You guys are halucinating. The mig21s were killing F-104 starfighters and an upgraded Mig-21 Bison (upgraded with modern radar and BVR missiles) of IAF even shot down a F-16.
Should mention that this was paid for in cash - $10,000. Buyer just happened to be in former eastern block and picked on up for cheap - weapons systems included. I was head of MoF facilities and security when it was delivered and we had to reassemble it. Great story and great plane - love that it's next to the F-4. Another great restoration effort at MoF.
Quick note worth mentioning- this thing had a radar inside the shock cone. It was small and less range then f-4 of course but it did its job and remember Phantom was 3rd gen while MiG-21 was 2nd gen fighter. So anyway it was rp-21 with a 13km range and 7km lock on. Vietnamese would dive from high altitude fire r-3 aka k-13 in salvos and full thrust to the nearest clouds to disappear back to their base. Same tactic employed by Chenault with his Flying Tiger squadron.
Came here for details on the aircraft to help learn it on DCS! Realised it’s not the video I’m looking for...but this guy’s enthusiasm made me stay, and I really enjoyed it! That’s pretty cool !!
I was stationed in Romania for 9 months on operation Atlantic resolve and got to see the mig-21 bison and they are honestly super amazing, watching them fly and the noise they produce was awe inspiring considering how old the airframe is
Glad I found this channel. The very first model airplane I assembled as a 10 year-old was the MiG-21. I liked the piece of info on the canopy opening. Very cool! Thanks
I admire your work. I would live to see a video on the A6 Intruder. My father flew them in Vietnam and after the war as a test pilot for the A6 E. It seems the Tadpole gets scant coverage for such a revolutionary and powerful weapon, and the remarkably talented aviators that fought with them. Thank you!
@@invertedv12powerhouse77 No, they don't. Germany never operated Su-27s. They operated MiG-29s but all their Fulcrums stayed in Europe AFTER they stopped flying the type. They kept 1 Fulcrum for a German air museum and sold the rest of ex-Luftwaffe MiG-29s to Poland. The Su-27s that are in the US came from ex-Soviet states, not Germany. They're privately owned and operated by contractors.
I just got out of rehab with a fellow who had a MiG 21 tattooed on his left forearm. I asked him why he had that particular model and not a more current one and he replied that it was the best looking. I figured that a 25 year old would have been more up-to-date, but hey.
Hi, I love your museum, I had luck to get there, and as Czech I realy do apreciate you kept Mig 21 in original marking, I saw another one Mig 21 from CZ in Idaho Nampa Flighft museum, but with red stars.
Like the SR-71 Blackbird, the shock cone moves in and out to adjust the speed of the air as it enters the intake at different flight speeds. Fishbed is the NATO code name, not a nickname.
@@christopherknee5756 I don't believe it was a new idea, lots of other aircraft featured it including the EE Lightning and F-104 (the starfighter had half-cones on each side of the fuselage)
this energetic attitude when trying to teach something should be mandatory for every person on the planet trying to teach something. Else most people attention fade away after 30 minutes maximum.
Good old Czech Mig 21... I remember when I was little looking out of my window and looking right at the airport (LKCV) where they were flying. I live actually very close to it and from my window I can see the whole airport like if I was in a tower. A very weird tower, that is further from airport and is about 3 times taller, but it works. :D
I saw a documentary about a Mig 21 pilot who defected to Israel. The guy who was telling the story was saying it was an amazingly reliable aircraft. All you did was gas it a go, gas it and go. No maintenance required. I saw one at an air show a couple of years ago and was amazed at how small it was.
I think the more correct thing to say is that delta wings are very good at low spee high angles of attack, but as a trade off for good straight line aerodynamics, and great high AoA is the fact that you lose so much speed in sustained turns. The delta wing by far isn’t bad at dogfighting. It’s all in the energy management and knowing the limits.
Thank you very much, a very interesting video. A couple of things, however: the MiG-21 was actually very maneuverable and had an excellent power-to-weight ratio, so the US planes tried to avoid close combat with it in Vietnam. Otherwise, cool video, thank you very much again!
On the first time on lock down I went to your web site and saw all your aircraft on site and I must say you have quite a collection. I totally love it! 😁😁😁😁😄😄😄😄😄😄
The USAF had several MiG-21's as part of the secret squadron of MiG's known officially as the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron, unofficially, the Red Eagles.
