MIG 17 any news

I think having an afterburner fitted moves the aircraft into the ‘complex’ type category, and therefore needs manufacturers type back-up and support.

Kind of, but not quite as simple as that unfortunately. The Bucc and the Vixen both come under the complex classification, the bucc being especially complex, yet both are able to fly (or will be) .

Unfortunately the word Re-heat or after burn seem to be surrounded in a silly veil of fear and miss information within CAA corridors, not always justified, the Lightning being a case in point. UK attrition rates were high, however foreign rates were excellent, due to different operational circumstances and economics, yet its UK attrition record, played a big part in it not flying in the UK. Only part of the picture taken into account.

MJR

Is it that or more to do with the CAA not being very fussy about sonic booms over the countryside?

I think having an afterburner fitted moves the aircraft into the ‘complex’ type category, and therefore needs manufacturers type back-up and support.

Is there something specificly problematic about an afterburner, or is that just a complexity benchmark?

I’m led to believe that it will fly eventually, and the question about the afterburner rests on the fact that although it has one, its use is not required to enable the aircraft to take off ‘normally’.

Hmmmm

an afterburning aircraft (not manufacturer owned) on the British Register and cleared by the CAA!

Hmmmmmm

I always thought it was sold after Marks death as OFMC seemed to thin down the ops to just what was needed for the Breitling Fighters. I spoke to Dan Griffiths at the last Coventry airshow & he told me it was still planned to fly as he was going to be the test pilot & it was only a year or so away.

This is actually an ex-Polish Lim-5, G-BWUF, that the OFMC had at Duxford for a few years painted up in North Vietnam colours. They were going to fly it and I believe the only thing stopping them was the CAA paperwork, as there has never been a MiG-17 on the British Civil register. I believe they gave up trying and sold it to the Bournemouth Museum. Whether they overcome this remains to be seen.

It was on display within the museum hangar at Bournemouth.
Nothing on the surface seems to have changed recently.
I’ll see what I can find out…