MiG 15 at Norwich Airport !

[keithnewsome]

Couldn't believe it tower asked the arriving 737 to 'move over' to allow a 'MiG 15' behind, running short of fuel, to land first and bingo we get this amazing visitor popping in for a splash and dash apparently on a flight from Norway to Shannon ? First photo is a 100% crop on a hot day !!!!!

Keith

N104CJ.

[nescafe37]

Nice catch there mate. Well done

[glasfryn]

Well ,Hats off for that one ! What a catch

[Stu]

Nice catch mate

[Nighthawke]

Crikey! I've had some nice surprises at Norwich in the last 30 years but that takes the biscuit. What a great catch and pics too. And a 2-seater UTI version - nice!

[jem60]

Very nice!!. Is this the machine that used to fly fairly regularly at Duxford shows piloted by Rolf Muem a good few years ago!. Anyone know why it was going to Shannon, and strange that the back seat is empy on a longish flight. Was it defecting??

[Irish251]

En route to Shannon for an air show there today. It's operated by the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron.

[venom]

Lovely photo

Colin

[POL]

N104CJ is a former Polish SBLim-2. Not sure on its full history off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure it's never been to the UK before, especially as it didn't make Yeovilton earlier this month.

[jem60]

Many thanks.

[keithnewsome]

WoW ! Thank you all for those nice comments ! Yes a rare treat for us all ! and possibly the first time in the UK ??
So another 'hazy' photo of it leaving the runway .....

Keith

[Typhoon73]

Right place at the right time! Blooming fantastic catch, nice pics
T73.

[keithnewsome]

Thanks T73 ! Yes was almost asleep in the car (no change there) when I heard the above on the radio ! and thought 'yeah right' .... but here it is .... wanted a photo of the pilot ..... best I could get .... bit of a b*m photo .... or you could say .... 'its behind you' ???

Keith

[tazmin88]

time to get the weedkiller out on the taxyways by the look of it Keith , great catch .

nipper

[Frank the Dog]

You lucky bu**er !! Great catch, well done !

[Jazz]

N104CJ is a former Polish SBLim-2. Not sure on its full history off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure it's never been to the UK before, especially as it didn't make Yeovilton earlier this month.

Just checked if this was one of the 'invasion' of 14 Polish Lim-2/4's which arrived in the UK back in October 1986... but it wasn't!

[keithnewsome]

Many thanks for your input guys ! A quote from the owners website .... very interesting ....

This aircraft is a Polish-built SB Lim-2 (MiG-15UTI), produced by WSK-Mielec in 1952. The aircraft is operated by the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron as a representative of the Cold War ‘enemy’.




Following its Polish Air Force service ending in 1990, the aircraft was exported to the USA, and based at Quillayute Airport just outside Forks, Washington. It was again returned to Europe in the summer of 2014. Experienced ex. Polish Air Force MiG-15 engineers carry out the maintenance of the aircraft.




Given the shared border between north-eastern Norway and Russia, and the many encounters between Royal Norwegian Air Force and Soviet aircraft during the Cold War, the Polish MiG is an appropriate addition to the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron.




The aircraft is painted and marked as “RED 18” to represent Russian-Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s MiG-15. He was the first human to journey into outer space in 1961. Before his cosmonaut training Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was stationed close to the Norwegian boarder and only 40 km from the Norwegian city of Kirkenes as a fighter pilot flying the MiG-15.

Keith

[David Thompson]

It's currently parked up at Newcastle Airport and is scheduled to fly in the Sunderland Airshow this coming weekend .

[paddyboy]

Hi Keith

As you must have realised, me and SWMBO have been up the coast, in a typical Norfolk 'black hole' for a few days

Fabbo catch, mate

Best regards

Paddyboy

[keithnewsome]

Yes paddyboy your absence has been missed ! I hope you enjoyed your 'time out' thank you

Keith