This airplane might be old, but it is a legend! It has served Eastern Europe and Russia for over 50 years and is still in service in some countries. True, there are much better aircraft today, but the MiG-21 remains my favorite!
Việt Nam chúng tôi đang kỷ niệm 50 năm chiến thắng Điện Biên Phủ trên không và chúng tôi rất tự hào vì Mig 21 đã góp công rất lớn trong chiến thắng trước đế quốc Mỹ vào năm 1972
@@jakobfast4401 Изучал на военной кафедре МАИ. До сих пор в голове фразы «для обеспечения более или менее единообразной техники пилотирования…» Это вроде про АРУ-3В.
I must say that for such an old aircraft it's still amazing what it is capable of today. Simple, rugged, reliable and packs quite the punch. What's not to like??
Probably one of the most cost effective jet fighters of the 20th century. Brilliant piece of engineering. The first Soviet frontline fighter, designed from the outset, to be equipped with long range air-to-air missiles and targeting radar.
Very nice and rare video. BTW, I know this fighter very well. I used to work on it as technician during my 2 years in military service 25 years ago. Nice to see them again. My plane was No.2205 type MF in former Czechoslovak fighter base located in Bechyně. She died in 1991 in scrappyard somewhere in Czech Rep. Such a sad destiny. :-(
I've read about US F-14 pilots who flew with Croation MIG-21s during eastern european exercises, the American pilots respected the 21s from what they saw. The Croations, along with the Czech, keep their MIG 21s in impeccable condition.
I flew 4 flights in the MIG-21 back in the early 1990's. It was obsolete then, but it was a great design for it's time and mission. I got to fight an F-16 in it; very interesting.
@@Samer-sm6nf they probably "respected" the migs because they didnt want to be mean. im sure that they made fun of them when they came back. like american f18 pilots when they trained against german mig 29's
What a great film,especially the cockpit with the plane powered up,a rare sight indeed! Thanks so much for putting this film about these remarkable aircraft up, it's nice to get such an up close look at something so rare for most people!
I really love this plane. Pity that none of aircraft displayed in this video does not exist anymore. :-( Only the number 4003 is used for static display as a monument. I think this video shows their last flight in 2005. (after which they were offered for sale and scrapped in 2006)
ionuttamasan Hiya. No mistake. The mig21 is a good dog fighter (remember, we were talking pilots of equal skill), and still out turns and out accelerates many aircraft in current service. As for it only being an interceptor: there are many folks who have been bombed by Mig21's in recent years, or photo'd by recce 21's. Not to mention the cold war threat of whole squadrons of 21's equipped for spraying NATO troops with chemical agent if the balloon had ever gone up.
Did i see that correctly? Were they ground firing the cannon with the plane on jacks? Recoil shook the plane pretty good. You would think you could just pull a breaker or bypass a squat switch to put the plane in "air" mode. Either way, the Mig21 is a good looking old bird, I've always loved the Russian cockpit colors. Great video and thanks for not covering up the jet noise with music.
Awsome video!! I am an American and an airplane buff. The video is great and shows the MIG -21 in and out. I wish we had more videos like this. The MIG-21 was the answer to our F-4. Both very capeable aircraft. From the video, I wouldn't want to mess with the MIG-21 today. Still bad to the bone. Better then an F-4? Let the experts figure that one out.
We tend to laugh at the MiG-21, but it was built as a cheap, high speed, all weather interceptor. Just because something is cheap doesn't mean it sucks as we learned in Vietnam. Remember that while the Raptor and Typhoon outclass the Fishbed, those fighters are still pretty rare.
Аж сердце защимило. Вспомнил как сидел я маленьким пацаном в кабине МиГ-21 в 1976 на авиационном празднике на аэродроме Бекетовка. Как же это было круто...
@@ОлегСмирнов-б1б Да. Я знаю. В 70-е там были L-29 потом L-39, это всё "парты" Качинского училища. Другую технику пригоняли только по праздникам. Сейчас да, там ничего нет. Редко бываю в тех краях. Только когда в Волгоград наведываюсь.
NOTHING like a rubber-facecup Phazotron radar! But W/O those drop tanks, you BETTER BE ON FINAL 40 minutes after takeoff! A FRIEND BOUGHT ONE FOR just $80G - from Poland! 700 hrs on the airframe, just 70 on the engine! We pulled that HUGE old radar and balanced it back with batteries- no start-cart necessary! GREAT design! Only a few sizes of screws & bolts, phat tires for grass fields, AND EVERYTHING IMPORTANT RAN DOWN THAT 'SPINE". State Dept. stole our 23-mm cannon & left the seat ARMED!
It's amazing I just saw one for sale on trade a plane for $80k in flying condition a 2 seat trainer. Maintenance is probably out of the range for normal folks but 80k to go Mach 2 that would be really cool. Nice video looks like those guys know what they are doing.
Piękne to były maszyny, miały w sobie coś niesamowitego :) Pamiętam je w latach 70-tych jak startowały z lotniska w Sianożętach, niziutko nad naszymi domkami, budząc wszystkich o 6 rano :)
The reason for that is that the US continued to develop and use better fighters (F-14,F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22) while some third rate countries continued to use outdated and dangerous to operate MiG-21's. India is getting rid of it's 21's as fast as it can so as to not loose more pilots to it. But just to be complete, the F4 is still in service with Egypt, Germany, Greece, Iran, Japan, S Korea and Turkey. And in the US as a target drone.
