18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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A Polish MiG-29 crashed today near its homebase of Minsk Mazowiecki.
While returning to the base, at 17.15 local contact was lost.

A search for two (!) hours by Polish State Forests in the wooded area led to the pilot and the plane. The pilot had ejected and was taken to a hospital in Warsaw. Polish MOD conformed this and noted that MiG-29 flights are now suspended, this according to Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki.

https://twitter.com/tvp_info/status/942854623265804289
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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Worldnis wrote:A Polish MiG-29 crashed today near its homebase of Minsk Mazowiecki.
While returning to the base, at 17.15 local contact was lost.

A search for two (!) hours by Polish State Forests in the wooded area led to the pilot and the plane. The pilot had ejected and was taken to a hospital in Warsaw. Polish MOD conformed this and noted that MiG-29 flights are now suspended, this according to Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki.

https://twitter.com/tvp_info/status/942854623265804289
The first Polish MiG-29 crash in 29 years of service I think! Quite an achievement!

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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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I don't have many pictures of PoAF MiG-29s but I have this one. Side number 67

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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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67 red reported w/o
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Starfighter_F-104G wrote:67 red reported w/o
67 grey. It was already in new light grey scheme.
http://lotnictwo.net.pl/gallery/photo/a ... 39091.html

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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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pb299 wrote:
Starfighter_F-104G wrote:67 red reported w/o
67 grey. It was already in new light grey scheme.
http://lotnictwo.net.pl/gallery/photo/a ... 39091.html

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Two pictures of 67/r in 'old' two-tone grey
1. Minsk Mazowiecki, PL
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2. Leeuwarden, NL
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still sad as it is :(
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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:lol: I don't mean to nit pick - but that's exactly the same scheme!!!
Maybe you were referring to the back ground :lol:
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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tomcat604 wrote::lol: I don't mean to nit pick - but that's exactly the same scheme!!!
Maybe you were referring to the back ground :lol:
I see 50 shades of a certain colour....
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This was the actual coloursheme, as seen end of August in Minsk.

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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?
BTW - Nice capture Olli
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tomcat604 wrote:Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?
It is being applied during periodic airframe works at WZL2 in Bydgoszcz.
Infact new scheme is highly effective on MiGs and Fitters, as aircraft are blending into sky and clouds making them much harder to see, even during airshow displays.

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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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https://twitter.com/PBondaryk/status/943443014734794752
According to Polish MoD Undersecretary, pilot of Polish AF MiG-29 crashed on 18/12 DID NOT EJECT :shock: ... Survived landing in high trees with broken ankle only - what a luck!
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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Stratofreighter wrote:https://twitter.com/PBondaryk/status/943443014734794752
According to Polish MoD Undersecretary, pilot of Polish AF MiG-29 crashed on 18/12 DID NOT EJECT :shock: ... Survived landing in high trees with broken ankle only - what a luck!
Wow indeed! And testament to the robustness of Russian design ;-)
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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Starfighter_F-104G wrote:67 red reported w/o
Sources in Minsk confirm the aircraft that crashed was 67.
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

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tomcat604 wrote:Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?
BTW - Nice capture Olli

Comparing the previous and new pictures, I notice a new antena appearing on the back of the re-sprayed aircraft, behind the cockpit.
So I guess it involved a modernization process also.
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