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10/25/2016 at 13:01 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
10/25/2016 at 13:01 • Filed to: Planelopnik | 2
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Lifted from the Youtube tag: The ONLY Mig-23 Flogger flying in the United States....
...is based out of New Castle, DE. It made an appearance at the DEANG 60th anniversary airshow held at the airport. The pilot was limited to passes at 900 feet or above due to FAA regulations, but just seeing and hearing one made it worthwhile. This clip shows the takeoff and shutting down.
(my notes) Airshow performances are conducted with waivers (permission slips) from the FAA to allow lower than legal flights over populated areas (spectator-packed sidelines) so when you see Sean Tucker do knife edge passes at twenty feet to cut a ribbon at a show, it’s a FAA waiver allowing that. It’s called the Low Altitude Endorsement, revokable at any time. This pilot in this airplane does not have that complete allowance and 900 is as low as the FAA will allow.
ttyymmnn
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10/25/2016 at 13:10 |
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That was very cool. Thanks for posting.
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Grindintosecond
> ttyymmnn
10/25/2016 at 13:12 |
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yup. Had to when I discovered a privately owned swing wing Russian fighter was in the US. I wonder what the maintenance is on that swing wing and if the guy even uses it.
f86sabre
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10/25/2016 at 13:14 |
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The MIG-23 is noise!
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ttyymmnn
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10/25/2016 at 13:14 |
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This is interesting. I had no idea it existed in the US. I’ll have to do some digging. It’s not like Randy Ball and his MiG-17. That’s probably relatively easy to maintain.
Spaceball-Two
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10/25/2016 at 13:47 |
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Fun story time. I was driving up I5 North of Seattle in the early 2000's and two lanes over from me was a Flogger on the back of flat bed with it’s wings and stabs off. It was headed into Canada. I never did figure out if a museum or private collector obtained one.