Another great characteristic of the plane was that it was very easy to maintain. This allowed the MIG-21 to be sold, traded or given to given to dozens of developing countries during the cold war. The U.S. designed the Freedom Fighter (F-5?) for the same purpose, but it was not nearly as successful as the MIG 21.
Beautifull aircraft, still in front line service with the Indian Air Force. This video is fantastic and shows off the elegant good looks of this iconic fighter which entered service more than sixty years ago !
The Squadron had stopped its flying operations from June 30, 2022. The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday retired the No. 51 'swordarms' MiG-21 fighter Squadron based in Srinagar. With this the IAF is left with three MiG-21 Bison squadrons, which will be phased out in the next three years.
nice vid. i live in wilmington, de and saw one fly over the other day while working on the river. very rare to see around here haha. almost couldn't believe it.
@penguinskywalker I figured the SU-17 more comparable to the F-8 but youre right about the F-104 and the MiG-21 as far as speed and climb. I only figured the F-100 because of the manueverability. But the F5 has that covered. Interesting. It takes at least 2 aircraft of the time in the western inventory to compare to such a single, and wonderful, soviet fighter. I love MiG's. :D
Hangar , stojanka , pas startowy i komenda klapy start zezwalam i mig pięknie szedł do góry. Następnie przestrzelenie NR23 a potem załadowanie amunicji , szkoda że nie pokazano próby silnika na hamowni . To wszystko widziałem na własne oczy w latach 72/74 służąc w lotnictwie .
И небыло нищих,у всех была работа и Все строили светлое будущее... Что с миром люди сделали!? И ради каких таких Денег!? Главное-то будущее детей без Войны!!!
1959-1962 the F-4 set 15 speed, altitude and time to altitude records. None of these records were ever beaten by a MiG-21. The F-4's normal AA weapons load out was 4 Aim-7 and 4 Aim-9. The maximum AA load out of the MiG-21 was 6 short range AA-8, and this was rarely used. True the Navy F-4's never had a cannon, but the USAF F-4E carried the M61 Vulcan which totally out classed the cannon carried by the MiG-21. Not opinion, just facts.
one sleek air craft... a pleasure to watch and fly... its down right one of the best aircrafts... it was rated no.3 all over the world by a survey by discovery.
@MANdroid81 I work at the air port its amazing to hear that plane go. We are in class some weekends and the whole building shakes. Very cool! I think they are going to have another air show in a couple years make sure you come!
well thats a gun sight,it can be varied with distance just like shown in video,when circle is big means the target is very near when the circle if small means the target is far.the screen in which the circle was appeared is known as HUD means heads up display.
The delta wing MiG-21 did bleed energy relatively quickly in a turn, but still turned better than the F-4. But as I have stated prior, turn rates aren't the most important aspect of a fighter. Speed and firepower are more important, that is why the F-4 is a better fighter than the MiG-21.
Yeah I love the show Dogfights. I'll PM you a link where I got my information though. Also, vietcong =/= NVA. The VC were basically insurgent fighters who were separate from the official army. They didn't have ROE, didn't answer to the government, and knew the jungle like the back of their hands. The NVA were more organized but had a larger chain of command because they answered to the government. Can't explain well in a comment but basically vietcong = guerrilla fighters. NVA = main army.
Beautiful aircraft for her age, there are two of them rotting away in a hangar next to mine. It's a shame, but there built like tanks so it'll take more than age for her to rot away. Great video.
Nice video. Russians always did make nice aircraft, like US and Russian aircraft both, like the F4 for its armament and the MIG 21 for its looks and performance.
it's so nice to see these jets in their original military configuration as they were made. many old planes that are still flown these days have their original equipment ripped out and GPS screens slapped all over them in place of the cool original reflex sights, targeting systems, radar, etc.
I was recently at an airshow (wings over Illawarra 2022) and there were, very surprising to see in australia, 3 migs. A 15, 17, and 19. They were from the indian airforce and now disused.
You're sure? because i remember watching dogfights on the history channel and it was a situation where a flight of Vought F-8 Crusaders were engaging MiG-17's over Hanoi. Later in the engagement they dogfighted MiG-21's and it said that MiG-21 encounters were rare as the vietcong had very few in their inventory and only used them in hit and run engagements, and yeah my favorite air war was the skies over Iraq in desert storm, and how American F-15's engaged MiG-29's. Amazing (:
Actually the Phantom was designed as a naval bomber interceptor..it wasnt designed with the "dogfight" in mind..where the F-8 was..as was the MiG-17 and 21.
In Canada students learn about an interceptor aircraft made in Canada called the Avro Arrow which was supposedly "light-years ahead of its time" but got scrapped during prototype phase. I stood up in class and said "the Mig-21 was by far the best aircraft of the era, let alone century, so stop with this Canada-producing-good-weapons bullshit". I was sent home for 3 days but it was worth it!
