First flight in the world of a privately owned MiG-29

[RickH]

" In the free world " ! Thank you, Bob Hope !

[vernicator]

Given that all of the camouflaged gents standing around in the video are sporting "Hungary" on the front of their uniforms that this is actually an ex, Hungarian Air Force MiG-29UB

[davidbray]

According to an article in Wired back in Oct. they are from Kyrgyzstan...

Here's the article: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.10/kirlin.html?pg=1&topic=kirlin&topic_set=

edit: I just noticed its from Oct 2005... whoops.

[oscardeuce]

I wonder what the cost of a *jolly* in the 29 is....

warbirder ron stone from sandusky ohio was 1 of the 1st persons in the nation to take a hop in a mig 29. he paid 20 grand for what i believe was a 1/2 hour jaunt. this was a few years after the collapse of the ussr, & the russkies were selling anything for a ruble. ron made all the papers in ohio for certain. it was at 1 of the cleveland air shows on labor day early 90's.

His story starts out like Cap't Phil.... "and this is no Bu&&poo poo......"

I haven't heard from Ditry Ron in awhile. I gotta find his phone number.