@@only-legitness to understand and evaluate foreign aircraft. The test pilot school in the US actually tested aircraft from all over, such as the Mig-21, Mig-29, Mig-23, J35 Draken, etc
Hey man, just a tiny detail. Since it's a PFM, it only had one pylon per wing. :) Also, not R-11-F25-300, it's R-11-F2S-300, the S stands for SPS, which is system for blown flaps (improves lift at landing from PFM on)
I'm assuming similar to one of the J79 Turbine Engines in the F4 Phantom, the Mig burns about 1.5-2 gallons per second in full afterburner. I recently saw a youtube video that says the MIg 21 burns about 5 gallons per mile, not certain if that's cruise or afterburner.
May need to change what I was about to say, I was going to say he was the David Fletcher of planes, but it seems that Mr. Fletcher is the Matthew Burchette of tanks.
This is most probably Czecho-Slovak MiG 21. Both nations had lived together in Chezchoslovakia nearly 70 years... And only during WW2 they had separate airforce and different roundels. Czechoslovakia dissolved 1993 into Czech republic and Slovak republic. And yes, this is "need-to-know basis".
Do you have any photo of Mig 21 bis cannon ammo magazine? I am confused if that is a box like the one on Mig 23 or a wrapped round belt like first gen Mig 21. Thanks.
One of the cutscenes is the Chengdu J-7 fishbed ( the Chinese variant ) both are similar but the biggest difference is that big green pointed nose and the wings vary
It's interesting that you noted the similarity, because the Chengdu is an upgraded MiG-21. China has received a license to produce the MiG-21, and a modernization program has begun in the USSR. One of the most promising variants of the upgraded MiG-21 was the E-8 (prototypes at the MiG company had the designation E-X) this variant had air intakes on the sides of the fuselage, and the entire front part was pointed and adapted for the installation of a powerful radar. In addition, he received control surfaces in the front of the fuselage, in front of the cockpit. This version of the MiG-21 was even planned for a series and has already been called the MiG-23 - but plans changed, and under the name MiG-23, another aircraft with a variable wing angle went into the series. But when China decided to modernize its MiG-21s in the 90s, they turned to Russia, and MiG specialists only had to blow dust on old folders with calculations. In addition, at that time, mog already had completely different radars, as well as a large amount of knowledge on the creation of the supermaneuverable MiG-29, an important element of which were elongated growths stretched to the front of the wing - and such growths were installed on the front of the wing of the MiG-21, that is, already with the name Chengdu-7, instead of the old var anta with control surfaces in front. In addition, the Chengdu-7 received a new RD-33 engine, the same as the MiG-29. Thus, the Chengdu-7 is a MiG-21 with a MiG-29 wing, a new fuselage nose and a new engine.
The Vietnamese called its are "Silver Swallow bird". Currently, Vietnam Air Force is the only army in the world using Mig 21 to shoot down B-52 Stratofortress.
I'm sorry you are mistaken the f 15 is not the longest in-service and production the mig-21 continues to be produced in China for export and as a trainer version
One thing I love about Russian Designed Planes and Helicopters is that wierd Blue-Green color of the interior
It's turquoise. It was used and is still used because it provides good contrast and visibility.
@@nbond-hd5db It's an excellent choice, and thank you.
it's a beautiful colour. figuratively, if i saw anything with that colour, I'd assume it was of Soviet/Russian origin
Many other Russian influenced Asian countries like China have it was well
It's on the SU 57 too
I remember hearing someone say “the mig 21 is just a cockpit strapped to a jet engine” kinda looks true here.
Mig 21 is basically one huge flying engine 😳
@@marekmazurek8459 to me it looks like a kid drew a rocket engine with wings attached.
Lol that's the f104
@@invertedv12powerhouse77 that would be a cockpit strapped to a missile
You guys are halucinating.
The mig21s were killing F-104 starfighters and an upgraded Mig-21 Bison (upgraded with modern radar and BVR missiles) of IAF even shot down a F-16.
Should mention that this was paid for in cash - $10,000. Buyer just happened to be in former eastern block and picked on up for cheap - weapons systems included. I was head of MoF facilities and security when it was delivered and we had to reassemble it. Great story and great plane - love that it's next to the F-4. Another great restoration effort at MoF.
lol, wtf ? This thing came armed ? The fuck were they thinking
why is it that when ever there is a plane for an upcoming war thunder event, Matthew Burchette has something to say about it.
Yea, this video suddenly pop up in my feed lol
Nice vid tho
It do be like that xD
lol, you grinding for it?
Yea it popped up for me as well
CT_Chronical yep I’m grinding for it so I could sell it and buy the vautour and farm the mirage lol
TH-cam recommendations when MiG-21 PFM is announced in war thunder:
Ya, too bad it sucks in the game tho.
@@extremedoopy9972 with some mods researched its good
Okay, everyone has to do a shot whenever Matt says, "Cool."
