From the old box (Oude doos) a small compilation made in 1995 when i flew in a Hungarian Mig during a Squadron rotation. I was there as a translator since the Hungarian pilots didn't speak English very well. At the time i was working as a radar specialist at AOCS NM. Part of my daily work was to simulate pilots (r/t)and aircraft (control radar plots) for Fighter-Control training purposes.
The rotation was with the former Twente squadron 313 (Tiger). The mission this time was a 1 v 1 DBFM. We did 3 setups.
Most pictures were made with an analog camera, (Canon, EOS 600, a Hungarian crewchief shot the pics of me getting ready) and the shots inside the plane with an klik-klak Kodak throw away cam. So the quality is not what i would like it to be.
Enjoy
1. Getting ready, checking all the gear
2. All aboard!
3. Final checks, man that oxy mask is hard! and you have very little room for turning your head
4. Taxing past the QRA.
5. Take-off, mil power at first- then Ab and nose up all the way (Still mad he did'nt take pics of that!)
6. Forming up with our Detco. He has a Hungarian pilot in the back. In fact the smallest pilot ever flying in a MIG. He had a special seat.
7. Holding hands en-route to the training area.
8. Other side, nice little sun. And the colorful squadron markings back then still looking good on these oldies.
9. View from the gun camera. Just moments later we slice this Viper in half. The pilot i flew with was a real cowboy. He was just degraded from LT-Kol to Maj. When i asked him why, he told me it was because of a birdhit he had. I said that i was suprised to hear that because a birdhit is usually not a biggie. He answered " That is true, but this bird was still in a tree.... " > So amusing when you still have to land with this dude!
Note that all info is metrical!Can we please do it again?
10. Landing view through the periscope system. Note the G-force dial at the left side. "Please no more than 7 G's gentlemen, "this is due to structural repairs after pulling G's, and they don't have a lot of spare parts (Or money in this case). We pulled 9 G's, thank you! And that seat is almost in an upright position.
11. Touchdown!
