Mig-21 facts that might surprise you

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First flown in 1955, the MiG-21 is the most produced supersonic airplane in the world. It is still in service in many countries. This video gives an introduction to this legendary fighter.
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  • @FlywithMagnar
    @FlywithMagnar2 жыл бұрын

    As many have pointed out, I have used a wrong translation. The U in Mig-21U doesn't stand for oбучение (training), but учебный (trainer).

  • @prithwirajroy3943

    @prithwirajroy3943

    2 жыл бұрын

    Prithwi Raj R OY the

  • @blackoutvukovar4922

    @blackoutvukovar4922

    2 жыл бұрын

    Croatia win a war in 1995. whit Mig 21

  • @user-cy4rd2ty8l

    @user-cy4rd2ty8l

    2 жыл бұрын

    Щууущуущщущущ9щщщщщщщ99щщущущщщщущщщшщщщщу9ууууущуущщщщщщщущущщщщущшуу

  • @quest4adventure495

    @quest4adventure495

    2 жыл бұрын

    All in all it is a fantastic presentation.

  • @pictograph

    @pictograph

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@blackoutvukovar4922 PhahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahHahahahahahhahahahahahHahahahahhHHHH

  • @aroopghosh1381
    @aroopghosh13812 жыл бұрын

    I started my career flying the MiG 21 in 1985 .Have many beautiful memories. Beautiful aircraft

  • @sherwinsalvatori6997

    @sherwinsalvatori6997

    2 жыл бұрын

    You lived a life many dream off.

  • @smarakmohanta1445

    @smarakmohanta1445

    2 жыл бұрын

    Salute to you sir

  • @aroopghosh1381

    @aroopghosh1381

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@smarakmohanta1445 Thank you sir 👍

  • @brothergunns5055

    @brothergunns5055

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indian airforce?? Congratulations to the IAF on shooting down an F-16 with a Bison.

  • @brothergunns5055

    @brothergunns5055

    2 жыл бұрын

    @CREEP MATT GAETZ if you ever feel useless, just imagine how the pilot of falcon would feel. That F-16 was like a cool kid who got clipped by the oldest grandpa on the hood.

  • @2HellWUtube
    @2HellWUtube2 жыл бұрын

    I have a MIG-21 BIS parked 50 meters from my house in Zagreb, Croatia. I see it every day, and the view never gets old.

  • @jadedragonfilms8784

    @jadedragonfilms8784

    Жыл бұрын

    I found it! That’s so cool

  • @MainMite06

    @MainMite06

    Жыл бұрын

    was it painted like this? 6:17

  • @Dejan-gz6vz

    @Dejan-gz6vz

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, still exist white/red and next year they will be retaired.

  • @KrGsMrNKusinagi0

    @KrGsMrNKusinagi0

    3 ай бұрын

    Mig 15 here down the street in texas :) defector plane

  • @ivantim781

    @ivantim781

    3 ай бұрын

    Croatian MiG-21's are the best ngl

  • @darthvader5558
    @darthvader55582 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact- An Indian IAF Mig21 biston shot down a Pakistani PAF F16 block 15 variant Which for me is quite impressive

  • @thomasvelazquez9789

    @thomasvelazquez9789

    2 жыл бұрын

    Still trying to live of that story huh guess what ITS NOT AN F 16 just ask an Israeli pilot

  • @babayada2015

    @babayada2015

    8 минут бұрын

    @@thomasvelazquez9789 Why Israeli?

  • @srelma
    @srelma2 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid there was an airbase with MiG-21s nearby. Them breaking the sound barrier above our house was a really cool thing for a small kid. And the speed of that dot moving across the sky, was amazing too.

  • @valsakumar3673

    @valsakumar3673

    2 жыл бұрын

    Then, you may be in Pune around No 2Wing,Viman Nagar or Visrant Wadi? I lived in Khese Park,Lohagaon.

  • @srelma

    @srelma

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@valsakumar3673 no. I don't even know which country you're talking about.

  • @DagaSaga--

    @DagaSaga--

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are still active in Croatian Air Force and i'm livin near the airbase. That thunder sound i wouldn't change for anything ❤️

  • @H-cranky

    @H-cranky

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@srelma he was talking about India

  • @srelma

    @srelma

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@H-cranky I found it strange that he assumed straight away that I was talking about India when I made no indication of that. Mig-21 is one of the most widely used fighter plane in the world (or was, it is not used that widely any more)..

  • @elarr8733
    @elarr87332 жыл бұрын

    I think I fell in love with these because of how identifiable they were in early combat flight sims. You passed one and you knew that wasn't a friendly that just went by.

  • @endgovernmentextremism

    @endgovernmentextremism

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice to see someone else who thinks this way. I always think of Falcon when I see one. When I see a 23 I think of Comanche.

  • @grahamthebaronhesketh.

    @grahamthebaronhesketh.

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@endgovernmentextremism I fly loads in VR these days it is awesome.

  • @lovelychahal3684
    @lovelychahal3684 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up watching these planes here in India, Punjab, during 90's, Air force station of Adampur is 7-8 km from my Village, now Mig-29 replaced Mig-21.

  • @sdavrider
    @sdavrider2 жыл бұрын

    I saw a MIG-21 at a museum last month. The 3 things that struck me were it's short height above the ground, it's tiny wing, and it's Mach 2 speed.

  • @gregtaylor6146

    @gregtaylor6146

    2 жыл бұрын

    It flew at Mach 2 ...... in the museum????

  • @External2737

    @External2737

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was a pilot strapped to an engine. Both the MIG-21 and Starfighter met that definition. I know ex Starfighter pilots, not a dogfighting plane.

  • @mungo7136

    @mungo7136

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AnonYmous-of8ep 😁 Exactly. My absolutely first idea when I read that comment. Starfighter. They had to do some dwarfs selection to get the pilots for the thing. I had a chance to sit into cockpit of the Bf-109 that was described as cramped compared i.e. to Spitfire - no problem. F-104? No chance. I'd need to push my knees through the instrument panel and i was at least half-head above canopy frame.

