"Incredible True Story of How ‘Hooligan’ Soviet Fighter" Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 Jun 2020 12:47 p.m. PST |
… Pilot Flew Supersonic MiG Under Low Bridge "The incident, which involved a MiG-17 fighter jet, Siberia's Ob River, one of Novosibirsk's main bridges, and hundreds of onlookers, has entered the record books as an example of both incredible aerial skill and brazen folly. June 4, 1965 was a hot, lazy Friday summer day in Novosibirsk, Siberia, with hundreds of sunbathers and schoolchildren recently released for summer holidays lapping up the sun along the banks of the Ob River…" link
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| ReallySameSeneffeAsBefore | 06 Jun 2020 6:14 a.m. PST |
Even allowing for the usual sputnik exaggeration and half truth- although they do admit the photo is a (rather obvious) fake- it's a pretty tame example. The RAF handsomely topped it as a spectacle. link YouTube link |
| Tango01 | 06 Jun 2020 12:12 p.m. PST |
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makes flight stands for 1/300 scale aircraft.