Wings of the Red Star: Phantom's Foe! MiG-21 Fishbed!

The Great Old Discovery Channel documentaries! Not like crap they show today!
Deep insight on Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-21 jet fighter of 2nd generation, which became main rival of F-4 Phantoms in Vietnam War.
Following aircrafts are described in this film: MiG-3, MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-19 - the first supersonic Soviet fighter, F-100 Super Sabre, B-52, F-104 Starfighter, MiG-21, Mirage, F-16, F-5, F-4 Phantom, Chengdu J-7.
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Big respect for Sir Peter Ustinov!

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[etornel79]

here is a factor i have never considered until now...it doesn't matter what plate form is used to sustain mach flights...but the glass that does not break while flying...that is an achievement all to its own...WOW..think about it...what does a pilot have to look through..!!..

[BitnikGr]

@etornel79 What about glasses of spaceships? :)

[etornel79]

@BitnikGr

if we didn't focus on wars and how to kill our fellow human brother(regardless of religion, color, and country of origin)...i bet we would have seen more of our universe by now..!!..some space ships from what i have read can sustain flights of 35,000 mph...holy 5417....

[BitnikGr]

@etornel79 There is no problem for materials to travel with virtually ANY speed in space. There is no friction. As long as you have fuel, you can accelerate your vessel. When fuel is out, then it will be a max speed :)

I mentioned space travel, because all used materials (glass, ceramics, metals) have biggest trouble during getting out and back in Earth's atmosphere. Compare glass of Shuttle's cockpit at re-entry speed of 25M with glass of fighter's cockpit at 2.5M. :)

[weekdaywings]

You ripped this from my channel. It makes me not want to upload anything else.

[BitnikGr]

@weekdaywings Or even better, you may write a comment to all "Wings of the Red Star" uploaded in my channel, letting know people to watch your channel for other Discovery "Wings" documentaries.

[ISAACASIMOV30]

@LIGHTNICK625 You soo much whatch dog fight  of history channel

[LIGHTNICK625]

I sick and tired of listening that the MiG 21 was no match to the F-4 Phantom and this is why it almost always loosed the dogfights. It actually did it because the Vietnamese pilots who were flying them sucked.

[etornel79]

@BitnikGr

5417....what word is that..??..can you guess..??..

[Fllyn]

Happy New Year, Amanda!

[ComradeMP187]

Love this little jet. I'm building a 1/48 scale model of this one!

[DaylightDigital]

MiG-21 is an incredible design. That landing speed is scary though!