  • @KernowekTim

    @KernowekTim

    2 ай бұрын

    It passed you inside a museum at M2?? Superb low-level piloting!

  • @samuellatta6774
    @samuellatta67742 жыл бұрын

    Small correction, the mig-21 has two afterburner modes The emergency afterburner is only to be used in emergencies, and if you use it for more than 2 minutes you risk damaging the engine, and any use of this mode reduces the engine's lifespan by about 20 hours But the normal afterburner is unlimited, and doesn't burn fuel nearly as quickly

  • @hailandfire1822

    @hailandfire1822

    2 жыл бұрын

    I see your two, and raise you three afterburner modes.

  • @henri6311

    @henri6311

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hailandfire1822 Four, take it or leave it

  • @Fri13.

    @Fri13.

    Жыл бұрын

    At least Bis has limited afterburner. You can keep it on for little over 2 minutes and then your feeder tank (no:3) is empty and your engine is dead. You need to pull throttle back to mil power after 2 min and wait a moment to feeder refill, before you can push afterburner back on. This was common problem in air shows as you need to time the refill between maneuvers. For interception it wasn't problem, as in 2 min after releasing wheel brakes you were at 10 km altitude at Mach 1.2. then you started climb and in three minutes you were at 20 km at Mach 2.05, and now your 500 liter warning light lits up and you need to return. You can glide down at rate of 5:1 when engine idle by keeping 500 km/h indicated air speed.. So you get 5 km ground distance for every 1 km altitude. Transferring you from 20 km altitude to about 90 km distance, leaving you 2 km altitude to get airfield. After deploying landing gear, glide ratio change to 3.8:1 so it gave you with idle engine 7.6 km glide distance to land the plane. At that moment you had about 300 liters fuel left that was enough for two patterns and landing touches around the airfield if required. The Fishbed is amazing for what it was designed, you take off from roadbase at specific time calculated for a second, intercept a high flying target, shoot the missiles and return to base. Multiple fighters doing that, in multiple waves and you get targets destroyed. No need for fancy long range radars, enough that you find target at 10-15 km distance and can engage them inside 15 km. As GCI is your guidance through whole intercept.

  • @edwinbz9889

    @edwinbz9889

    Жыл бұрын

    @@henri6311 I'll go all in with my FIVE 5 afterburners.

  • @WildBillCox13

    @WildBillCox13

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Fri13. Thanks for contributing to the forum, and my knowledge base.

  • @martinjanik9221
    @martinjanik92212 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. MIG-21 is real icon and unforgettable legend on the sky. She is beauty even after decades ❤️👍👏

  • @Krasnoye158
    @Krasnoye1582 жыл бұрын

    For those who don’t know, the red circle and rectangle emblem with a star in the middle such as one in 2:53 and 4:12 belongs to the Vietnamese air force.

  • @JamesSmith-sj6ru

    @JamesSmith-sj6ru

    2 жыл бұрын

    ²,

  • @JamesSmith-sj6ru

    @JamesSmith-sj6ru

    2 жыл бұрын

    10

  • @JamesSmith-sj6ru

    @JamesSmith-sj6ru

    2 жыл бұрын

    1

  • @norizammastor9072

    @norizammastor9072

    2 жыл бұрын

    Noted from netizen

  • @amnguyen1659

    @amnguyen1659

    2 жыл бұрын

    North Vietnamese air force.

  • @bjekve
    @bjekve2 жыл бұрын

    This was both interresting and educational. Looking forward to part II.

  • @taketimeout2share

    @taketimeout2share

    2 жыл бұрын

    And amusing too. I really like his style. Just like the cop in The Transporter film his humour has just enough "flavour" . Tea and medals. Haha.

  • @cvravishankar
    @cvravishankar2 жыл бұрын

    I had the opportunity and privilege to design a successful FDR system upgrade for this fantastic machine. All the pilots I met used to say, they did not want to fly any other machine!

  • @Pau_Pau9
    @Pau_Pau92 жыл бұрын

    I was real surprised how beautiful this jet was in real life, up close.

  • @DagaSaga--

    @DagaSaga--

    2 жыл бұрын

    Simple, powerful and effective... I had the honor to sit in his cockpit 🙂

  • @jeremyr7147

    @jeremyr7147

    Жыл бұрын

    The Russians have always built beautiful airframes. Especially like the su 34 & 57, amazingly beautiful planes. .

  • @brothergunns5055
    @brothergunns50552 жыл бұрын

    Fun Fact : An IAF MiG-21 Bison had shot down a F-16B in 2019. They were such Chads that they even published radar images. It proves that how lethal that interceptor could be with highly upgraded radars and avionics.

  • @brothergunns5055

    @brothergunns5055

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AnonYmous-of8ep well, it happened wvr. Maybe that's why it stood a chance.

  • @Nghilifa

    @Nghilifa

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AnonYmous-of8ep Better lucky than good!

  • @FlywithMagnar

    @FlywithMagnar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gentlemen, please keep the discussion at a civilized level.

