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Taking a closer look at that canopy reveals the typical GAZ-21 mirror on top so aircraft that crashed is most likely a single seat MiG-21bis. But thanks for your commentK-9 wrote:The Mig-23 has two seperate canopies.
Looking at this canopy, it's from the backseater. ( device on top )
Grtz, Rene
Sigh.....big,big sigh!nils wrote:(propably a MiG-21UM)?
Title edited, now waiting for the correct type, identification number -and so on...orange wrote:Sigh.....big,big sigh!nils wrote:(propably a MiG-21UM)?
This thread is a textbook example of fake news.
The evidence is right in front of you in the form of a clear picture and you guys choose to ignore it because the internet says otherwise.......
I totally agree with Orange, definitly not a MiG-23 canopy as I think a MiG-23UB has a framed canopy with a retractable periscope. Also, as Orange says, the GAZ-21 differs from a GAZ-30 periscope indicating that this is either a MiG-21MF-75 (which the Cubans don’t have) or a bis.Stratofreighter wrote:Title edited, now waiting for the correct type, identification number -and so on...orange wrote:Sigh.....big,big sigh!nils wrote:(propably a MiG-21UM)?
This thread is a textbook example of fake news.
The evidence is right in front of you in the form of a clear picture and you guys choose to ignore it because the internet says otherwise.......
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