The MIG's at Fairford 1993

Still looking for any bits of these to add to my collection.

Finally got around to uploading pics onto my Facebook page. The piece of radome with zaps on it can clearly be seen on many pre-collision photos. https://www.facebook.com/TheAirDefenceCollection/?ref=bookmarks

Absolutely fantastic items! Thanks very much for showing us the photos….Even though you made me wait three years haha!

Finally got around to uploading pics onto my Facebook page. The piece of radome with zaps on it can clearly be seen on many pre-collision photos. https://www.facebook.com/TheAirDefenceCollection/?ref=bookmarks

Maybe St Athan?

I went back to the Fenland Aviation Museum today, this time with my Dad, but the Mig-29 parts they used to have on display there had just been moved around a week ago to a museum somewhere in Wales.
Anyone know where and why the owner moved them?

Blimey, you should be on one of the CSI progs! Great detective work.

Sorry to dig this old thread up again, but i wanted to point out some interesting damage on one of my flap sections from the “flat spin” Mig. Well i found it interesting anyway :stupid:

Its hard to see in the photo, but there are uniform rows of little dents running along this flap section and each one of the dents are pretty much identical to each other:

For a little while i was a bit baffled by the rows of dents, but then it became clear what caused them……

….

Keith

Still looking for any parts of these Migs to add to my collection if anyone has anything to sell.

Keith.

I could imagine it was much more dramatic in real life than on film, its often like that.

Some new photos:

I have just figured out what this part is:

Keith.

Found some film of the Saturday morning solo display here and it also shows the crash in the afternoon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PKcy3BCsNM

Keith.

Thanks Keith.
That was indeed the Saturday morning display – lovely to see again after 23 years!

What that video doesn’t show is just how low he was at the time of the solo display and you can see he was in and out of cloud at very high speed… the bit I think that frightened me (and it still made my heart jump slightly watching it again) was at approx. 1:23 in the video when the aircraft appears to dip down… on the airfield that day it was much more dramatic! Not sure if this display in these wx conditions would be allowed now?

Thanks again.

Nick

Thanks Keith – this of course is indeed the ‘solo’ display, but this must have been filmed on the Friday maybe as on the Saturday morning the weather was awful with a very low cloud base and he conducted a ‘flat’ display – it was during this that he turned toward the crowd and then pulling hard to port he was reheating directly over the crowd (or certainly this is how it appeared). It was at this point I turned to run as he was low (very), slow, and in a very tight descending turn… Although the collision was shocking in the afternoon (lunchtime IIRC), it wasn’t completely shocking because of the events I witnessed earlier that morning!

Found some film of the Saturday morning solo display here and it also shows the crash in the afternoon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PKcy3BCsNM

Keith.

Yes it did. I’m very happy with the parts.
Thanks again Rob, as all i would own would be the cockpit controls in the first photo if it wasn’t for you.

Keith.

Very nice collection there Keith. Looks like the deal for the right wing flap section went ok ;).

Rob

Here are my parts…

This is the outboard section of a right wing flap

This is a large part. Its the outboard section of a left wing flap


In the following photos, i think the left wing flap section above can be seen coming off:



Some Gloucestershire grass still stuck in it:

Front end of a weapons pylon:

Keith.

Great photos!
I just added a wing flap and some other parts of one or both of these to my collection this weekend. Always looking for more bits if anyone has any.

Found this film in the AP Archives:
http://www.aparchive.com/search?startd=&endd=&allFilters=&query=fairford+mig-29&advsearchStartDateFilter=&advsearchEndDateFilter=&searchFilterHdSDFormat=All&searchFilterDigitized=All&searchFiltercolorFormat=All&searchFilteraspectratioFormat=All

Keith.

Remarkable shots ! You clearly keep a cool head in a crisis .

I watched the Skyraider ram into BBD (Mustang) at Duxford and did not fire a single shot, too hypnotised by the surreal spectacle.

I have recently scanned my photos from the day. I decided to go at the last minute to the show so arrived just before the main display started. On the way in I noticed how busy all the fields were with campers and I was fortunate to get a position at the start of the runway (near where the Hercules was parked). As you can see from the photos I took some pictures of the two Migs taxying and in formation. I was not really paying attention to their display as I was watching the Hunters and Blenheim but I did see the two Migs collide and started taking some photos. I remember feeling shocked as I suddenly realised that there might be fatalities and stopped taking photographs. My wife was with me and we were convinced the Mig that was spinning in was going to land on people outside the airfield. Once the emergency services responded I remember a few spectators starting to pack up and leave. It was obvious the pilots had ejected but not if there had been any other casualties. Three things stick in my mind:

1: Thinking the Blenheim was going to get damaged by the wreckage

2: The Hunters carrying on and completing their display

3: The wait until we heard that there was no injuries – very worrying.

An amazing day and it was such a relief to find out that there were no serious injuries or fatalities. It didn’t put me off air shows either….

Lobster

* The final shot is a ‘blow up’ from the .TIFF of the moment just after ejection *

Two Su-27 Flankers and the support Il-78 were in a wide cicuit that took them into Brize Norton’s airspace.

I can remember listening to the scanner of the guy stood next to me – Air Traffic was saying ‘Russian flight turn left immediately’ – or words to that effect – each call getting more and more strident.

You could see the group to the north of Fairford – heading east into the Brize pattern.

IIRC, the same group had a near miss in Heathrow airspace – maybe the same incident as above.

After they finally landed there was some confusion as to which Flanker was going to the static and which would be flying during the weekend – ATC were pulling their hair out trying to position them accordingly.

Very welcome visitors though – air safety notwithstanding!

Ken

I hope one day in the not too distant future we can welcome the Russians back again when (Hopefully) Tensions have eased between East and West.

Isn’t that more to do with flying competency than cold war tensions.
Didn’t two Migs and a support Tanker miss-understand air traffic control and fly right through Heathrow airspace one year heading for Farnborough (or is that a myth) ?

Is this what you are looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTMDd6JlRDo

BTW, if anyone has any parts of one of these Migs and is thinking of selling them ,please let me know.

Keith.

Thanks Keith – this of course is indeed the ‘solo’ display, but this must have been filmed on the Friday maybe as on the Saturday morning the weather was awful with a very low cloud base and he conducted a ‘flat’ display – it was during this that he turned toward the crowd and then pulling hard to port he was reheating directly over the crowd (or certainly this is how it appeared). It was at this point I turned to run as he was low (very), slow, and in a very tight descending turn… Although the collision was shocking in the afternoon (lunchtime IIRC), it wasn’t completely shocking because of the events I witnessed earlier that morning!