2006 New Castle Airshow - MiG-23 Flogger

A MiG-23 Flogger flies during the 2006 New Castle Airshow. This is the one of the few times (according to many of the locals) that the MiG-23 has ever flown. For more videos and information on DVDs, visit http://www.stevesairshow.com .

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Mig-23
• Mig
• Flogger
• New
• Castle
• Wilmington
• 2006
• Airshow
• Air
• Show
• Delaware
• Open
• House

[ManicParroT]

NATO used their own names for Russian aircraft and weapons, AFAIk. They chose names based on the type of vehicle. So fighter jets began with an F: Flogger, Fulcrum, and so on. Bombers with a B: Bear, Backfire and so on. I seem to remember that they also had a reason for using double barrel names, but I don't know about that.

[egmccann]

@ManicParroT : Single syllable names = prop driven. Dual syllables = jets. For example:

Bear (prop driven bomber,)

Back-Fire (jet powered bomber.)

Frank = Yak 9, Fred = P-63 Airacobra, both prop driven.

Flogger, Fishbed, Fulcrum = jet powered.

[XStarss]

Holy shit, what a acceleration, i thought that this plane is slow.

[Blhuco]

@ManicParroT I think it had to do with the powerplant. Turboprops got single barrrel names and jets got double barrel.

[Metalicalypse]

What a charming beast.

[manpo]

this mig got sold for $75000

[1bearcatf8f]

@scarface8999 The F-15 was very close if not equal in speed.Both planes can reach 1800+MPH.But in desert storm the F-15 proved suppior to both the MiG-29 and MiG-25.Really the MiG-25 is good for intercepting and recon.

[HiWetcam]

Looking closely the MiG 23 & F4 are fairly similar apart from the 23 having a high wing and the F4 a low wing, the 23 one engine and the F4 two, the 23 variable geometry and the F4 fixed, the 23 being single seat (apart from trainers) and the F4 2 seat and the 23 is land based whereas the F4 is a carrier aircraft. They both have a single big vertical stab'/rudder to cope with shallow side slip angles at very high speed. The 23 has an extra ventral fin and the F4 strong anhedral on the hor' stab'

[sbd45acp]

Big wobble at unstick?

[jlebesis]

@GdeGodTiDaIgras Haha, they are very aesthetically unpleasing aircraft to look at..very odd..but like napornik said, that is why they appeal so much, and to me! :)

[GdeGodTiDaIgras]

@napornik

;)