True that the MiG21 and F4 were built for different purposes. Perhaps a better match for the MiG21 is the F8 Crusader. The F8 shot down 4 MiG21's with no loss to MiG21's. Three F8's were lost, but to MiG17's, but the F8 also shot down 15 MiG17's. The F8 proved to be the best pure fighter in the Vietnam war.
It was the Cold War workhorse. I've seen that interior aqua marine paint on everything from Russian aircraft to Russian cars & motorcycles. Note the RVM on top of the canopy.
I'd rather they remade the MiG-21, but with more than 45 minutes of endurance. Ridiculously short range was the only serious flaw the MIG-21 had, and I think doubling that time would be far more useful on an everyday basis than thrust vectoring nonsense.
True, however if you're referring to Vietnam, most of the F-4's faced updated MiG-17's or MiG-19's. the Vietnamese had and fielded very few MiG-21's through out the war.
The kill ratio was 82 to 42 in favor of the F4 as I've already stated twice. "Dogfighting" doesn't win air battles. The Hellcat couldn't turn with the Japanese Zero, but it shot them down at a rate of over 10 to 1. Same goes for the Corsair, the P38 and even the Wildcat actually shot down more Zeros than were lost. People get all hung up on fighter turn rates, but turn rate has never been that important. Speed and firepower were more important in those days. Now it's stealth and avionics.
Всё было наоборот: в воздушных боях во Вьетнаме МиГ21 с F4 соотношение 2:1 в пользу советского истребителя.Били и хорошо били вьётнамские лётчики американцев в 1965 -1973гг
@@nikk1646 Nope. North Vietnam was notorious for making fake claims. Numerous Vietnamese "aces" had multiple claims on days on which not a single US aircraft failed to return. These claims have since been debunked by numerous researchers.
@@dogsbd Во Вьетнаме находились Советские специалисты,советники и инструкторы, имевшие возможности для объективного подтверждения результатов боевых действий по боевым донесениям и техническим средствам. Нами хорошо изучены потери американских вооружённых сил, в том числе авиациионные, разных родов и видов. Преувеличение успехов характерно для американцев. Иначе: лживая пропаганда имеет обратный, отрицательный эффект. На словах- мощная армия, на деле-проиграла.Отдельно: 1) самолёт 2) уровень подготовки лётчика, тактика. Основное: МиГ21 по соотношению стоимость / эффективность имел оценку "хорошо", Ф4 - "неудовлетворительно": многоцелевой,слишком сложный и дорогой. Экипаж Ф4 из двух человек не был способен реализовать боевые возможности, в среднем - только на 40%.Ф4 был ненадёжным, в условиях тропической жары и влаги электроника выходила из строя. Проблема американцев - когда главной задачей становятся деньги, прибыль, а не польза для общества.Несомненно высоким техническим достижениям США не достаёт целесообразности и разумности затрат.Наживаясь на военных заказах, американцы создают затратное вооружение.И не только затратное вооружение, а вся жизнь американского общества-излишняя трата ресурсов. МиГ21 был простым в применении и достаточно манёвренным.
@@nikk1646 There were Soviet specialists in Vietnam for whom it was beneficial to report to their masters in Moscow what they wanted to hear. The simple fact is that at least HALF of the supposed victims of North Vietnamese MiG-21's landed back at their bases on the day of their supposed loss and the crews returned home to the US and many of those crews are still alive today. They simple were NOT shot down as claimed. Russians were as adept at lying then as they are now in Ukraine.
@@dogsbd явное незнание психологии: у советских людей не было понятия "хозяин", это в американском социуме.Ещё раз: вьетнамские лётчики всегда давали достойный отпор бандитам, не уступали в мастерстве пилотажа и тактике. Главное : результат войны для американцев печальный, при значительном превосходстве сил и средств - поражение и на земле и в воздухе.
My uncle probably can. US Naval air to air victories over Vietnam claimed 38 confirmed Mig kills at the expense of 5 Phantom losses. That ratio right there automatically makes the mig's cost effectiveness moot, however, we DID lose a crapload of aircraft to SAMs. Maintenance cost for Russian weapons are always cheap, however no other country has a strong enough infrastructure to maintain those aircraft to fully optimize their cost potential such as the United States.
Ah yes, good ol' Cold War fighter. Forget stealth and advanced radar and fly-by-wire. Back in those days all you needed was a good engine, a good gun, and some rocket packs. That goes for east and west; the F-86, F-100, F-5, F-8, Mystere IV, Hawker Hunter, English Electric Lightning, Super Mystere, Mirage III, MiG-15 up to MiG-21. That's when jet fighters were actually fighters and not just just flying computers which shoot missiles from miles and miles away.
What is the big dial-thingy under the HUG for? Is that part of the the ground-controlled intercept system, to show the pilot which way to fly? How about the little trefoil-looking lights on either side of it? What are those for? I also wonder about the big "F" on the safety padding.
I learned from a former Vietnamese MiG-21 pilot. Well! May be different airforce have different SOP! Btw, is that radar cone at the air intake able to move forward and backward manually/automatically?
@HerrHIVEMIND The cannon was included but was confiscated by the US Gov't. . We pulled the Phazotron Face-cup radar out and rebalanced with batteries. I had never seen the HUD, target display, or radar display until I saw this video. FANTASTIC!