I tried
I can’t feel my feet
Do you WANT alcohol poisoning? Because that's how you get alcohol poisoning... 😉
Air and Space Museum reduced to Sesame Street.
The Mig 21 had its own look . And when ever the apocalypse comes, the Mig 21, the AK47, the roach, Twinkies and the xmas fruit cake will last.
Underrated comment
Yup, it will be the planes for the first post apocalyptic airforce, if any
mig21 had excellent maneuverability. it is strange that the author said that this is not so
@@hwbxjr cause its not like he said they lost speed fast and when there slow there dead basically
"it's own look". Other than the almost identical Su-9/11, that you have to look closely to tell apart from the MiG-21...
All Czechoslovak PFM were built in USSR. Only F- 13 were made in CSSR
A co s tim dneska, když bude někdo chtít příběh, tak si ho vytvoří. Vítej ve světě CNN.
Guy sounds like an overcaffeinated junior high teacher.
And I'm loving it, fun & informative
Or a pot head living at CHAZ / CHOP..
@study & observation underrated
Quick note worth mentioning- this thing had a radar inside the shock cone. It was small and less range then f-4 of course but it did its job and remember Phantom was 3rd gen while MiG-21 was 2nd gen fighter. So anyway it was rp-21 with a 13km range and 7km lock on. Vietnamese would dive from high altitude fire r-3 aka k-13 in salvos and full thrust to the nearest clouds to disappear back to their base. Same tactic employed by Chenault with his Flying Tiger squadron.
The enthusiasm of this guy is contagious
The MiG-21 is absolutely a gem! Thanks for posting!
I've always loved the aesthetic of the mig21. It seems so perfectly balanced and aggressive looking. It just LOOKS capable.
Came here for details on the aircraft to help learn it on DCS! Realised it’s not the video I’m looking for...but this guy’s enthusiasm made me stay, and I really enjoyed it! That’s pretty cool !!
I like this I mean if u want like super historical stuff about plane go to Bismarck’s channel!!
Just a delightful video! 💛🙏🏼
I was stationed in Romania for 9 months on operation Atlantic resolve and got to see the mig-21 bison and they are honestly super amazing, watching them fly and the noise they produce was awe inspiring considering how old the airframe is
is it was of IAF ?
@@ankursingh1996 "I was stationed in Romania for 9 months"
@@ankursingh1996 at the beginning of the video you can see the mig 21 LanceR of Romanian AF
mig21 had excellent maneuverability. it is strange that the author said that this is not so
@@ankursingh1996 Thut ! They're talking about Romania. Don't jump in simply as if your relatives has appeared Outta nowhere.
Thanks for telling the story of this amazing artifact! I always wondered how on earth the museum got such a beautifully preserved model.
Glad I found this channel. The very first model airplane I assembled as a 10 year-old was the MiG-21. I liked the piece of info on the canopy opening. Very cool! Thanks
Sorry, one remark: Czechoslovakia, not the Czech Republic back then....
I admire your work. I would live to see a video on the A6 Intruder. My father flew them in Vietnam and after the war as a test pilot for the A6 E. It seems the Tadpole gets scant coverage for such a revolutionary and powerful weapon, and the remarkably talented aviators that fought with them. Thank you!
Seems as though a lot of the Czech MIG-21's made it to the US.
Czechoslovak
USA has German SU27s too
@@invertedv12powerhouse77 No, they don't.
Germany never operated Su-27s.
They operated MiG-29s but all their Fulcrums stayed in Europe AFTER they stopped flying the type. They kept 1 Fulcrum for a German air museum and sold the rest of ex-Luftwaffe MiG-29s to Poland.
The Su-27s that are in the US came from ex-Soviet states, not Germany. They're privately owned and operated by contractors.
@@AvengerII probably got it mixed up but yeah, I just know the Americans have their hands on them
@@AvengerII 👌👌👌
Thank you Matthew! It’s a real good video about MiG-21! 👍
i just finished this video "how cool is that"
Can’t wait for the next one, keep them coming!!
I just got out of rehab with a fellow who had a MiG 21 tattooed on his left forearm. I asked him why he had that particular model and not a more current one and he replied that it was the best looking. I figured that a 25 year old would have been more up-to-date, but hey.
It may have been his favorite plane.
I agree with the guy in rehab, the Mig 21 was one sexy fighter jet.
Hi, I love your museum, I had luck to get there, and as Czech I realy do apreciate you kept Mig 21 in original marking, I saw another one Mig 21 from CZ in Idaho Nampa Flighft museum, but with red stars.