  • @greencresset6056

    @greencresset6056

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolute none sense. All four missiles were found attached to their warheads when the Mig 21 plane came down. His radar were jammed and didn't match the Pakistani technology. So the Indian media tell you an Mig 21 brought down an F16 with bullets at bvr range then. That air plane and its wreckage, missiles attached to their war heads is still at display with the Pakistan Air Force inspected by the militaries of the US Russia China the UK, KOREA, THE UAE, SAUDI ARABIA and many others plus personnel of the Aviation week. No contest there. The pilot of that Mig 21 plane was blind, there was total jamming, an Indian female controller begged him to turn back he couldn't hear her. The pilot was handed back after spending couple of days in Pakistan. During one interview the Indian Air Force chief in a classic show of a man lying ducked his eyes away from the camera and attributed the kill to the disastrous showing by a large air force's pilot abhinondun, the Pakistanis call him 'abhi-none-done". The US count of Pakistani F16s at PAF is a bases confirmed the Indian lie. Nothing can be more ridiculous than this Indian bs, their propaganda for beibv some unassailable air force worked against them. They conveniently thought they wud get away with an earlier bombing of Pakistani forest which they said killed 350 terrorist but every sat foto, including the ones published by the Australians showed where the bombs had fallen. They had dropped their bombs in utter haste when the PAF planes had neared for bvr. You certainly haven't read the Pakistan Air Force's combat history to which Gen Chuck Horner, Commander US Air Force 1991 said 'one of the best most combat ready air forces of the world. Pakistanis engaged in combat Israeli air force flying lesser capable Mig 21s during a 1974 encounter. The Israelis had the Mig 21 in their possession from 1966 whereas the Pakistanis had fought the mug621 in its war with India on one occasion shooting it down with a Saber F86, a sub sonic plane. The fact is on Feb 27 2019 the Pakistan Air Force attacked Indian military installations, did good damage and shot down an Su30mki (call sigh Avenger) right at the start of the battle when they were vectored towards Pakistani strike package. The remaining Su30mki called bingo and left despite nearly 2 hour fuel in its tanks. The Mirages of the Indian Air Force called radar bust and exited the area, despite being picked by Pakistanis radars for having serviceable radars thru out the battle hiding behind each other's tails. The Pakistanis could have shot down 6 more indian planes that day, why waste missiles on sitting ducks. And when an air force is willing to oblige the enemy by shooting their own helicopters you just can wait and watch the show. Finally, few days later after the Su30mki was shot down, Indian newspaper ran a story of two Su30mki pilot being killed in a road accident. From an Indian movie and propaganda they beat both Pakistan and China, from scientific standpoint, only in India, Indian Air Force flying coffin took down an F16 from a much superior military by their farts.

  • @brothergunns5055

    @brothergunns5055

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@greencresset6056 lmao. The delusion of Pakistanis baffles me. You're talking about the same forces that refused to take back the dead bodies of their own soldiers who were KIA during the Kargil war. Absolutely pathetic. The fact that you believe everything that Pakistan's forces says explains why Pakistan's literacy rate is amongst the lowest in the world. From a technological point of view, Pakistan is way behind of India. And you must have a two celled brain to believe that a missile can be recovered intact from a crash. If those missiles were really Indian, why did Pakistan hide the serial numbers of the missile?? Btw good luck finding your "Doosra Banda". Your notion that jamming a radar shuts it down is self explanatory that you know absolutely nothing about military aviation.

  • @AndrewTubbiolo
    @AndrewTubbiolo2 жыл бұрын

    Watching a MiG-21 land reminds me of my first landing in a tail dragger glider. I came in too fast and while floating off the extra energy, the wheel touched ground and stuck. It was a dirt/gravel field with ruts. I could feel the glider was ready to fly again and enter a PIO if I pulled back on the stick. And the ruts in the runway had a tendency to knock the ground roll in this direction and that. I was dancing like crazy on the rudders with short but sharp inputs. I eventually wound up scratching the chin of the glider in the dirt before I was able to put the tail down and start using the brakes. Whenever I watch a MiG-21 come in at high speed I can see the plane operating just above flying speed in the ground effect, and I'm mentally putting in short control inputs to keep it going strait, on center, and not pop the aircraft up into a PIO.

  • @brianlaroche8856

    @brianlaroche8856

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is beeing used today. Is like my supped up pontiac gto

  • @norizammastor9072

    @norizammastor9072

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow.. so much technicalities to digest.. thx for sharing.. cheers

  • @bkreed27

    @bkreed27

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cool story Bro! 👍

  • @AKAtheA

    @AKAtheA

    2 жыл бұрын

    now imagine all this happening at 340+km/h (212+mph) and the empty plane is pretty much 5 tons. Also, once you're touching down, you can't see jack shit because of the nose ;-) This thing requires balls to fly, it does not forgive mistakes.

  • @SimonEkendahl

    @SimonEkendahl

    2 жыл бұрын

    What does PIO stand for?

  • @lucianpop3667
    @lucianpop36672 жыл бұрын

    At 5.58 minutes, in the picture is a Mig21 LanceR C, the air-to-air combat variant. At 6.30 minutes, there is a Mig21 LanceR B, the training variant, with double control. The variant mentioned in minute 5.58 - Mig21 LanceR A (and does not appear in the picture), of air-ground combat, is painted in the same colors as variant B (with double control). All three variants of Mig 21 LanceR were modernized in 1990-1995 by the companies Elbit from Israel and Aerostar Bacău from Romania.

  • @MrQ454

    @MrQ454

    2 жыл бұрын

    He pointed that Romanian LanceR-s (A) are only for air-ground attack which is wrong! Mig21 LanceR C is the air-to-air combat variant, in fact that is the only variant simple command which fly now.

  • @maxhealth.3479

    @maxhealth.3479

    2 жыл бұрын

    fb == facebook.com/Premaratne-Marketing-115635081134222

  • @macklu7657
    @macklu76572 жыл бұрын

    When I was 7, I drew a picture of myself in what obviously was a MiG-21 and wrote "I want to be a pilot". Not that I managed to become one, but I still remember the sound of the engine! They were impressive!

  • @valsakumar3673

    @valsakumar3673

    2 жыл бұрын

    God helps those who help themselves 🇮🇳 🙏

  • @eyesofisabelofficial
    @eyesofisabelofficial2 жыл бұрын

    I learnt so much about it from just this one video, and I have lots of aviation books and magazines !

  • @mikemontgomery2654
    @mikemontgomery26542 жыл бұрын

    Those Romanians put on a good display with their Migs. My first 21 display at an airshow was courtesy of them and, could very well have been the last.