Mig-21 is more manouverable than the quit heavy F-4 Phantom. Don't forget the swedish Saab Draken that was a rough competian to both F-4 and MiG-21. Even if Mig-21 had higher top speed theoretical, F-4 and Saab Draken were more versatile on lower levels. Finland had both Draken and MiG-21. But Draken and MiG-21 were both interceptors and not designed for dog fight. The delta wing receded the speed pretty much in dog fight. MiG-29 and Draken had the weakness: Low speed at high alfa = superstall
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Hi YF681. While I agree that the Mig21 is an outstanding aircraft, and has been in front line service for decades, it is no longer classed as a leading edge interceptor/fighter (although is still a good dog fighter). So, assuming the two pilots were equal, and the combat was no holds barred (so likely to be BVR), how do you think the Mig21 would beat an F35. What weapons do you think the Mig would use. Of course, there would have to be a serviceable F35 to start with lol (not many of those)
Since 1997 I have had many happy hours flying the MIG and the F 4 in simulated aerial combat on my 'puter! Mig can turn, but Phantom can burn and beat the heck out of the situation and turn back for another run at missle launch!!
Okay; hold up there pal. The Jodel D112 is a trainer/ tourer type aircraft. It is used for civilian purposes; not militarial use. So that was wrong; and it never shot down anything.
The F-4 was better armed, had a longer combat range, better radar and was faster than the MiG-21. The MiG bettered the Phantom in only one area, turn radius. And there had never been any acknowledgment" by "the US" that the MiG-21 was the best jet of its time. And there should not be as that assertion simply is not true.
But seriously, It's a great looking plane (to me) and it does really GOOD in the right hands. And might I remind you in Korea when American pilots faced Russian pilots the MiG's there gave us a lot of trouble (The NK Pilots weren't that good). In Vietnam the ratio was 2 migs down to every one US plane thus the need for a special school headed by the US Navy to give better training in dog fighting to US pilots. They even made a silly movie about it. =P
This airplane might be old, but it is a legend! It has served Eastern Europe and Russia for over 50 years and is still in service in some countries. True, there are much better aircraft today, but the MiG-21 remains my favorite!
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Yes! Really! Very good model for his time! 21 - big in Vietnam!... I really was sitting in this airplane. Very comfortable!
@@ra1ajw wowo
@@л.ПФ I never no be in Vietnam. I was very little in children's camp, where stay this airplane.
It's very wonderful! :-)
16 Years ago and the MiG-21 still my favorite
Очень приятно. Я же обслуживал данный тип. СДэшник. Был МиГ-21БИС. Полк стоял в Молдавии. Очень приятно.
Мне так кажется или это уже действительно допотопно?!
Việt Nam chúng tôi đang kỷ niệm 50 năm chiến thắng Điện Biên Phủ trên không và chúng tôi rất tự hào vì Mig 21 đã góp công rất lớn trong chiến thắng trước đế quốc Mỹ vào năm 1972
выпускался из КВАТУ(Кал-д)по этому аппарату,попал в ПВО на СУ-15ТМ,вовремя слинял.Спец-сть-СД
@@jakobfast4401 Изучал на военной кафедре МАИ. До сих пор в голове фразы «для обеспечения более или менее единообразной техники пилотирования…» Это вроде про АРУ-3В.
@@ebaltyx КВАТУ уже давно нет, на территории какие то склады. Был там 20 лет назад 😔
I must say that for such an old aircraft it's still amazing what it is capable of today.
Simple, rugged, reliable and packs quite the punch. What's not to like??
The short range.
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv if it gets the job done, it gets the job done
Yes it is a good plane for its time, but because technology advances the mig 21 will face something like a F-35 or F-18
This mig21bis shot paf f16 In 2019
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv IIRC, the purpose was to be a short range but quick interceptor.
Probably one of the most cost effective jet fighters of the 20th century. Brilliant piece of engineering. The first Soviet frontline fighter, designed from the outset, to be equipped with long range air-to-air missiles and targeting radar.
Exactly!
Very nice and rare video. BTW, I know this fighter very well. I used to work on it as technician during my 2 years in military service 25 years ago. Nice to see them again. My plane was No.2205 type MF in former Czechoslovak fighter base located in Bechyně. She died in 1991 in scrappyard somewhere in Czech Rep. Such a sad destiny. :-(
So sad...
I've read about US F-14 pilots who flew with Croation MIG-21s during eastern european exercises, the American pilots respected the 21s from what they saw. The Croations, along with the Czech, keep their MIG 21s in impeccable condition.
I flew 4 flights in the MIG-21 back in the early 1990's. It was obsolete then, but it was a great design for it's time and mission. I got to fight an F-16 in it; very interesting.
The F-14 pilots didn't respect it at all. It is a relic of the Cold War era that the Tomcat would have destroyed 100 to 1. Quit with your BS.
@@Samer-sm6nf they probably "respected" the migs because they didnt want to be mean. im sure that they made fun of them when they came back. like american f18 pilots when they trained against german mig 29's
What a great film,especially the cockpit with the plane powered up,a rare sight indeed! Thanks so much for putting this film about these remarkable aircraft up, it's nice to get such an up close look at something so rare for most people!
