photographed this 'folding winged MiG.21 at the aircraft museum at Vantaa ... definately food for thought for 'what-iffers'... lol
The aircraft is one of a batch of retired MiG.21F airframes 'modified' to act as MiG.21bis decoys, (note the resited nose probe and later MiG. colour scheme and 3 digit code) the wings and tail fin were fitted with hinges enabling transport on a trailer unit for deployment ... something different im sure youll agree...
(in a similar vein, the US. Navy had an A.4 Skyhawk fitted with similarly fol;ding wings for transport for use as a recruitment tool!)
cheers, Joe
and again ...
and again ... if anyone wants any further images of the 'decoy airframe' or any of the types in Finnish museums give me a shout ... :ph34r:
In 1977, a Norvegian P-3B took this photo over the North Sea...
Seems that a naval MiG-21 prototype had been build by a MiG OKB ingenier named Ysili Maniav
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi24%2FArchibaldlecter%2FMiscellanious%2FMig.jpg&hash=c3fc3b1eb9c29f88affa9030fc578a23cbec7dc0)
Oops, I did it again... :rolleyes:
:cheers: :party: :bow: :bow: :bow: :salute: :thumbsup:
SPASIVA, Archie
Hi mods, we need "hat off" emoticon
As an alternative, how about a naval, operational variant of the "I-23-31", (sometimes referred to incorrectly in Western sources as the "MiG-21PD"). Though folding wing's might still be used.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fprototypes.free.fr%2Fye8%2Fimages%2Fmig21pd_5.jpg&hash=8fdafc05898d989b01f94a02c3623c74f447c194)
Regards,
Greg