  • @athiftsabit1208
    @athiftsabit12082 жыл бұрын

    More historic contents like this please, the way you present a piece of history is amazing

  • @taketimeout2share
    @taketimeout2share2 жыл бұрын

    Subbed, Magnar. You are the right man for the job of informing us about what we all love most . Aircraft.

  • @the_sheet
    @the_sheet2 жыл бұрын

    while working at a regional airline in Canada, I flew with a Romanian Air Force pilot that flew the mig-21. He reminisced about the Soviet Era. "At least people had food to eat". He kept pointing out different aircraft while we were flying through US airspace, I hardly saw any of them. What great eyesight he had. I believe he said, the MIG-21 was prone to high-speed stall and/or the AOA was crude... I forget the rest of the conversation, but he had an interesting perspective.

  • @edibadea1617

    @edibadea1617

    2 жыл бұрын

    we are still flying with Mig-21 at least until 2024-2025

  • @NewReflex
    @NewReflex8 ай бұрын

    One of the most beautiful planes ever

  • @solomonflavius24

    @solomonflavius24

    5 ай бұрын

    100% correct!

  • @cruxader27
    @cruxader272 жыл бұрын

    Mig-21 is not a plane. It's a jet engine with wings

  • @leeengelsman1855

    @leeengelsman1855

    2 жыл бұрын

    F104 /105 was like that also.

  • @DagaSaga--

    @DagaSaga--

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wrong, its a rocket with wings which carry the rockets 😁😁

  • @madkills10

    @madkills10

    2 жыл бұрын

    wait till you see an F-104!

  • @WilmerCook

    @WilmerCook

    Жыл бұрын

    Jet's just need wings to maneuver, and hold rockets.

  • @OfficialUSKRprogram
    @OfficialUSKRprogram2 жыл бұрын

    I would say the cockpit IS organized, it's not like you got fuzes and pumps all over the cockpit.. All the fuzes are on the rear right, all the systems are on the front right, all the external systems (nose cone, blown flaps) and Environmental Control Systems (cockpit air) are on the left.. Instruments are all in the front and are easy to read. Glass cockpits take just as long to get used to than a series of steam gauges. That, and steam gauges give you more information, separately, quicker, and more accurately than a computer screen can. It's difficult to pick out specific numbers and information quickly on a computer screen, near impossible in high stress scenarios, whereas with gauges, you know where to look for speed, it's a big needle. Altitude is one long needle and one short stubby needle. Heading is one big compass. Artificial horizon is one big gauge with lines in the middle. Everything is where you expect it to be, no need to squint at the Heads Up Display like on a F-16 or F/A-18. Mig-21 is good aircraft, reliable aircraft, like AK-47. Bury AK-47 into the ground, dig it back up, still works. Bury Mig-21 into the ground, dig it back up, still works.

  • @norizammastor9072

    @norizammastor9072

    2 жыл бұрын

    There it goes Magnar.!! No downgrade the 21. Cheers

  • @badbrig

    @badbrig

    2 жыл бұрын

    LOL!! Hear hear!!

  • @tuunaes

    @tuunaes

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you need to look down during battle, that is automatic handicap if opposition has HUD! (best sustained turn rates, tightest turns etc all need their own speed) And especially in BFM/"dogfight" Mig-21 would have problems... Starting from more limited pilot visibility. Also while physical switches are good for some things, that Soviet steampunk cockpit demanded lots of learning and wasn't pilot friendly. One switch in wrong place could have literally burnt the engine at start up: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJWEs7t8prm0Zs4.html

  • @paristo

    @paristo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tuunaes You don't need to look down to instruments in dogfight. You feel in MiG very well all the behaviors of the plane in dogfight. You don't even look at the G or AoA instrument as you feel it so well that where you are going. The visibility is limited to rear, that is a hard fact that can't be denied. But there is a another hard fact, that is denied often, that when you are pulling a high G (5+) then you are not capable move your head and upper torso anyways at all so freely. At 6 G maneuver your head weights just about 30-33 kg. Your upper torso is about 25% of your body weight, so by average about 20 kg on 80 kg male and that turns in 6 G maneuver to weight about 120 kg. Especially in the games when cameras move freely, people get this illusion that looking around is simple as that until pilot reaches some mystical number like "9G" or something. But every maneuver needs to be prepared and anticipated so that you know when to move head and torso based the phases of the flight. The Soviets didn't see the cockpit visibility such a weakness as MiG-21 was primarily a interceptor and front-line fighter as second, where you anyways either acquire a position in the first merge, or you are extending away. And you have wingmen to check your six, as well you need anyways to perform various turns to check your six as someone can be behind you and lower than you and you don't see them, even if you sit in a F-16. The USA has gone to similar thing, look at the F-22 and F-35 canopies, the rear visibility isn't so great as in F-16, because it is not really required. The MiG-21 limited design for canopy is it larger front canopy frame, side view and to up is excellent (even when there is the mirror periscope above your head). And later on in the modernization the more expensive one piece front canopy was made, as in MiG-21Bison or MiG-21-93. So there was no more the armored glass with oval shaped piece limiting frontal view. The cockpit gauges doesn't require much learning at all. If you know the instruments purpose, then they are easy to interpret and check. And you are anyways mainly looking just four instruments, AHI, HSI, Speed and Altitude. And all are grouped to the left side, large ones: Example www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/103/Main.jpg The start-up procedure was important to learn, as it was not just MiG-21 (or Soviets) that burned engine if wrongly started. The same thing was on many western fighters back in the day. But MiG-21 speciality was that you got it started under 30 seconds at best and you were moving, and you completed rest of the start-up process while taxiing to runway, with extra 10-15 seconds for that. And many systems you could even start in the air when needed. The simple gunsight is handicap for the pure-numbers maneuver, but you can do that as well with the gauges and not need HUD for that. As the best turn rate, turn radius etc are as well highly dependent from the altitude and temperature. Those same information is shown on the HUD as it is shown on the gauges. You have altitude and speed right there. It is little different but when you chase someone, you don't take your eyes off him even for reading the HUD. And when you pull high G, you concentrate for the center part of cockpit and just hope that your maneuver was well timed and enemy will be where you estimated it to be as you can't look at it while your view is black and white, your surrounding vision can be blinking, it is blurred and you need to focus for breathing to stay awake and concentrate to get yourself through the plan. Where the HUD really shines is landing, you get all the information and no need to perform instrument approach similar way. But as HUD is used for showing ILS same way as a HSI does it with gauge, you don't need to even look outside to perform landings. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qGp81ZalnJyZfdY.html Don't get me wrong, I am for the modern instruments and systems, but MiG-21 was not bad at all as it is told to be. The real clutter in the MiG-21 is from everything else than the switches, buttons, knobs and instruments. They are from the switch shields, the turnable lights, the screw heads and metal sheet edges, as well few metal objects that are just extruding from few places. And that "unpolished" look is what makes MiG-21 cockpit look "unergonomic" as average person eye catches all those small things and it feels so cluttered etc. But in short time using it it becomes very clear and simple.

