MiG-21F-13 - Kunovice, Czech Republic
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MiG-21F-13 in Kunovice Aviation Museum
Waymark Code: WM10257
Location: Zlínský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/10/2019
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Kunovice Aviation Museum was founded in 1970 by members of the Moravian Aeroclub, Alois Hrácek and Jirí Marek. Initially it was built as a museum or cooperative aircraft produced in a factory in Kunovice (
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The air museum at Kunovice focuses its exhibition primarily on aircraft built by the Let company (
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The museum’s collection also includes a selection of former Czechoslovak air force aircraft including MiG-15, MiG-19 and MiG-21 fighter jets as well as Sukhoi Su-7 attack aircraft, a Mil Mi-4 helicopter and two variants of the Avia Av-14 transport, the Av-14 being the Czech license built version of the Illyushin Il-14.
MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's platform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or olówek (English: pencil) by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage.. It was also nicknamed "Én b?c" (In English: Silver swallows) by North Vietnamese, (now Vietnam People's Air Force), pilots and the Vietnamese people.
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MiG-21F-13 No. 0514
Date of Production: 1966
Construction Number: 660514
Serial Number / Registration Code: 0514
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31.10.1966-DD.MM.RRRR 4th Fighter Air Regiment
DD.MM.RRRR-05.10.1983 5th Fighter Air Regiment
Date of Decommissioning: 5.10.1983
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