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Gawd; I knew the Yanks liked to give the Russian planes stupid names but
"Fishbed" takes the cake!!
(Previous cakeholder was the "Flogger"!)
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Clem
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I remember a Mig 15 but it landed a bit savagely about 10 years ago....
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"Digger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote;
> There is a privately owned MiG-21 in NSW. I seen it at an airshow at
> Rutherford (Maitland) a few years back. Im pretty sure it was privately
> owned anyway.
>
> Digger
>
>

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> I remember a Mig 15 but it landed a bit savagely about 10 years ago....
> --
> Clem
> [cynicism is all tool rampart]


My cousin had a really nice red MG.1600


" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote;
> > There is a privately owned MiG-21 in NSW. I seen it at an airshow at
> > Rutherford (Maitland) a few years back. Im pretty sure it was privately
> > owned anyway.
> >
> > Digger
> >
> >
>
>

"Knobdoodle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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> Gawd; I knew the Yanks liked to give the Russian planes stupid names but
> "Fishbed" takes the cake!!
> (Previous cakeholder was the "Flogger"!)

Sukhoi (prn. "Soo-hoy)" Su-25 close air-support aircraft... NATO codename,
"Frogfoot".

How's that one?

IK,
recovering aerosexual.

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Intact Kneeslider wrote in message ...
>"Knobdoodle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> Gawd; I knew the Yanks liked to give the Russian planes stupid names but
>> "Fishbed" takes the cake!!
>> (Previous cakeholder was the "Flogger"!)
>
>Sukhoi (prn. "Soo-hoy)" Su-25 close air-support aircraft... NATO codename,
>"Frogfoot".
>
>How's that one?
>
Heh heh; that's a goodie too.
It must be part of a cold-war plan to overcome the enemy using
derision-warfare!
I seem to recall that the russian VTOL Harrier-lookalike had a silly name
too. (Which apparantly caused it so much shame it stopped flying
altogether!)
I'll have to look it up when I get home.....
Work-Doodle

"Clem Doherty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> I seem to recall that the russian VTOL Harrier-lookalike had a silly name
> too. (Which apparantly caused it so much shame it stopped flying
> altogether!)
> I'll have to look it up when I get home.....

The Yakovlev Yak-36 awkward-looking proof-of-concept thing with the engine
in the nose and Harrier-style swivelling nozzles under the trailing edge of
the wing was the "Freehand".

The Yak-38 was the operational fleet-defence machine for the dinky little
aircraft carriers the Soviets had and a total cock-up, what with a pair of
lift-only engines behind the cockpit to lug around when it wasn't flying
vertically. NATO called that the "Forger", so not too serious.

....and I can't be sure just now which of the early Soviet interceptors was
tagged the "Fagot"; I'm sure they had the musical instrument in mind when
they came up with that.

"Intact Kneeslider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote;
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> The Yak-38 was the operational fleet-defence machine for the dinky little
> aircraft carriers the Soviets had and a total cock-up, what with a pair
of
> lift-only engines behind the cockpit to lug around when it wasn't flying
> vertically. NATO called that the "Forger", so not too serious.
>
That's the one!!
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> ...and I can't be sure just now which of the early Soviet interceptors
was
> tagged the "Fagot"; I'm sure they had the musical instrument in mind when
> they came up with that.
>
Lookout; you've got a fagot coming up your rear!!
Clem

"Intact Kneeslider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote;
> ...and I can't be sure just now which of the early Soviet interceptors
was
> tagged the "Fagot"; I'm sure they had the musical instrument in mind when
> they came up with that.
>
Mig-15 apparantly! (So a lot of Yanks got rooted by Fagots during the
Korean war!)
I'm surprised I'd never heard that name before.
Clem

"Knobdoodle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Intact Kneeslider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote;
> > ...and I can't be sure just now which of the early Soviet interceptors
> was
> > tagged the "Fagot"; I'm sure they had the musical instrument in mind
when
> > they came up with that.
> >
> Mig-15 apparantly! (So a lot of Yanks got rooted by Fagots during the
> Korean war!)
> I'm surprised I'd never heard that name before.
> Clem


Especially the way you dress...


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