18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
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18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
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
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
The first Polish MiG-29 crash in 29 years of service I think! Quite an achievement!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
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
67 red reported w/o
Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
67 grey. It was already in new light grey scheme.Starfighter_F-104G wrote:67 red reported w/o
http://lotnictwo.net.pl/gallery/photo/a ... 39091.html
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
Two pictures of 67/r in 'old' two-tone greypb299 wrote:67 grey. It was already in new light grey scheme.Starfighter_F-104G wrote:67 red reported w/o
http://lotnictwo.net.pl/gallery/photo/a ... 39091.html
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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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Maybe you were referring to the back ground
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
I see 50 shades of a certain colour....tomcat604 wrote:I don't mean to nit pick - but that's exactly the same scheme!!!
Maybe you were referring to the back ground
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
This was the actual coloursheme, as seen end of August in Minsk.
![Image](http://ojpictures.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PLAF-67-Mig29A-minsk-x-1.jpg)
![Image](http://ojpictures.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PLAF-67-Mig29A-minsk-x-1.jpg)
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?
BTW - Nice capture Olli
BTW - Nice capture Olli
Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
It is being applied during periodic airframe works at WZL2 in Bydgoszcz.tomcat604 wrote:Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?
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
https://twitter.com/PBondaryk/status/943443014734794752
According to Polish MoD Undersecretary, pilot of Polish AF MiG-29 crashed on 18/12 DID NOT EJECT... Survived landing in high trees with broken ankle only - what a luck!
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
Wow indeed! And testament to the robustness of Russian designStratofreighter wrote:https://twitter.com/PBondaryk/status/943443014734794752According to Polish MoD Undersecretary, pilot of Polish AF MiG-29 crashed on 18/12 DID NOT EJECT... Survived landing in high trees with broken ankle only - what a luck!
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Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
Sources in Minsk confirm the aircraft that crashed was 67.Starfighter_F-104G wrote:67 red reported w/o
Re: 18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash
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.