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Zagreb MiG's
- Charles022
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Zagreb MiG's
All,
With the easing of travelling restrictions, I took a trip to Zagreb back in late September to catch some of Croatia's remaining MiG-21's.
A quick stop to shoot the stored An-32's.
707 / Croatian Air Force / Antonov An-32B by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
It wasn't long to wait before an unusual engine noise was heard over the civilian traffic...
133 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
166 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UMD Mongol B by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
166 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UMD Mongol B by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
QRA practise launch
117 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
117 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
Thanks for looking, more to come!
With the easing of travelling restrictions, I took a trip to Zagreb back in late September to catch some of Croatia's remaining MiG-21's.
A quick stop to shoot the stored An-32's.
707 / Croatian Air Force / Antonov An-32B by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
It wasn't long to wait before an unusual engine noise was heard over the civilian traffic...
133 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
166 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UMD Mongol B by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
166 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UMD Mongol B by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
QRA practise launch
117 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
117 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
Thanks for looking, more to come!
Re: Zagreb MiG's
Love these. What chance of the RIAT team getting a couple to attend? Make a nice change from the usual fighters. More please.
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
Cracking shots, lovely to see these Perfect weather too!
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
Very Very nice indeed.
I really enjoyed viewing your superb pics so thanks for sharing them
I really enjoyed viewing your superb pics so thanks for sharing them
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
Very nice, thank you for sharing these. Totally agree, it would be nice to see some at RIAT.
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What a fantastic set of photos there, many thanks for posting them,
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
Very nice indeed and so different to the normal Lakenheath stuff.
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None, they need too many refuel stops en-route, thus increasing the probability of going tech somewhere
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
What a plane
Great shots
Great shots
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
That was a very rewarding decision and great viewing, well done you.
Re: Zagreb MiG's
Should have gone a few hours down the road to Batajnica - Serbian A.F base. The still have flying Mig-21, as well as its big brother - Mig-29's.
Re: Zagreb MiG's
Superb set of an awesome beast, Charles
Thanks for posting
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Thanks for posting
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
MiG21 is such an iconic jet, well captured.
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
Croatia ordered 12 second hand Rafales today to replace these from 2024
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
So how did the Romanians do it?None, they need too many refuel stops en-route, thus increasing the probability of going tech somewhere
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
Also the Hungarians visited RIAT with four Mig 21s several years ago.
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Yeah!...but them & the Hungarians had Green Flag European Cover.Ridge Runner wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:23 amSo how did the Romanians do it?None, they need too many refuel stops en-route, thus increasing the probability of going tech somewhere
Re: Zagreb MiG's
Hello, beautiful shots with perfect sun. Did you get permission to have access to the spots with the official form. The Croatians like to know who will be near the fence for taking pictures. It is no problem with the permission.
- Charles022
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Re: Zagreb MiG's
Thank you for the comments all!
Some more shots below:
116 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
116 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
There's plenty of W+R MiG-21's to see around Zagreb also!
113 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
105 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Fishbed by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
Hi, yes I did.
Some more shots below:
116 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
116 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bisD Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
There's plenty of W+R MiG-21's to see around Zagreb also!
113 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Fishbed L by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr
105 / Croatian Air Force / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Fishbed by Charles Cunliffe, on Flickr