Thanks for the replies everyone. I have no idea what they plan to do with the wreck. (at this point). I am trying to find out if there is any interest among others here . But with so many sea hawks preserved around, i doubt if people will act on yet another type.
It and stored, restored or displayed so that it is preserved for future generations. If Iraq develops in such a way that one day they can foster an interest in historic aircraft the aircraft could always be returned.
The only people who can decide if ‘Iraq has developed in a way that the west wants to’ are the Iraqis themselves. Its their property and they can decided if they want to preserve it or scrap it.
If conservators in the west want to do something about it, they should go about it in the legal way in acquring it from the iraqi government, once the country settles down i.e.
Not withstanding the politics fo the current war, The Fury belongs to the Iraqis – Someone in its armed forces had apparently taken care of it earlier.
The Iraqis may have better things on mind right now, but in a few years when things settle down they will be back in their groove. And some one there will want to take their kid to the museum to show them a Fury that served in their airforce. Would anyone want to take that away from them? I think not!
One year since the last reply! happy anniversary… :diablo:
But seriously , I found the information from Colin Cummings “PRice of Peace” on the last Defiant accident in the RAF.
30-Nov-1945 Defiant Mk.1 AA404 of No.22AACU (RIAF) was belly landed at Vizagapatam after a hydraulic failure. Colin also puts in a note saying this is the last recorded Defiant accident in the RAF service.
However the same is missing from JJ Halleys Broken Wings.
i was just about to say whats with the cheesy sunglasses, i guess us indians are too big a fans of Top Gun.
The sunglasses may appear cheesy to us civvies, but they have their own role in protecting the eyes – you should see the sun glare off the tarmac at places like dundigal, hakimpet, bidar… (and i suspet – any airfield anywhere!)
I have seen anyone in involved in flying wear them – fighter, chopper, transport etc..
that navy pilot with the FL – must be somewhere NE?
Thank you at first, Google brought similar results.
So close to twenty years for 2500 hours till the next hours will be added.
That is a 125h/year.
Assuming you are correct with the 125h per year figure, One thing you can add to your calculation is that there were 77 MiG29s or whereabouts. Ten have been lost in accidents. Three squadrons would account for 48 aircraft. So accounting for the fact that the aircraft are rotated, all the ac would still have a third to a quarter of the 2500 hr life left.
When did such MiG-29s have entered service (year is enough) and how many hours were that flown every year? (rough estimate is enough)
I am surprised to learn that, because the first MiG-29s were received by India, before the GDR/FRG examples and those had reached that frame-hours much earlier!
They were inducted formally in 1987. Flying hours were never publicly disclosed.
last time when they conducted similar tests on mig-21 they had flown the aircraft till it developed cracks and showed metal fatigue ,i donot think that mig-21 ever flew again
Coldfire, when NAL does fatigue testing, they dont ‘fly’ the aircraft. But merely simulate the flying stress by using weights. The airframe ofcourse is useless once the testing is completed. From what i know, atleast two Gnats, one MiG-21M and recently the MiG-21Bis have been subject to that kind of testing.
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