  • @valsakumar3673

    @valsakumar3673

    2 жыл бұрын

    You forgot to mention the beauty of cockpit at night when panel lights are switched on. 😀😀 🇮🇳 Ex Sgt V Kumar IAF.

  • @pavelgalitsyn3417
    @pavelgalitsyn3417 Жыл бұрын

    Huge like for saying "Форсированный" with no mistakes or misspellings! What a quality even in details)

  • @camiemengineer
    @camiemengineer2 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations to you AND Jackal_21 & Others .. Beautiful and great video! Thank you.

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff57802 жыл бұрын

    I always thought that the very early Migs were the most beautiful planes ever!

  • @pyroarchy
    @pyroarchy2 жыл бұрын

    One of my most favorite soviet era aircrafts ever! Loved flying this in DCS, such a beautiful thing!

  • @mvrr5728
    @mvrr57282 жыл бұрын

    Два года я ремонтировал эти машины,помню каждую заклепку,все 11антенн,ВВС ГСВГ Альтес Лагер ГДР.

  • @christianscazzieri
    @christianscazzieri2 жыл бұрын

    Great video, VERY informative. Loved it, thanks!

  • @mesutmirsad9536
    @mesutmirsad95362 жыл бұрын

    That was an interesting video, thanks Magnar. The only mistake I heard is at 6:12 minute, Mig-21U doesnt stand for Обучение (Obuchenie-education ) but учебно-тренировочный (Uchebno-trenirovochniy) which means training.

  • @FlywithMagnar

    @FlywithMagnar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info! I asked a Russian friend about this, and still got it wrong...

  • @stanislavt6376

    @stanislavt6376

    2 жыл бұрын

    УБ- Учебно бојеви!!

  • @7777777fresh

    @7777777fresh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its a learning fighting jet, you can use in a battles

  • @bonjourtoi3894

    @bonjourtoi3894

    6 ай бұрын

    Retournes et va retrouver Poutine si tu aimes tant ton sang rouge. Tu n'as pas affaire ici.

  • @bassmith448bassist5
    @bassmith448bassist52 жыл бұрын

    How have I not seen this channel before??????? You do brilliant work man. Liked and subbed immediately!!!! I will be coming back for more very soon!!! Thank you for the fantastic content!!!!!!

  • @hankrol7830
    @hankrol78302 жыл бұрын

    As a modeler. I love the MF variant. Saw on air shows. Beautiful

  • @hailandfire1822

    @hailandfire1822

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whoa whoa, let's keep these comments family friendly

  • @rrocketman
    @rrocketman2 жыл бұрын

    Classic and legendary aircraft, thanks for this👏🏻

  • @Littleredhen13
    @Littleredhen132 жыл бұрын

    An iconic fighter aircraft. A world-class fighter in its era.

  • @alenmihelcic8267
    @alenmihelcic82672 жыл бұрын

    Several times you show Croatian mig 21. Flaying today with respect

  • @CIS101
    @CIS101Ай бұрын

    First time on this channel. Excellent video, and content. Very well done !!!

  • @TravelsLoverHemantSharma
    @TravelsLoverHemantSharma2 жыл бұрын

    I Love This Plane too much and it was my dream when I wanted to become an Indian Airforce Pilot and wanted to Fly MiG-21. I Love it's Design, Sound and it's speed.....!! When it was flying over the Sky it was look like a Beautiful Bird is flying....!! But Sadly i didn't become Pilot but i am still crazy about the same. Thankyou for the Beautiful and Different Type of Video(s) you have shared.

  • @Fa7733
    @Fa77332 жыл бұрын

    Subscribed! You're one of those rare channels that explain a complex topic in a very simple way. Thank you for all the effort. I look forward to your future videos

  • @b2tall239
    @b2tall2392 жыл бұрын

    Late-model 21s are the best looking jet fighters, IMO. And I'm a red-blooded American. Nice video. Thanks.

  • @b2tall239

    @b2tall239

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AnonYmous-of8ep Well, I'm an American (born and raised) and I said it, so obviously you're wrong. Get over it. Get over yourself too.

  • @monosodiumglutamate3132

    @monosodiumglutamate3132

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm also an American and I can say that Soviet made aircrafts were bad ass looking and more beautiful than ours.in terms of tanks,p t-72 is far more beautiful to watch than the m-60 of ours, t-80ud is very beautiful than the m1 Abram.

  • @nikolajovanovski6579

    @nikolajovanovski6579

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AnonYmous-of8ep and ure very sad and pathethic. Damn. No wonder the world has gone to shit. Ignorant people are everywhere

  • @ivan1kot
    @ivan1kot Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for awesome video!

  • @Maestroic
    @Maestroic2 жыл бұрын

    really great video, thank you for making it

  • @dykatran
    @dykatran2 жыл бұрын

    The front cone of MiG-21 is so iconic but this is the first time that I know it can move forward and backward according to the jet's speed.

