30 years of ME!!!!!!:eek: 😮 😮

G’dmn, when I think about it (I usually don’t) – it’s 30 years of me too! 😮 😮

Variant designation. MiG-21SMT. Or, if you wish, a Modified version of the MiG-21S (hence MiG-21SM) with a fat spine for fuel, or toplivo in Russian (hence MiG-21SMT).

Daniel, do you happen to have a slightly clearer or bigger picture of the lower wing? It shows the construction number on the wheelbay door, and possibly on the pylon as well. Anoraks want to know…

Besides, it would be nice (but not likely) if it would precede the c/n of the one marked 10yellow, which is preserved in Riga.

Just for the anoraks: 😎 Serial is reported to be c/n 50023098

My friend Björn Svedfelt has just acquired one for his Svedinos Museum here in Ugglarp, but I daren’t ask him what he paid for it! I will however ask him where he got it from (I bet Sierra Echo Fred knows already!)

PL, I believe Svedino’s MiG was a deal in this category: ‘Please remove it for us we don’t want this piece of junk outside our store anymore’ (I’m not saying it’s junk though, but it does need a lot of TLC). I imagine the greatest cost was for the transport. Cheers, Daniel

A really nice replica for sale in Sweden: http://www.blocket.se/vi/14040570.htm?ca=15_s

Getting my PPL.
Going to La Ferte Alais (Have tried for the last two years).
Flying Legends.

T J

My highlight: TJ flies the Broussard to Göteborg Aero Show 2008 in August. 🙂
(Or rather… Not. Get some safe-and-sound taildragger time first.)

And TJ… please pick me up on the way to Le Ferte Alais 😎

As one who intends to operate a historic aircraft one day, I follow these kinds of threads with great interest. There was a similar one on the WIX board recently.

Everybody says it’s getting harder. Higher prices, more costs, more regulations, more of all bad things. And I guess that’s true.

Still it astonishes me how many extinct or rare types that have been able to flourish over the last years. It may be that the actual numbers go down – but it sure feels like the variety increases (or is that just me and my relative youth?)

Isn’t this a bit contradicting?

Grattis, Daniel! — I have a great urge to get the first Ryanair flight to Stansted tomorrow and rent a car to go to Brunters – vad tycks, Daniel?

Tackar! Just go, go, go! (and bring your camera 🙂