always assumed the “i” was the second letter of Mikoyan’s name – never realised it meant &.

Roger Smith.

Bournemouth

Work is being done on the MiG and has recently had to move around inside the Museum hangar due to safety reasons. It now lives on the Side of the hangar in its own taped off compound where work is being done.

Thanks for clearing that up for us EB, us part timers who help look after Buccaneer XX897, are not there often enough to see if anything is being done.

Bournemouth

Work is being done on the MiG and has recently had to move around inside the Museum hangar due to safety reasons. It now lives on the Side of the hangar in its own taped off compound where work is being done.

Guys,

Can we have a little historic accuracy here ?? – it is after all the Historic Aviation forum…

It isn’t MIG, nor is it Mig, nor mig………….. 😮

It is MiG – capital M, small i, capital G – standing for the two founders of the OKB – Artyom Ivanovich Mikoyan and Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich.

The first letters of their surnames – joined with the Russian letter i for &..

In Latin it is M&G, in Cyrillic it is MiG.

I’ll get my coat…… :diablo:

Ken

PS – The same goes for other Russian designers – usually the first two letters of their last names – Su (Sukhoi), Tu (Tupolev), Il (Ilyushin), Yak (Yakovlev) etc…

They aren’t SU or TU, nor ‘Ess You’ nor ‘Tee You’ – but Su (pronounced Soo) and Tu (pronounced Too).

All together now………..Soo twenty seven, Too Ninety Five

A few years back a MIG 17 was being worked on at Borunmouth (I think). The plan was to get it flying but nothing has been said about it for sometime so is the project still ongoing and if so when can we expect to see the MIG flying ?

Andrew, the MiG-17 (1211/G-MIGG), is still at Bournemouth Aviation Museum and is still in the state of having the rear fuselage separated from the rest of the jet so that the engine can be seen, it is believed that no restoration work has been undertaking in over two years, so the chances of seeing her in the air are effectively zero for the forseeable future at least.

Curlyboy – The Mig 17 is ex Polish Air Force and has not ever flown in the U.S.A.

The MIG17 i was referring to was the north vietnamese coloured one that resided for a while at duxford, which i think flew in the states not in the UK.

curlyboy

Yes – and very probably no.

David is the MIG 15 you are talking about G-OMIG and does it still fly in Brazil ?

Curlyboy – my friend imported the Mig-15 you refer to . It wasn’t too expensive to keep flying – it required an experienced pilot to fly her . He sold her on and moved back onto rotorcraft – she is now in Brazil . The Mig-17 at Bournemouth has never flown in the U.K.

Which MIG is it a 17 or a 27, as a MIG 17 flew for a little while but was too expensive to keep flying, and if it is a 27 i cant see the CAA letting someone fly one in the UK as it is supersonic has swept wings and is still classed as a weapon of war that is why we have no flying lightnings or phantoms flying in civil hands let alone a MIG 27.

As for the project itself there was mention of it in a thread in the ‘modern military’ threads quite a while a go i will see if i can find it.

curlyboy