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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #25 on: February 02, 2014, 02:50:32 AM »
Polish MiG-29 carrying a pair of RBS-15's
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #26 on: February 02, 2014, 04:10:08 AM »
Different...I like.
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« Reply #27 on: February 02, 2014, 04:33:27 AM »
Why thank-you.

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #28 on: February 02, 2014, 04:34:54 AM »
Maybe have the MiG-29s have a full makeover re avionics etc as well?
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2014, 01:16:27 PM »
Interesting tail markings:

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #30 on: January 27, 2015, 12:46:12 PM »
how about this aircraft with red roo roundels for a communist Australia ?

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #31 on: January 28, 2015, 04:24:00 AM »
Cool.

Alternatively, what if Russia and Australia did a deal whereby Russia paid for some of its debt/beef/wheat imports using MiGs etc (just as they did/tried with other areas).  Maybe even have the MiG-29s as a dedicated aggressor unit?
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #32 on: January 28, 2015, 02:25:26 PM »
Cool.

Alternatively, what if Russia and Australia did a deal whereby Russia paid for some of its debt/beef/wheat imports using MiGs etc (just as they did/tried with other areas).  Maybe even have the MiG-29s as a dedicated aggressor unit?

That makes me wonder what kind of western re-engining you could do on a Fulcrum.

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #33 on: January 28, 2015, 03:37:22 PM »
Well, all are physically smaller than the RD-33 so could (with some fancy engineering) be fitted to a MiG-29.
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #34 on: June 19, 2016, 08:27:50 AM »
Simply an attractive picture:

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #35 on: June 25, 2018, 08:16:22 AM »
Random idea:  Ilmavoimat MiG-29 serving alongside Ilmavoimat F/A-18Cs and in similar scheme as shown below:

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« Reply #36 on: August 03, 2020, 08:35:29 AM »
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Ah, the rare Fulcrum prototype trialling an experimental W-wing. Not many photos of that.  :smiley:
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« Reply #37 on: September 27, 2020, 03:48:22 AM »

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« Reply #38 on: September 27, 2020, 09:33:11 AM »
Peoples' Republic of Zealandia? :-\

I can see the US pumping more cash into Australia. ;D
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« Reply #39 on: September 28, 2020, 01:37:52 AM »
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« Reply #40 on: October 05, 2020, 02:49:06 AM »
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« Reply #41 on: October 05, 2020, 03:55:19 AM »
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #42 on: March 09, 2022, 03:46:13 AM »
With Poland (and eventually other former users) turning their MiG-29s to the US, I wonder if they'll have temporary US markings before being sent to Ukraine? Or eventually Polish camo with Ukrainian markings?

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #43 on: March 09, 2022, 03:54:42 AM »
With Poland (and eventually other former users) turning their MiG-29s to the US, I wonder if they'll have temporary US markings before being sent to Ukraine? Or eventually Polish camo with Ukrainian markings?

It will be interesting to see
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« Reply #44 on: March 09, 2022, 05:00:11 PM »
If it ever happens. ::)


Everyone thinks it's a great idea. :smiley:


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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #45 on: March 10, 2022, 01:44:21 AM »
Maybe deliver them to Afghanistan to be forwarded to Ukraine.  I'm sure Russia won't be in too great a rush to go back there any time soon... :-X
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« Reply #46 on: March 10, 2022, 03:18:08 AM »
Maybe deliver them to Afghanistan to be forwarded to Ukraine.  I'm sure Russia won't be in too great a rush to go back there any time soon... :-X

Or sell them to the Swiss as a payment for something... and the Swiss sell them to Ukraine in exchange for wheat. No need to fly them to Switzerland or Germany, just deliver them to Ukraine.

Or just buy more drones and hunt down the TOS-1/TOS-2 tanks.

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« Reply #47 on: March 10, 2022, 05:57:39 AM »
Or sell them to the Swiss as a payment for something... and the Swiss sell them to Ukraine in exchange for wheat. No need to fly them to Switzerland or Germany, just deliver them to Ukraine...

I like it. But there may be a simpler proposition than involving the Swiss ... although it would be a little riskier for Poland.

Poland already provides Moldova with aid of all sorts. And there is no love lost between Moldova and Russia (over the latter's support for breakaway Transnistria - the so-called 'Dniestrian Moldovan Republic'. In the past, the FARM proved largely incapable of operating MiG-29s and most of the FARM fighters were sold off.

So, 'donate' the SP's 28 MiG-29s to Moldova after getting behind-the-scenes guarantees that these fighters will be immediately passed on to Ukraine. The sale could be financed by the US Government (effectively removing ultimate legal responsibility from Warsaw).

Once the transfer was complete, Moldovan personnel could be trained in Poland to prepare for the future transfer of SP Sukhoi Su-22s to the FARM (to the Ukraine deal worth the risk to Chișinău).

... Or just buy more drones and hunt down the TOS-1/TOS-2 tanks.

Yep, but as-well-as rather than instead-of. UkAF Fulcrums provide top-cover and interception while additional Bayraktar TB2 drones from Turkey tackle the TOS. US-Turkish relations are awkward right now. Maybe Germany would be better-positioned to act as a guarantor on funding for a new tranche of Ukrainian TB2s?

Anyway, food for thought ... and great thread, guys  :smiley:
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« Reply #48 on: March 11, 2022, 08:15:35 AM »
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