I really love this plane.
Pity that none of aircraft displayed in this video does not exist anymore. :-( Only the number 4003 is used for static display as a monument.
I think this video shows their last flight in 2005.
(after which they were offered for sale and scrapped in 2006)
26 Mig 21 ia crush în România 1990 -2015
I live in Serbia and this thing flies over my head every day...I love when it breaks the sound wall
Still today?
@@werwerwerwer-vd3cg sometimes, now it's mostly mig29
@@Sega1544 wow your account is still activ!
@@werwerwerwer-vd3cg yeah lol it's linked to the Gmail account I use for most stuff
Gorgeous plane. It just looks like it means business. The fact that it is STILL in service in 2012 says it all.
Ironically this video is from the Czech "Den MiGů Prague-Letňany", the last day the MiG-21 served with the czech airforce.
ionuttamasan
Hiya. No mistake. The mig21 is a good dog fighter (remember, we were talking pilots of equal skill), and still out turns and out accelerates many aircraft in current service. As for it only being an interceptor: there are many folks who have been bombed by Mig21's in recent years, or photo'd by recce 21's. Not to mention the cold war threat of whole squadrons of 21's equipped for spraying NATO troops with chemical agent if the balloon had ever gone up.
Perhaps the best Mig 21 video ever. Great filmmaking. Love the intro with the instruments
and radar functions. Great plane. Thanks for posting!
Hii
مساء الخير هل انت حي ام ميت
are you alive?
@@kashiftechgaming no
Thank you. It is good to see how well they are taken care of. I love these planes and they remind me of my childhood.
Amazing fotage! We Americans don't often get an up close look at former WarsawPact aircraft. Thanks for sharing.
Its a 60 yr old plane. Awesome design that was the best in its day and remains in service still around the world.
مساء الخير هل انتي حيه ام متوفيه
Amazing how to this day this plane can still turn circles with some modern fighters. And after all these years she's still beautiful xD
It was the queen of skies in cold war when the sabers were in the sky and is still operating in many of the worlds forces!! Long live Mig 21
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@@л.ПФ haha
مساء الخير هل انت حي ام ميت
@@cheekychupakabra you are alive oh my god, great to see man
@@cheekychupakabra and you are an indian and a muslim too i believe?
Did i see that correctly? Were they ground firing the cannon with the plane on jacks? Recoil shook the plane pretty good. You would think you could just pull a breaker or bypass a squat switch to put the plane in "air" mode. Either way, the Mig21 is a good looking old bird, I've always loved the Russian cockpit colors. Great video and thanks for not covering up the jet noise with music.
Awsome video!! I am an American and an airplane buff. The video is great and shows the MIG -21 in and out. I wish we had more videos like this. The MIG-21 was the answer to our F-4. Both very capeable aircraft. From the video, I wouldn't want to mess with the MIG-21 today. Still bad to the bone. Better then an F-4? Let the experts figure that one out.
Very simple and effective combat plane! As we see he is still popular among people. Thank you.
15 years
MiG-21MF.. probably the best version with the most reliable engine among other MiG-21 variants
R-13-300!
We tend to laugh at the MiG-21, but it was built as a cheap, high speed, all weather interceptor. Just because something is cheap doesn't mean it sucks as we learned in Vietnam. Remember that while the Raptor and Typhoon outclass the Fishbed, those fighters are still pretty rare.
incredible 1950s designs to protect the motherlands. Respect!!!.
That dog and those sounds as they were preparing those instruments was phenomal asmr
Аж сердце защимило. Вспомнил как сидел я маленьким пацаном в кабине МиГ-21 в 1976 на авиационном празднике на аэродроме Бекетовка. Как же это было круто...
А на Ту-104 летали?
@@SKNSV Нет. Не довелось. Их тогда уже мало стало. Ту-134 , и Ту-154 были "королями".
Тоже приходилось, только на Л 39. Сейчас часть в Бекетовке расформирована. Ничего не осталось...
@@ОлегСмирнов-б1б Да. Я знаю. В 70-е там были L-29 потом L-39, это всё "парты" Качинского училища. Другую технику пригоняли только по праздникам. Сейчас да, там ничего нет. Редко бываю в тех краях. Только когда в Волгоград наведываюсь.
NOTHING like a rubber-facecup Phazotron radar! But W/O those drop tanks, you BETTER BE ON FINAL 40 minutes after takeoff! A FRIEND BOUGHT ONE FOR just $80G - from Poland! 700 hrs on the airframe, just 70 on the engine! We pulled that HUGE old radar and balanced it back with batteries- no start-cart necessary! GREAT design! Only a few sizes of screws & bolts, phat tires for grass fields, AND EVERYTHING IMPORTANT RAN DOWN THAT 'SPINE". State Dept. stole our 23-mm cannon & left the seat ARMED!
Thanks for video.My father was flying on this plane and was on servers in Gradchani airfield in Chehoslovakia during 80s by the way.
It's amazing I just saw one for sale on trade a plane for $80k in flying condition a 2 seat trainer. Maintenance is probably out of the range for normal folks but 80k to go Mach 2 that would be really cool. Nice video looks like those guys know what they are doing.
