Historic Flight Foundation flies MiG-29UB
A former Ukranian MiG-29 fighter has become the second privately owned MiG-29 to fly, taking to the air over Washington six years after it left Eastern Europe.
This two-seat MiG-29UB was manufactured in 1989 in the Soviet Union, and saw service with the 642nd IAP (fighter air regiment) of the Ukrainian Air Force after the collapse of the Soviet Union. During its service it racked up a total of 510 flight hours. In the year 2000 the Ukraine began retiring some of it’s MiG-29s, and in 2005 this particular MiG-29UB was demilitarized and offered for sale to the general public. The Historic Flight Foundation heard about the sale through Tim Morgan of Morgan Aircraft Restorations, and a deal was brokered to bring the MiG-29UB to the US.
Capable of speeds of Mach 2.2 and altitudes of nearly 60,000ft, the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29 “Fulcrum” is a far cry from the 1927-57 vintage airplanes that Historic Flight Foundation specializes in restoring. However, the opportunity to work on something so different was an irresistible lure to John Sessions, the founder of Historic Flight, who wanted to verify that a complex high-performance aircraft could be restored by following the same rules and guidelines as a vintage airplane. The resulting aircraft is one of the most pristine examples of it’s type anywhere in the world.
More information: http://historicflight.org/hf/home-static
MiG-29 Taking Off (Image ©HISTORIC FLIGHT FOUNDATION-Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren)
Mig-29UB Historic Flight Foundation 1
MiG-29 Flying By (Image ©HISTORIC FLIGHT FOUNDATION-Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren)
MiG-29 Taxiing with Drag Chute (Image ©-HISTORIC FLIGHT FOUNDATION-Liz Matzelle)
Post Flight Handshake Doug Russell and John Sessions (Image ©HISTORIC FLIGHT FOUNDATION-Liz Matzelle)
MiG-29 In Historic Flights Hangar (Image ©HISTORIC FLIGHT FOUNDATION-Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren)
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