January 25, 2008
A second model airplane displayed by Ali Machinchy was his Mig 21 weighing in at 18 kg (40lb)
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 with NATO reporting name of "Fishbed" is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft. Originally designed and built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union, the MiG-21 has been flown by more than 30 countries of the world and it still serves many nations more than 50 years after its first flight. Its Mach 2 capability exceeds the top speed of many later and more modern fighter types. Total production is estimated to have reached more than 10,000 MiG-21s.







