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2006-04-11 India-Pakistan

India retires its reconnaissance MiG 25s

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Posted by john 2006-04-11 15:15|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "It will be a nostalgic event and a flypast will be held," Air Vice Marshal S Mukherjee said.

Notice the term used was "flypast" vs flyover.
B. Getn Smarter

Posted by Besoeker 2006-04-11 16:09|| 2006-04-11 16:09|| Front Page Top

#2 (flashing back to 1992) When playing as the red team in Harpoon, the treat was having some MiG-25s to play with. As long as it had enough fuel to run the afterburner, it was too fast to be shot down with any missile that the blue team had.

Posted by WhiteCollarRedneck 2006-04-11 16:25|| 2006-04-11 16:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I understand that if you flew a MiG-25 at full throttle, you needed to change out the engines after you landed.

Posted by Mike 2006-04-11 16:38|| 2006-04-11 16:38|| Front Page Top

#4 "The MiGs, capable of flying at over three times the speed of sound." An Egyptian pilot in the 1970s flew one over Mach 2. After the flight the engines were fried and I believe he bent the airframe landing it.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-04-11 16:57|| 2006-04-11 16:57|| Front Page Top

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