So this is what Owen Wilson's doing these days. Thanks for the tour Owen, we love them shiny warbirds too! :P
Like the SR-71 Blackbird, the shock cone moves in and out to adjust the speed of the air as it enters the intake at different flight speeds. Fishbed is the NATO code name, not a nickname.
So, was the SR-71 nose cone idea copied from the Russians?
@@christopherknee5756 I don't believe it was a new idea, lots of other aircraft featured it including the EE Lightning and F-104 (the starfighter had half-cones on each side of the fuselage)
this energetic attitude when trying to teach something should be mandatory for every person on the planet trying to teach something.
Else most people attention fade away after 30 minutes maximum.
Good old Czech Mig 21... I remember when I was little looking out of my window and looking right at the airport (LKCV) where they were flying. I live actually very close to it and from my window I can see the whole airport like if I was in a tower. A very weird tower, that is further from airport and is about 3 times taller, but it works. :D
Mr Burchette, you are an excellent presenter! Thanks!
Мой фантом теряет высоту, сбил меня летчик Ли Си Цын))
I love the man's enthusiasm:) Great video!
Did you know that the nose pushes back go get more air into the engine? That’s sick!
Curators child like enthusiastic talk is nice.
yasss love this place. been here 20 times. live 5 minutes away!
The cleanest, shiniest MiG21 I've ever seen. No dings or patches. Very small cockpit if you're American.
I saw a documentary about a Mig 21 pilot who defected to Israel. The guy who was telling the story was saying it was an amazingly reliable aircraft.
All you did was gas it a go, gas it and go. No maintenance required.
I saw one at an air show a couple of years ago and was amazed at how small it was.
Awesome channel - great job! I appreciate the work.
Best presenter ever. I subscribed.
How cool was this! Thanks for another great video,
I know that this is like made for kids and stuff, but sometimes that's exactly what you need.
Yup, i loved the way he made the video.
So cool to see a video in a format like this when the subject is one of our favorite aircraft.
This guy is a great curator. Really easy listening
I think the more correct thing to say is that delta wings are very good at low spee high angles of attack, but as a trade off for good straight line aerodynamics, and great high AoA is the fact that you lose so much speed in sustained turns. The delta wing by far isn’t bad at dogfighting. It’s all in the energy management and knowing the limits.
I just visited the Museum of Flight for the first time. If I'm ever in Seattle again I'll be going again.
Thank you very much, a very interesting video. A couple of things, however: the MiG-21 was actually very maneuverable and had an excellent power-to-weight ratio, so the US planes tried to avoid close combat with it in Vietnam. Otherwise, cool video, thank you very much again!
I can appreciate the mean looks , same goes for the F-4, BUT I love dogfighters eg. F6F, F4U, F86, F8, etc., etc.
Great video ! Thanks , love the MiG 21 .
Wa have one of those too at the Aviation Museum Of California. Same markings too.
So cool!
On the first time on lock down I went to your web site and saw all your aircraft on site and I must say you have quite a collection. I totally love it! 😁😁😁😁😄😄😄😄😄😄
Wow two of my favourites MIG 21 & the F4 Phantom 😍💯😎😎
Both ugly-tough yet beautiful!
I've been to that museum. It's in Seattle right?
Correct
The USAF had several MiG-21's as part of the secret squadron of MiG's known officially as the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron, unofficially, the Red Eagles.
Wow what was the idea behind it?
@@only-legitness to understand and evaluate foreign aircraft. The test pilot school in the US actually tested aircraft from all over, such as the Mig-21, Mig-29, Mig-23, J35 Draken, etc
"Have Donut"
Now that the MiG-21PFM has come to Warthunder as an event vehicle is good to find this video
I have heard that most of Indonesia's Mig 21 were also brought to the US, correct me if I'm wrong.
We've got Mig21Bison , we're finding it really hard in removing the KM-1 ejection seat. Please can you help out?
Hey man, just a tiny detail. Since it's a PFM, it only had one pylon per wing. :)
Also, not R-11-F25-300, it's R-11-F2S-300, the S stands for SPS, which is system for blown flaps (improves lift at landing from PFM on)
1:03 Actually the Polish called it "The Flying Pipe".. I know this because a family member flew these in Poland in the 70 and 80s.
The Vietnam People's Air Force is converting these into target UAVs, a fate similar to the F-4 Phantoms it faced in the Vietnam War.
I'm assuming similar to one of the J79 Turbine Engines in the F4 Phantom, the Mig burns about 1.5-2 gallons per second in full afterburner. I recently saw a youtube video that says the MIg 21 burns about 5 gallons per mile, not certain if that's cruise or afterburner.
