FPP082 - MiG-21 Fishbed
Fighter Pilot Podcast
Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2020
⏱️ 100 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks to our sponsor National University. |
| 0:02.3 | National University knows how important flexibility is for busy adults going back to school. |
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| 0:31.0 | If you were into numbers, check this out. In the 65 years since the subject of today's show was designed, |
| 0:37.0 | more than 11,500 models of this Mach 2.0 capable fighter jet were built. |
| 0:43.0 | At one time it was proliferated to 60 countries on four continents |
| 0:47.0 | and incredibly it is still in widespread use today in 2020. |
| 0:51.0 | But numbers aside, how effective was it? What was it like to fly? And how did the |
| 0:56.0 | pilots who flew it feel about this iconic fighter? Well, that's what we find out this week on |
| 1:01.6 | the fighter pilot podcast. |
| 1:02.9 | Thanks to our guest, Retired Indian Air Force Air Commodore Seren Tiagi. |
| 1:08.2 | I would say that I really love that aircraft and personally my very strong belief, which is a very sincere belief from the |
| 1:14.4 | heart for every fighter pilot in the world, that they will love to fly Mick 21. |
| 1:18.8 | I don't think that there are any aircraft which is a better aircraft to fly as a fighter pilot. That's right. Oh, I got him. Now, that's delicious. |
| 1:33.0 | That's great got in. |
| 1:35.0 | Talk about the two-a-0 for five miles. |
| 1:37.0 | Okay, California, now we go. |
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