  • @zsus1

    @zsus1

    2 жыл бұрын

    but he told completely wrong.... at high speed cone is fully retracted--low speed fully extended..

  • @musharrafhanif

    @musharrafhanif

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zsus1 I think you might be mistaken.... if by retracted, you mean as far back as possible then no.... that setting is for the slow speed regime. The idea is that you use a narrower intake at higher speeds so that the high pressure high speed air has a chance to slow to subsonic speed before it gets to the engine compressor stages as they cannot work properly with supersonic air (This was also true on the SR71 and all other aircraft that used variable geometry air intakes)

  • @zsus1

    @zsus1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@musharrafhanif confirmed from Russian Publication...at high speed cone retracted .and low speed cone extended..and you are right .but design of intake is such that if cone is extended it will reduce the open area for air flow and vice versa.

  • @valsakumar3673

    @valsakumar3673

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are also two additional air intakes on both sides.

  • @valsakumar3673

    @valsakumar3673

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zsus1 Wrong.It is mandatory to ensure that the cone is fully retracted during all Preflight(PFS) Turnaround (TRS),and Last Flight servicing(LFS). At ground level air dencity and Oxygen is more.At heigh altitudes the cone is extended to get more O2, thus flame out of the engine is avoided.There is a provision to re-light the engine with Oxygen & O2 bottles are kept in starboard wheel- bay.Young pilots sometimes forgets to re-light and accidents happen. This is one of the Pilots Errors. The Cone also works as radar aerial. R35 is the engine used in Mig21 Bis, Speed 2Mac.

  • @templeviewgate
    @templeviewgate2 жыл бұрын

    Mightier MIG in its prime time literally had shaken up almost all countries ..it was more like facing a maniac monster in air. Fast enough that handling costed many lives ..but I read that most pilots love to fly this badass fighter.

  • @mehrdadtube1

    @mehrdadtube1

    2 жыл бұрын

    one IRIAF pilot clearly confessed that flying a F-7 is much more enjoyable than a tomcat.

  • @yimmeistaryimmeistar7239
    @yimmeistaryimmeistar72392 жыл бұрын

    EXCELLENT Presentation and information. Very interesting and well done!

  • @Homoprimatesapiens
    @Homoprimatesapiens2 жыл бұрын

    Very good presentation. Now i know a bit more about this famous Mig. Would like to see something similar on the Mig 23 and 27. As well as historical info on how they had fare in different wars.

  • @RedBravo65
    @RedBravo652 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video. One of my favorite DCS World modules.

  • @Archer89201
    @Archer892012 жыл бұрын

    Amazing thing is I have been seeing them fly since I was a child, now I'm 33years old and our airforce still flies them

  • @julianneale6128
    @julianneale61282 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic and very informative video. Excellent!

  • @WolfandCatUnite
    @WolfandCatUnite Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Great format

  • @mickberick8575
    @mickberick85752 жыл бұрын

    Magnificent afterburner shots!

  • @DannMarius
    @DannMarius2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Magnar, I really enjoyed your video, it is well documented and I actually learned something new out of it. However I would like to add that Romanian Air Force has three variants of LanceR: A is the ground attack version, B is the trainer version and C, the one that you had at the end of the video, is the air-to-air version. All the best

  • @FlywithMagnar

    @FlywithMagnar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @markdavis2475
    @markdavis24752 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, good clear narration, thanks!

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 Жыл бұрын

    Shared. Off to watch part 2!

  • @aleksandrhellgate7396
    @aleksandrhellgate73962 жыл бұрын

    "У" mean "учебный" Trainer aircraft. "Обучение" meaning is an educating process.

  • @ivan200804

    @ivan200804

    2 жыл бұрын

    I concur. Uchebniy translates as trainer. Obuchenie is a verb, that means training, education, process of education or learning.

  • @gollarameshchandra1289

    @gollarameshchandra1289

    2 жыл бұрын

    А ТЫ КТО?

  • @MontyCarlossal
    @MontyCarlossal2 жыл бұрын

    "then the pilot returns to the base for tea and medals" - молодец

  • @Orgakoyd

    @Orgakoyd

    2 жыл бұрын

    I had to repeat that part many times to believe it!

  • @parvizdeamer

    @parvizdeamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂 best line

  • @majormadmax1

    @majormadmax1

    2 жыл бұрын

    From Blackadder Goes Forth, specifically the episode in which the boys join the Royal Flying Corps and discover that the 'Twenty Minuters' are known as such as this is the amount of time they can expect to spend in the air before being shot down and killed. George: "Crikey, sir. I'm looking forward to today. Up diddly up, down diddly down, whoops, poop, twiddly dee - decent scrap with the fiendish Red Baron - bit of a jolly old crash landing behind enemy lines - capture, torture, escape, and then back home in time for tea and medals!"

  • @majormadmax1

    @majormadmax1

    2 жыл бұрын

    From Blackadder Goes Forth, specifically the episode in which the boys join the Royal Flying Corps and discover that the 'Twenty Minuters' are known as such as this is the amount of time they can expect to spend in the air before being shot down and killed. George: "Crikey, sir. I'm looking forward to today. Up diddly up, down diddly down, whoops, poop, twiddly dee - decent scrap with the fiendish Red Baron - bit of a jolly old crash landing behind enemy lines - capture, torture, escape, and then back home in time for tea and medals!"

  • @K1NGM4S1V
    @K1NGM4S1V25 күн бұрын

    Awesome video. Thank you so very much

  • @jktonse
    @jktonse2 жыл бұрын

    My favourite fighter aircraft since I joined NCC airwing during college days....so sophisticated and fantastic design....I love this always 👍👍👍

  • @craigywaigy4703
    @craigywaigy47032 жыл бұрын

    Great video! That Romanian pilot was AWESOME, and the aircraft equally so, and to perform as it did under their control!! Liked and subbed - :)

  • @ashleycollard8968

    @ashleycollard8968

    2 жыл бұрын

    coulda retracted the undercarriage though...

