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Off-Topic / Re: In the news...
« on: 20-03-2014, 18:03:26 »Well, some Indian in Cracked tell us a story about his father, a MiG-21 pilot. The plane is called the "widow maker" for a reason. His father ejected twice, and on both occasion, he has to fly deadheading and cleared from any wrongdoings. So, after the 2nd ejection, his backbone compacted, and now relegated into flying cargo planes.
http://www.cracked.com/article_20991_5-reasons-flying-fighter-jet-way-crazier-than-top-gun.html
We also have MiG-21, a beautiful sleek-looking plane. But their small wings, mean that they have a very very low wing loading, and that semi-delta wing also means they are not particularly easy to control during tight turns. What our Air Force veterans say is that it is obviously very fast (clean aerodynamics), but not very good at controls, it easily spin out of control. MiG-17 is deemed far more agile and more controllable, but very slow.
Maybe the Indian Air Force is looking for interceptor. In that case, the MiG-21 shines more than F-16, because it has one of the fastest acceleration to Mach 2.0, behind English Electric Lightning and the famous Concorde passenger jet. Yes, not even the famed F-15 or MiG-29 or Su-27 can catch them when they dash for it. Or maybe, they just hate the F-16 because Pakistani is using it. LOL
BTW, I was quoting the cost for Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1, the Tranche 2 version is probably very similar to Rafale-C's current price. I haven't seen any data for the new flyaway costs.
From what I remember it was the Starfighter they called a widow maker, we personally called them flying coffins.