Mikoyan aircrafts on Dubai 2000 airshow. «Дубаи'2000»(Объединенные Арабские Эмираты).
Excerpt from a documentary produced by Wings of Russia Studio (Студия "Крылья России").
http://www.wingstv.ru/vhs/kra-12.html
-Mig-21bis (NATO "Fishbed-L"): Single-seat multi-role fighter and ground-attack aircraft. The final production model built up until 1977 in Russia and 1987 in India. This version is powered by a Tumansky R-25-300 turbojet engine, and carries 2880 liters of fuel. The engines are capable of "extreme afterburner" for up to 3 min - increasing the thrust from 7100 kgf to 9900 kgf. Later MiG-21bis equipped with a nose mounted ILS antenna and upgraded avionics received the NATO designation "Fishbed-N". Single-seat multi-role fighter and ground-attack aircraft.(Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21бис)
-Mig-29UBT "52 Blue" Fulcrum : After the advant of Mig-29SMT it appeared logical that the Mig-29UB should receive a simalr upgrade. In the summer of 1998 ANPK MIG experimental shop began converting a Mig-29UB into the prototype Mig-29UBT. The aircraft in question was the well-known Mig-29UB "304 Blue" demonstrator, which participated in many airshows. The principal changes introduced on the Mig-29UBT were as follows:
-2 strap-on dorsal fuel tanks were added aft on the rear cockpit, greatly increasing range,
-An electronic flight instrumentation system and a new data processing system were installed.
-Provisions were made for installing a Pazotron Osa (Wasp) compact multi-mode radar, as well for integration of R-77 (RVV-AE) medium range AAMs, a wide range of air-to-surface missiles (such as TV-guided Kh-29T & Kh-59) and guided bombs, and enabling action by a group of aircraft involving tactical information exchange.
-The number of external stores hardpoints was increased from 6 to 8.
UBT stands for "Oochebno-boyevoy toplivo", meaning "combat-capable trainer with extra fuel". (Микоян Миг-29УБТ)
*Kvochur Anatoliy is piloting the Mig-29UBT "52 Blue"
http://www.testpilot.ru/review/ispmig/pilot/kvochur.htm
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