Piękne to były maszyny, miały w sobie coś niesamowitego :) Pamiętam je w latach 70-tych jak startowały z lotniska w Sianożętach, niziutko nad naszymi domkami, budząc wszystkich o 6 rano :)
Не были, а есть!
@@RomanchandoFernadi W Polsce ich już nie ma
The reason for that is that the US continued to develop and use better fighters (F-14,F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22) while some third rate countries continued to use outdated and dangerous to operate MiG-21's. India is getting rid of it's 21's as fast as it can so as to not loose more pilots to it.
But just to be complete, the F4 is still in service with Egypt, Germany, Greece, Iran, Japan, S Korea and Turkey. And in the US as a target drone.
Another great characteristic of the plane was that it was very easy to maintain. This allowed the MIG-21 to be sold, traded or given to given to dozens of developing countries during the cold war. The U.S. designed the Freedom Fighter (F-5?) for the same purpose, but it was not nearly as successful as the MIG 21.
What an honor it would be to fly such.
An excellent quality video - thanks for the viewing pleasure. This was a formiddable aircraft in its day.
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Beautifull aircraft, still in front line service with the Indian Air Force. This video is fantastic and shows off the elegant good looks of this iconic fighter which entered service more than sixty years ago !
The Squadron had stopped its flying operations from June 30, 2022. The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday retired the No. 51 'swordarms' MiG-21 fighter Squadron based in Srinagar. With this the IAF is left with three MiG-21 Bison squadrons, which will be phased out in the next three years.
Хорошая машина . Хорошие были времена . И государство было .
nice vid. i live in wilmington, de and saw one fly over the other day while working on the river. very rare to see around here haha. almost couldn't believe it.
The romanian air force still uses this beautiful bird so i think you can say that it passed the time test along time ago.
No, 18 years. MiG-21 first flight was in 1956, F-16 first flight in 1974.
@penguinskywalker I figured the SU-17 more comparable to the F-8 but youre right about the F-104 and the MiG-21 as far as speed and climb. I only figured the F-100 because of the manueverability. But the F5 has that covered. Interesting. It takes at least 2 aircraft of the time in the western inventory to compare to such a single, and wonderful, soviet fighter. I love MiG's. :D
Hangar , stojanka , pas startowy i komenda klapy start zezwalam i mig pięknie szedł do góry. Następnie przestrzelenie NR23 a potem załadowanie amunicji , szkoda że nie pokazano próby silnika na hamowni . To wszystko widziałem na własne oczy w latach 72/74 służąc w lotnictwie .
И небыло нищих,у всех была работа и Все строили светлое будущее... Что с миром люди сделали!? И ради каких таких Денег!? Главное-то будущее детей без Войны!!!
This is the absolute best Mig 21 vid on youtube. So many things shown that you never see on other vids.
1959-1962 the F-4 set 15 speed, altitude and time to altitude records. None of these records were ever beaten by a MiG-21.
The F-4's normal AA weapons load out was 4 Aim-7 and 4 Aim-9. The maximum AA load out of the MiG-21 was 6 short range AA-8, and this was rarely used.
True the Navy F-4's never had a cannon, but the USAF F-4E carried the M61 Vulcan which totally out classed the cannon carried by the MiG-21.
Not opinion, just facts.
You could also cmpare it with Saab 35 Draken. Draken is more versatile though.
one sleek air craft... a pleasure to watch and fly... its down right one of the best aircrafts... it was rated no.3 all over the world by a survey by discovery.
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@MANdroid81 I work at the air port its amazing to hear that plane go. We are in class some weekends and the whole building shakes. Very cool! I think they are going to have another air show in a couple years make sure you come!
Самый Красивый самолёт.
Ну, может и не самый... Но, крутой по тем временам, однозначно!
well thats a gun sight,it can be varied with distance just like shown in video,when circle is big means the target is very near when the circle if small means the target is far.the screen in which the circle was appeared is known as HUD means heads up display.
The delta wing MiG-21 did bleed energy relatively quickly in a turn, but still turned better than the F-4. But as I have stated prior, turn rates aren't the most important aspect of a fighter. Speed and firepower are more important, that is why the F-4 is a better fighter than the MiG-21.
Yeah I love the show Dogfights. I'll PM you a link where I got my information though. Also, vietcong =/= NVA. The VC were basically insurgent fighters who were separate from the official army. They didn't have ROE, didn't answer to the government, and knew the jungle like the back of their hands. The NVA were more organized but had a larger chain of command because they answered to the government. Can't explain well in a comment but basically vietcong = guerrilla fighters. NVA = main army.
Beautiful aircraft for her age, there are two of them rotting away in a hangar next to mine. It's a shame, but there built like tanks so it'll take more than age for her to rot away. Great video.
Nice video. Russians always did make nice aircraft, like US and Russian aircraft both, like the F4 for its armament and the MIG 21 for its looks and performance.
Where. can I get one?
Thanks for the video, you don't usually see the details like this.
it's so nice to see these jets in their original military configuration as they were made. many old planes that are still flown these days have their original equipment ripped out and GPS screens slapped all over them in place of the cool original reflex sights, targeting systems, radar, etc.
my grandfather used 2 fly MIG 21, proud of him
I was recently at an airshow (wings over Illawarra 2022) and there were, very surprising to see in australia, 3 migs. A 15, 17, and 19. They were from the indian airforce and now disused.
