MiG-21 to make a final landing. By Slobodan Lekic . Dec. 21, 2008 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... “The MiG-21 was lighter and more agile than the Phantom, ...

I had the chance to see Romanian Air Force MiG-21 Lancer jets arriving at RIAT 2019 - a rare and powerful sight. In this ...

SILIGURI(WB): A MiG-21 aircraft caught fire while landing at the Bagdogra airport in Darjeeling district on Friday morning but the pilot was safe. Group captain of Indian Air Force, ...

The MiG-21 lands fast, at 365 km/h, or almost 200 knots. To avoid sinking rapidly, it has to approach at closer to 450 km/h. I found landing the MiG-21 quite challenging, and I had to perform ...

The emergency necessitated a flapless landing—one of the most challenging configurations for a MiG-21 Bison. Without flaps, ...

"The MiG-21 phase-out plan is on track," said a military official. ... An ALH Dhruv crashed on Thursday following a "hard landing" in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.

MiG-21 Fishbed Flaws. ... To make matters worse, the Fishbed could not be dead-sticked to a landing if fuel ran out while near its airbase, since a power-on approach was required.

To recall, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had earlier temporarily grounded its fleet of around 50 MiG-21 fighter aircraft following the crash of one of the jets in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh. T ...

Another thing that fascinates me is that the MiG-21 has one of the highest landing speeds in the world. Almost 340 kmph. I like to brag about it sometimes,” said Singh.