New MIG 21 for the UK

[brumbee]

On Sunday 26th January I popped into Cobham services on the M25 and I could not help but see a MIG 21 on a low loader parked in the HGV area . Closer inspection revealed the serial 1811 so I am presuming it is the MIG21M formally at Dabrowa Gornicza . The lorry had polish plates so the question is where was it off to ?

[Yammer]

or possibly ( but more unliklely ) the other 1811 an ex Polish Mig-21PF from the States

[brumbee]

I did notice there were 2 1811's - but N21PF has a distinctive paint job whereas the 1811 I saw was still in it's basic silver finish and was very much like the last pictures I have seen from when it was preserved in Poland.

[tommc]

On Sunday 26th January I popped into Cobham services on the M25 and I could not help but see a MIG 21 on a low loader parked in the HGV area . Closer inspection revealed the serial 1811 so I am presuming it is the MIG21M formally at Dabrowa Gornicza . The lorry had polish plates so the question is where was it off to ?

7811, Alton, Hants

[POL]

If this is c/n 967811 does that mean it's reappeared for the first time since 1994?!

[brumbee]

Going back to the sighting at the motorway services the aircraft was loaded with the tail planes separate and placed either side next to the cockpit area so I had to stick my head around this to see the serial so the fact I read it as 1811 and not 7811 does add up. I didn't want to poke around too much to draw attention to myself as the driver was probably asleep in his cab. The MIG was also engineless , nice addition to the UK preservation scene though .

[pg1610]

the following from Phil A,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/78891834@ ... ateposted/

the faded serial could easily be mistaken for 1811 under the conditions described by OP