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jonboede(at)hotmail.com
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:24 pm Post subject: Soviet Big Iron Saturday

While slightly off topic C a few people here seem to like news from the Cold War Air Museum.



Saturday we took out the "Big Iron" -- Mi-24D Hind and MiG-23UB Flogger -- and took them for a walk.  Also brought out some of the L-39s and Mi-2 helicopters.



http://blog.cwam.org/2010/01/soviet-big-iron-saturday.html



A quick trip to the blog is worth it just for the fireball that the Mi-24D makes on start!



I got to taxi the MiG for a short bit including a run-up to 90% power (nowhere near afterburner).  Starts and taxis very C very easy... any of y'all could do it no problem if you have any experience in Red Star aircraft.



The short video around the taxiways worked out to be 100 liters of gas.  ouch.  Half of that was the run-up.



A former Russian AF Major just showed up the other day.  Lots of experience in MiG-21 C MiG-23 and MiG-29.  Super C super nice guy.  And a big help since the only really good Flogger POH I have is in Russian.  



Jon

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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:14 am Post subject: Soviet Big Iron Saturday

Jon, 

I had the opportunity to fly the Hind D in a former life â€“ not very nimble as compared to our attack helicopters, but it is strongest airplane I think I've ever flown.  Ground taxi is just like my CJ without the collective input of course. 

Jon 

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