You're sure? because i remember watching dogfights on the history channel and it was a situation where a flight of Vought F-8 Crusaders were engaging MiG-17's over Hanoi. Later in the engagement they dogfighted MiG-21's and it said that MiG-21 encounters were rare as the vietcong had very few in their inventory and only used them in hit and run engagements, and yeah my favorite air war was the skies over Iraq in desert storm, and how American F-15's engaged MiG-29's. Amazing (:
Muy buen video. Hacía años no vea volar un mig tan viejo
cheapest ones are $40,000. its a good thing the MiG 21 was the produced supersonic aircraft ever(about 13,000)
Thanks for sharing! The 21 has THE sexiest profile of any aircraft I've ever seen. I think it's the tail that does it for me. Thanks again, great vid.
Супер! Сделано в СССР!
I´m a big fan of this bird. It has some "Perry Rhodan" or "Star Wars" look. And it still can bite.
Красавчик самолет!❤
Actually the Phantom was designed as a naval bomber interceptor..it wasnt designed with the "dogfight" in mind..where the F-8 was..as was the MiG-17 and 21.
In Canada students learn about an interceptor aircraft made in Canada called the Avro Arrow which was supposedly "light-years ahead of its time" but got scrapped during prototype phase. I stood up in class and said "the Mig-21 was by far the best aircraft of the era, let alone century, so stop with this Canada-producing-good-weapons bullshit". I was sent home for 3 days but it was worth it!
Сильный ролик! Да и самолёт - круть!
Вам бы ещё Fulcrum посмотреть....
True that the MiG21 and F4 were built for different purposes.
Perhaps a better match for the MiG21 is the F8 Crusader. The F8 shot down 4 MiG21's with no loss to MiG21's. Three F8's were lost, but to MiG17's, but the F8 also shot down 15 MiG17's.
The F8 proved to be the best pure fighter in the Vietnam war.
It was the Cold War workhorse. I've seen that interior aqua marine paint on everything from Russian aircraft to Russian cars & motorcycles. Note the RVM on top of the canopy.
@slider12689 Yes. I love the mig 21. If it was modernized to a fifth generation fighter jet, it would be the beast of the skies.
I'd rather they remade the MiG-21, but with more than 45 minutes of endurance. Ridiculously short range was the only serious flaw the MIG-21 had, and I think doubling that time would be far more useful on an everyday basis than thrust vectoring nonsense.
True, however if you're referring to Vietnam, most of the F-4's faced updated MiG-17's or MiG-19's. the Vietnamese had and fielded very few MiG-21's through out the war.
wow, it was uploaded 16 years ago (2006). and I'm just watching it now in 2022 🤗
The kill ratio was 82 to 42 in favor of the F4 as I've already stated twice.
"Dogfighting" doesn't win air battles. The Hellcat couldn't turn with the Japanese Zero, but it shot them down at a rate of over 10 to 1. Same goes for the Corsair, the P38 and even the Wildcat actually shot down more Zeros than were lost.
People get all hung up on fighter turn rates, but turn rate has never been that important. Speed and firepower were more important in those days. Now it's stealth and avionics.
Всё было наоборот: в воздушных боях во Вьетнаме МиГ21 с F4 соотношение 2:1 в пользу советского истребителя.Били и хорошо били вьётнамские лётчики американцев в 1965 -1973гг
@@nikk1646 Nope. North Vietnam was notorious for making fake claims. Numerous Vietnamese "aces" had multiple claims on days on which not a single US aircraft failed to return. These claims have since been debunked by numerous researchers.
@@dogsbd Во Вьетнаме находились Советские специалисты,советники и инструкторы, имевшие возможности для объективного подтверждения результатов боевых действий по боевым донесениям и техническим средствам. Нами хорошо изучены потери американских вооружённых сил, в том числе авиациионные, разных родов и видов. Преувеличение успехов характерно для американцев. Иначе: лживая пропаганда имеет обратный, отрицательный эффект. На словах- мощная армия, на деле-проиграла.Отдельно: 1) самолёт 2) уровень подготовки лётчика, тактика. Основное: МиГ21 по соотношению стоимость / эффективность имел оценку "хорошо", Ф4 - "неудовлетворительно": многоцелевой,слишком сложный и дорогой. Экипаж Ф4 из двух человек не был способен реализовать боевые возможности, в среднем - только на 40%.Ф4 был ненадёжным, в условиях тропической жары и влаги электроника выходила из строя. Проблема американцев - когда главной задачей становятся деньги, прибыль, а не польза для общества.Несомненно высоким техническим достижениям США не достаёт целесообразности и разумности затрат.Наживаясь на военных заказах, американцы создают затратное вооружение.И не только затратное вооружение, а вся жизнь американского общества-излишняя трата ресурсов. МиГ21 был простым в применении и достаточно манёвренным.