  • @craigywaigy4703

    @craigywaigy4703

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ashleycollard8968 That's the point of the awesomeness of both, as the aerodynamic drag caused by the undercarriage would be massive and speaks to the skill of the pilot and the mechanical design of the MIG 21. :)

  • @ashleycollard8968

    @ashleycollard8968

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@craigywaigy4703 oh... i thought an awesome pilot would know where the retracts were actuated :P

  • @PanzerDave
    @PanzerDave2 жыл бұрын

    It's interesting to see that the U.S. labeled their Mig 21s the YF-110. The F-4 Phantom was originally designated the F-110. I suspect that this was not a coincidence.

  • @samuellatta6774

    @samuellatta6774

    2 жыл бұрын

    They labeled them that because they needed to disguise their origin. Next point is, YF-110 and F-110 have nothing in common, And next, the F-110 designation was unofficial. So what in the world do you suspect?

  • @MsTatli

    @MsTatli

    Жыл бұрын

    @@samuellatta6774 point 1 ...u missed his point in ur point 1.

  • @rapideplays6744
    @rapideplays67442 жыл бұрын

    I love expanding my knowledge of the aircraft i like, and this was just what I needed. Just spent part of Christmas Eve researching why it had a shock cone 😂

  • @craigpennington1251
    @craigpennington1251 Жыл бұрын

    MIG-21s are the sleekest, meanest, nastiest looking aircraft around & very capable. From any angle, this aircraft looks to mean bad business on it's adversaries. Outstanding video of my favorite jet interceptor. Thank you for posting it.

  • @andrzejpl9897
    @andrzejpl98972 жыл бұрын

    1955 just 10 years after ww2 . That is amazing !

  • @thomaswittek5337

    @thomaswittek5337

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stole German technology-just like Kalashnikov ripped off the German Sturmgewehr 44 for the AK-47 Deutschland uber alles! Sold the last of our Mig-29s to Poland.

  • @VovaSidorOff

    @VovaSidorOff

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thomaswittek5337 AK is not a STG 44 system. Kalashnikov used american M1 Garand idea.

  • @ushiki2212

    @ushiki2212

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@VovaSidorOff thanks.

  • @thomasvelazquez9789

    @thomasvelazquez9789

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not really

  • @BLACK3737
    @BLACK37372 жыл бұрын

    I spent my entire 90's childhood living close to an airforce base in northern Poland. It was something which determined our life cycle. They were training all the time, days and nights. We spent a lot of time near the runway to wave the pilots who were lining up for take-off, greeting them when they landed. Mig-21 Bis is part of my DNA I guess. It's funny, because when in late 90s the base limited its activities (less flights and training for the pilots), ultimately striving to close it in its original shape I had a huge problem with falling asleep without the noise of jet engines roaring outside. Good memories, sad, that the base is not Fighter Aviation Regiment anymore, yet it serves as a military airfield, for the Naval Aviation unit and Coast Guard.

  • @saoha11

    @saoha11

    2 жыл бұрын

    Let me guess, Hexengrund aka The Valley of Witches? ;)

  • @BLACK3737

    @BLACK3737

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@saoha11 Yes

  • @808bigisland
    @808bigisland2 жыл бұрын

    Great story telling. Thanks!

  • @sixgunbandido9221
    @sixgunbandido92212 жыл бұрын

    At last someone said it !!! the Mig 21 was designed as an interceptor !!!! Bravo !!!

  • @coronavirus5050
    @coronavirus50502 жыл бұрын

    The smaller size of the Mig 21 still makes it very effective

  • @cfcheadhunter
    @cfcheadhunter2 жыл бұрын

    Love it. Tea and medals 🤣. My favourite plane as a kid. Run Rings round the US Phantom.

  • @mrbig4532

    @mrbig4532

    2 жыл бұрын

    What are u talking about ? The Phantom shot down more MIG 21’s then any other plane they went up against including 4 th generation fighters . The MIG 21 was a good plane but don’t distort the facts the Phantom was a legend and can still be a deadly weapons platform if flown by a Skilled pilot with experience flying newer fighters.

  • @rajeshsrivastava1972
    @rajeshsrivastava1972 Жыл бұрын

    Had privilege to watch activity of this machine on radar console and lucky enough to view take of and landings from tower.

  • @robertmatch6550
    @robertmatch6550 Жыл бұрын

    Good information filled content. Thank you.

  • @atomotron
    @atomotron2 жыл бұрын

    Actually, "U" in MIG-21U (МиГ-21У) stands for Russian letter "У" (which is pronounced same as U) - "учебный". It is close to "обучение", Google translate will display both of them, but the former is an adjective, and this is what they usually add to the main model name ("учебный", "высотный", "ночной" and so on) to indicate the purpose. The latter is a noun and it starts with "О", which does not match the letter "У".

  • @appa609
    @appa6092 жыл бұрын

    A combat airplane starts life as a sports car and ends life as a pickup truck. Things only ever get heavier and bigger over time, never lighter. Performance, visibility, and handling are always sacrificed for fuel, payload, and sensors.

  • @feliscorax

    @feliscorax

    2 жыл бұрын

    Except for the English Electric Lightning, which remained largely unchanged throughout its service life.

  • @sss-og1yl

    @sss-og1yl

    2 жыл бұрын

    Anyway F.6 or F.3 (I can't remember what) is heavier than F.1 And, remember, it wasn't fighter but interceptor. Our Su-9 (for example) also remained unchanged

  • @notjackschannel5380
    @notjackschannel53802 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! Thank you.

  • @laurent3805
    @laurent38052 жыл бұрын

    Very Nice ! Thanks for this huge amount of work on my favorite jet fighter … cheers from France

  • @adamdeste7376
    @adamdeste73762 жыл бұрын

    This plane can be fitted with hypersonic missiles and modern avionics. It can still go head to head with 4th generation planes.

