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Was this camouflage applied before it was separated or was it applied when it was assembled from two aircraft?
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Was this camouflage applied before it was separated or was it applied when it was assembled from two aircraft?As memo serves the MiG-2 is a mix of the ML variant ( NATO code Flogger G) and the MLD ( NATO code Flogger K ). The tail is from the MLD while the rest is of the plane from the ML. The MiG 23ML serial number 0390324630. It means tha the tail section is not the orginal one.
MiG-23ML – version with improved handling characteristics thanks to a reduction in the aircraft weight by 1,250 kg (L - as in "Light"), with a new R-35 engine with slightly higher thrust, with modified electronic equipment.
MiG-23MLD – a modification of the ML version, D - as dorabotanyj ( Д – доработанный ) - refined, with improved aerodynamics improving the maneuverability of the aircraft.
Wurger, do you know why this part was painted red?As memo serves the MiG-2 is a mix of the ML variant ( NATO code Flogger G) and the MLD ( NATO code Flogger K ). The tail is from the MLD while the rest is of the plane from the ML. The MiG 23ML serial number 0390324630. It means tha the tail section is not the orginal one.
MiG-23ML – version with improved handling characteristics thanks to a reduction in the aircraft weight by 1,250 kg (L - as in "Light"), with a new R-35 engine with slightly higher thrust, with modified electronic equipment.
MiG-23MLD – a modification of the ML version, D - as dorabotanyj ( Д – доработанный ) - refined, with improved aerodynamics improving the maneuverability of the aircraft.
Do you know anything about this plane?It is a MiG-23 exhibited in the privates Luftfahrtmuseum in Hermeskeil, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. In the images below you may notice the she has been displayed "under a cloud" and her "uniform" looked very worn. Also it can be seen that the marked by you area was of the camouflage colour earlier. So using of the orange/red colour has nothing in common with the real camouflage and is just the addtion of the museum painters only. In other words they used what they found and didn't care about the correctness of the colours. Actually the area at the planes being operational was of the camouflage mostly.
the pic source: Aircraft walkaround vol.8: Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig23
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Is there a photo?The orginal code 20-16.
Is there a photo?
Wurger, is there any information about this plane from Krakow?I haven't seen a such one.
Wurger, is there any information about this plane from Krakow?
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Do you know what emblems are on its fuselage? And when did it earn them?MiG-23MF s/n. 0390217120. Made on 25.02.1979 and delivered to Poland on 04.06.1979. She was servicing in the 28th PLM in Słupsk from 11.06.1979 to 19.10.1996.
The main overhauling in 1988 in Drezno, DDR. The last flight on 08.08.1996. Removed from the list of the PAF stuff in October 1996 and sent to the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow as an exibit.
Do you know what emblems are on its fuselage? And when did it earn them?
And what does the number 1000 mean? I assume it means that the plane has flown over 1000 hours.
Is there a photo of this emblem?28th PLM on both fuselage sides at the the air intakes.
The name "Dresden" is much more common.The main overhauling in 1988 in Drezno, DDR.
The name "Dresden" is much more common.VEB Flugzeugwerft Dresden.
The top emblem seems to be a kind of a relic of participation in a Live-fire exercise on a firing range. The second one seems to be a kind of an award given to the MiG-23 technical crew for the excellent maintenance of the aircrfat.