@@nikk1646 There were Soviet specialists in Vietnam for whom it was beneficial to report to their masters in Moscow what they wanted to hear. The simple fact is that at least HALF of the supposed victims of North Vietnamese MiG-21's landed back at their bases on the day of their supposed loss and the crews returned home to the US and many of those crews are still alive today. They simple were NOT shot down as claimed. Russians were as adept at lying then as they are now in Ukraine.
@@dogsbd явное незнание психологии: у советских людей не было понятия "хозяин", это в американском социуме.Ещё раз: вьетнамские лётчики всегда давали достойный отпор бандитам, не уступали в мастерстве пилотажа и тактике. Главное : результат войны для американцев печальный, при значительном превосходстве сил и средств - поражение и на земле и в воздухе.
Это по-ходу одно из самых ранних видео на UA-cam, на момент загрузки сервису было менее года.
My uncle probably can. US Naval air to air victories over Vietnam claimed 38 confirmed Mig kills at the expense of 5 Phantom losses. That ratio right there automatically makes the mig's cost effectiveness moot, however, we DID lose a crapload of aircraft to SAMs.
Maintenance cost for Russian weapons are always cheap, however no other country has a strong enough infrastructure to maintain those aircraft to fully optimize their cost potential such as the United States.
They need to make a MiG-21 with updated avionics and thrust vectoring, and a stronger airframe if needed
Ah yes, good ol' Cold War fighter. Forget stealth and advanced radar and fly-by-wire. Back in those days all you needed was a good engine, a good gun, and some rocket packs. That goes for east and west; the F-86, F-100, F-5, F-8, Mystere IV, Hawker Hunter, English Electric Lightning, Super Mystere, Mirage III, MiG-15 up to MiG-21. That's when jet fighters were actually fighters and not just just flying computers which shoot missiles from miles and miles away.
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エンジン始動時の高周波音が最高
What is the big dial-thingy under the HUG for? Is that part of the the ground-controlled intercept system, to show the pilot which way to fly? How about the little trefoil-looking lights on either side of it? What are those for? I also wonder about the big "F" on the safety padding.
I learned from a former Vietnamese MiG-21 pilot. Well! May be different airforce have different SOP!
Btw, is that radar cone at the air intake able to move forward and backward manually/automatically?
@HerrHIVEMIND The cannon was included but was confiscated by the US Gov't. . We pulled the Phazotron Face-cup radar out and rebalanced with batteries. I had never seen the HUD, target display, or radar display until I saw this video. FANTASTIC!
It wasn't created for dogfighting, but it had a gun atleast - phantoms in the first versions didn't - many pilots were down about that in vietnam war.
Mig-21 is more manouverable than the quit heavy F-4 Phantom. Don't forget the swedish Saab Draken that was a rough competian to both F-4 and MiG-21. Even if Mig-21 had higher top speed theoretical, F-4 and Saab Draken were more versatile on lower levels. Finland had both Draken and MiG-21. But Draken and MiG-21 were both interceptors and not designed for dog fight. The delta wing receded the speed pretty much in dog fight. MiG-29 and Draken had the weakness: Low speed at high alfa = superstall
где эти 16 лет валялись? почему в реках только сейчас-2023 году вышли ?))
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Hi YF681.
While I agree that the Mig21 is an outstanding aircraft, and has been in front line service for decades, it is no longer classed as a leading edge interceptor/fighter (although is still a good dog fighter). So, assuming the two pilots were equal, and the combat was no holds barred (so likely to be BVR), how do you think the Mig21 would beat an F35. What weapons do you think the Mig would use.
Of course, there would have to be a serviceable F35 to start with lol (not many of those)
Over 800 now lol and plenty more F35s are being made. I hope you've been well for the past 12 years.
Since 1997 I have had many happy hours flying the MIG and the F 4 in simulated aerial combat on my 'puter! Mig can turn, but Phantom can burn and beat the heck out of the situation and turn back for another run at missle launch!!
Okay; hold up there pal. The Jodel D112 is a trainer/ tourer type aircraft. It is used for civilian purposes; not militarial use. So that was wrong; and it never shot down anything.
The F-4 was better armed, had a longer combat range, better radar and was faster than the MiG-21. The MiG bettered the Phantom in only one area, turn radius.
And there had never been any acknowledgment" by "the US" that the MiG-21 was the best jet of its time. And there should not be as that assertion simply is not true.
@hobosown
That is speed sensor - based on measuring ongoing air pressure
Kind of brings to mind the song "one headlight" by Jacob Dylan.
Wow ... What a beautiful and dynamic bird is this, i really love this fighter jet ... 😘🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
No, that was just a very short burst. Those 23mm have a very high ROF. An odd stand set up for bore sighting the guns.
An impressive sky monster. Now we know the real value
But seriously, It's a great looking plane (to me) and it does really GOOD in the right hands. And might I remind you in Korea when American pilots faced Russian pilots the MiG's there gave us a lot of trouble (The NK Pilots weren't that good). In Vietnam the ratio was 2 migs down to every one US plane thus the need for a special school headed by the US Navy to give better training in dog fighting to US pilots. They even made a silly movie about it. =P
Nice footage of them unloading the 23mm cannon
thanks for this cool video. love this plane so much. my country still used this legendery aircrafr because its so great.
One of the most sinister looking planes ever
Great vid
The flying kalashnikov.
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