  • @airshark2764

    @airshark2764

    2 жыл бұрын

    its too small to fit a modern radar

  • @StoicaVladIoan

    @StoicaVladIoan

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a POS that must be retired already

  • @covidhoax7646
    @covidhoax76462 жыл бұрын

    “U” is the translation from Russian “у”. У stands for учебный, or “trainer”.

  • @davidluna8372
    @davidluna8372 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video , good job !

  • @VikingTeddy
    @VikingTeddy3 ай бұрын

    Been in love with it since I was a kid in the 80s. Read about it religiously. Wouldn't have thought there was still things to learn, can't wait for more.

  • @badbrig
    @badbrig2 жыл бұрын

    Still consider these one of the most beautiful aircraft ever.

  • @hujiaming6151
    @hujiaming61512 жыл бұрын

    A damn good design indeed, just need a whole new improvement for the 21 century.

  • @53jed
    @53jed2 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding work.

  • @horacioguillermobrizuela4295
    @horacioguillermobrizuela42953 ай бұрын

    What a nice and instructive video ¡Thank you so much!

  • @petergorelov418
    @petergorelov4182 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great video about the great plane! I have to say that Google deceives you: in МИГ-21У, "У" stands for "учебный", /uchebny/ ("training")

  • @FlywithMagnar

    @FlywithMagnar

    2 жыл бұрын

    I blame it on Google. What else can I do? ;-p

  • @petergorelov418

    @petergorelov418

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FlywithMagnar At least, to have a look at the wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21_variants#Trainer_variants_(1960%E2%80%931968+) Sorry for being square ;)

  • @av8bvma513
    @av8bvma5132 жыл бұрын

    12:30 That is a folding mirror arrangement usually called a periscope.

  • @MisteriosGloriosos922
    @MisteriosGloriosos9222 жыл бұрын

    *Thanks for sharing this vid. Liked & subcribed!!!*

  • @MarkShinnick
    @MarkShinnick Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful flight demonstration, thanks.

  • @adrianrubi5012
    @adrianrubi50122 жыл бұрын

    Makes me wanna have one. Brand new.

  • @rohantill7141
    @rohantill71412 жыл бұрын

    Saw Migs flying in Sri Lanka as a child and wanted to become a fighter pilot. Ended a Banker and still love those crazy flying machines.

  • @juusolatva
    @juusolatva2 ай бұрын

    Finland also used the Saab J 35 Draken at the same time as the MiG-21 and from what I understand there was a bit of rivalry between the pilots of the faster MiG-21 and the more maneuverable Draken. according to a former pilot the earlier F-13 variant was more enjoyable to fly than the later MiG 21bis, although obviously the later variant had other advantages.

  • @tomsuh1362
    @tomsuh13622 жыл бұрын

    Its the AK-47 of the fighter jet!

  • @rameshsnayar
    @rameshsnayar2 жыл бұрын

    Flew these for most of my service in the Indian Air Force. A beautiful aircraft with some quirks. Could be flown beyond the stall. Of course you were descending all the time so you had to have enough height below to recover. Those who did not ensure that did not live to tell the tale.

  • @mverick5444

    @mverick5444

    2 жыл бұрын

    I heard the landing speed was unusually high

  • @rameshsnayar

    @rameshsnayar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mverick5444 Not particularly..About 330 to 340 kmph..Blown flaps and 57 degree sweptback tailed delta. Par for the course, though higher than for eg the MiG-29 or the Su-30

  • @mverick5444

    @mverick5444

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rameshsnayar what base? Hindon Or palam? Or something else?

  • @rameshsnayar

    @rameshsnayar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mverick5444 Jamnagar with TACDE

  • @JulioHernandez-zs5pb
    @JulioHernandez-zs5pb6 ай бұрын

    Excellent description of the MIG 21 capabilities.

  • @MrRobertX70
    @MrRobertX70 Жыл бұрын

    I’m always amazed that this sixty+ year old jet is still in service. While outclassed by most modern jets it can compete with them and is still capable winning in a fight.

  • @jkarra2334

    @jkarra2334

    6 ай бұрын

    That shitbucket hasn't been a danger for western jets in last 40 years...(50 years) Only thing mig21 does is that it's somewhat fast(If not turning), but it's still just a museum piece😂 has been for decades...

  • @nirajrayker9282
    @nirajrayker92822 жыл бұрын

    Never expected at detailed video on the Mig 21 on your channel. Keep up the good work!! Unfortunately it is labelled by some as The Flying Coffin due to its high fatality rate.

  • @nirajrayker9282

    @nirajrayker9282

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Uncle Joe some good for nothing media outlets as a matter of fact. But that is due lot many factors actually.

  • @martinjanik9221

    @martinjanik9221

    2 жыл бұрын

    The flying coffin is F-104 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @dougerrohmer

    @dougerrohmer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Uncle Joe I think the Luftwaffe's main problem was they used a high altitude interceptor as a low level fighter/bomber.

  • @brothergunns5055

    @brothergunns5055

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Uncle Joe Foe the record, a MiG-21 Bison did shoot down an F-16

  • @dougerrohmer

    @dougerrohmer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Uncle Joe No, I was referring to the F104, which was designed as a high altitude interceptor - all engine and no wings. The Luftwaffe then needed a low level fighter bomber, and shoehorned the F104 into the role, leading to the Luftwaffe joke: "Question: How do you catch a F104? Answer: You buy a plot of land and wait!" But according to some they made it work eventually, after lessons learnt was applied to training and tactics. But a lot of guys died before that happened.

  • @nirajrayker9282
    @nirajrayker92822 жыл бұрын

    Return to base for Tea and Medals...Haha!!

  • @PJHamann1
    @PJHamann1 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Thanks!

  • @matthewwagner47
    @matthewwagner47 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, would enjoy other mig videos.

  • @sherwinsalvatori6997
    @sherwinsalvatori69972 жыл бұрын

    At 10:46 it looks like a missile with afterburn lit

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