Levi from Hungary over on ARC posted this info about a Hungarian AF MiG-29 which was lost yesterday during what looks like a practice flight for a demo.
Video here…
http://download.honvedelem.hu/mig29/topi.wmv
http://www.jetfly.hu/rovatok/galeria/videok/katonai/migvideo/ (click on the image of the MiG in the dirt)
Photos…
http://www.honvedelem.hu/hirek/kozlemenyek/sajtokozlemeny
http://www.jetfly.hu/rovatok/repules/katonai/hirek/crash__050512/
Glad he got out A-O-K…
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Whoa !!! looks like he ejected safely , i hope no one else was hurt. Far out !!!
If the pilot survived, he was one lucky Hungarian. Thanks for the post.
Regards, Rick
Can we say 'Lawn Dart"? Bet he had to get a new set of issue skivvies!
Wow, that’s an awesome video. Looks like the pilot stayed with the plane long enough to point it towards that woody area before bailing out, maybe away from nearby buildings?
blackwolf, do you know the cause of the misfortune?
I’m just glad that somebady invented ejection seats
I was watching the vid and it looked like the fire started when a small explosion happened when he went to kick in the cans, hard to tell from the angle from the ground though
looked like he was seting up to land, but to fire got to bad…can you say “good luck”
It looks like it held up pretty well when it did hit the ground! - Calvin
I don’t know what happened but it did catch fire, glad the pilot got out, quess he gets the blue tie with inverted red triangles from Martin Baker