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From: com259h@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
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Subject: Re: Mig-29 operated by Iraq
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Date: 4 Feb 91 06:03:19 GMT
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From: com259h@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
In article <1991Jan28.035947.8725@cbnews.att.com>, SMPOD@VENUS.LERC.NASA.GOV writes:

> From the dozen or more aviation journals that I've read (and that includes
> interviews of Western pilots that flew the MiG-29 ), the avionics of the MiG
> and Su-27 does not compare with today's Western fighters.

        In an Australian aviation journal from late last year there was an
article about Aust's Chief Air Marshal (C-in-C of RAAF, name forgotten) who
was apparantly the first Westerner to fly the Mig 29. He flew the 2 seat
trainer version and commented on how the instrumentation appeared to be the
sort of standard that was used in Western aircraft in the late 60's to
early 70's. It was *hinted* that this may have been deliberate, to give a
false impression of how out of date the Mig 29 is.

           Bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au  OR  com259h@monu1.cc.monash.oz
                      Alias: Gareth Bull, The Opal Dragon
          All opinions expressed are the result of paranoid delusions!