May need to change what I was about to say, I was going to say he was the David Fletcher of planes, but it seems that Mr. Fletcher is the Matthew Burchette of tanks.
The MiG 21, to me, is the Russian version of "The Missile With a Man In It" (F-104), but it actually works.
This is most probably Czecho-Slovak MiG 21. Both nations had lived together in Chezchoslovakia nearly 70 years... And only during WW2 they had separate airforce and different roundels.
Czechoslovakia dissolved 1993 into Czech republic and Slovak republic.
And yes, this is "need-to-know basis".
How much do they go for on the marked?
I love this curator.
Great video,and great airplane,and the explanation are clear and to the point.
Thanks for the tour.
Greeting from Venezuela.
Greetings from Poland...I love that plane and thank you very much for that movie...it is a pity you did not show the plane cockpit...
The Mig-21 is the AK-47 of jet fighters. It's rugged, reliable, not expensive and in use over 6 decades after its introduction, just like the AK.
Love you TH-cam episodes!
I think you got the MiG 21 and F4 mixed up when you described them in Vietnam.
Very cool indeed , thanks !
Another pencil hanging on the roof deserves some attention, the f-104
You mean the lawn dart? (Another nickname for the F-104 on account of it's accident rate.)
This guys job is goals
Didn't expect to see a Museum of Flight version of whatever Bovington is doing, but I'm so glad to see it
Do you have any photo of Mig 21 bis cannon ammo magazine? I am confused if that is a box like the one on Mig 23 or a wrapped round belt like first gen Mig 21. Thanks.
The best way to get an answer to this is to send your request in email to curator (at) museumofflight.org.
"Bam! This guy!" / "that is crazy!"
Shaggy? Where is Schooby Doo?
Perfect excursion! Thank you.
One of the cutscenes is the Chengdu J-7 fishbed ( the Chinese variant ) both are similar but the biggest difference is that big green pointed nose and the wings vary
It's interesting that you noted the similarity, because the Chengdu is an upgraded MiG-21.
China has received a license to produce the MiG-21, and a modernization program has begun in the USSR. One of the most promising variants of the upgraded MiG-21 was the E-8 (prototypes at the MiG company had the designation E-X)
this variant had air intakes on the sides of the fuselage, and the entire front part was pointed and adapted for the installation of a powerful radar. In addition, he received control surfaces in the front of the fuselage, in front of the cockpit. This version of the MiG-21 was even planned for a series and has already been called the MiG-23 - but plans changed, and under the name MiG-23, another aircraft with a variable wing angle went into the series.
But when China decided to modernize its MiG-21s in the 90s, they turned to Russia, and MiG specialists only had to blow dust on old folders with calculations. In addition, at that time, mog already had completely different radars, as well as a large amount of knowledge on the creation of the supermaneuverable MiG-29, an important element of which were elongated growths stretched to the front of the wing - and such growths were installed on the front of the wing of the MiG-21, that is, already with the name Chengdu-7, instead of the old var anta with control surfaces in front. In addition, the Chengdu-7 received a new RD-33 engine, the same as the MiG-29.
Thus, the Chengdu-7 is a MiG-21 with a MiG-29 wing, a new fuselage nose and a new engine.
The Vietnamese called its are "Silver Swallow bird". Currently, Vietnam Air Force is the only army in the world using Mig 21 to shoot down B-52 Stratofortress.
It has a certain odd beauty to it, saw one several times at EAA Oshkosh, really liked it 😎
Russian build everything like a Tank. True success when you count the counties that it operates in.
This is a great series so interesting thank you
Nicely presented. The MIG-21 here is restored better than the original that rolled off the assembly line.
When the museum think you are an idiot...and talk to you like that.
does the mig 21 have radar in it or is it like the f-5 that does not have a radar for the first model then added in the later model?...
Mig-21 flew with over 50 different Air Forces, over 11000 units were produced
I love this dude.
This mig was one of the most produced planes on earth
I had to go to the Facebook page to find out where your museum is.
Ummmm, where do I have to go so I can get to this museum of flight???
Seattle
Cool looking MIG👍
I'm sorry you are mistaken the f 15 is not the longest in-service and production the mig-21 continues to be produced in China for export and as a trainer version
Where is this museum
so the curator was shaggy from scooby doo
everything is so cool for this guy
Fist time I watch this guy... he is so cool... I would invite him a beer...
I wonder if they liked our Czech out lines?
Did I miss why it was nicknamed the pencil?
Cool that you have not a boring red star but nice brotherly Czech roundel,
love the series
the k13 or as i know it the r3s is revers engineered Gar-8, also known as a AIM-9-b