JC Wings – MiG-29A Fulcrum , 59th Tactical Wing ‚Szentgyorgui Dezso‘ Hungarian Air Force ‚ 70th Anniversary Edition‘

Popis

- sběratelský model letadla MiG-29A  Fulcrum 1/72
- provedení: kovový model s plastovými částmi
- model je v kvalitním provedení

                          Mikoyan MiG-29

Mikojan-Gurevič MiG-29 (rusky: МиГ-29, v kódu NATO „Fulcrum“) je dvoumotorový, proudový stíhací letoun k vybojování vzdušné nadvlády. Byl vyvinut v SSSR konstrukční kanceláří Mikojan v 70. letech 20. století. Spolu s větším letounem Suchoj Su-27 vznikl jako odpověď na nové americké letouny McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. Do služby v sovětském letectvu vstoupil MiG-29 v roce 1982.

The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter new U.S. fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. The MiG-29 entered service with the Soviet Air Forces in 1982.

MiG-29A (Product 9.12)

Initial production version; entered service in 1983. NATO reporting name is “Fulcrum-A”. 9.12A is the Initial production model version for Warsaw Pact while the 9.12B is the downgraded export version for non-Warsaw Pact nations. It lacks a nuclear weapon delivery system and has initial production radar, ECM and IFF (no ECM and IFF in 9.12B).

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 17.32 m (56 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 11.36 m (37 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.73 m (15 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 38 m² (409 ft²)
• Empty weight: 11,000 kg (24,250 lb)
• Loaded weight: 14,900 kg (33,730 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 18,000 kg (44,100 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 3,500 kg (7,716 lb) internal
• Powerplant: 2 × Klimov RD-33 afterburning turbofans, 81.59 kN (18,342 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed:
  • At high altitude: Mach 2.25 (2,400 km/h; 1,490 mph)
  • At low altitude: Mach 1.21 (1,500 km/h; 930 mph)
• Range: 1,430 km (888 mi; 772 nmi) with maximum internal fuel
• Ferry range: 2,100 km (1,300 mi; 1,130 nmi) with 1 drop tank
• Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,100 ft)
• Rate of climb: 330 m/s (65,000 ft/min) (initial); 109 m/s (21,500 ft/min) (average)  (0–6,000 m)
• Wing loading: 403 kg/m² (82 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 1.09
• Maximum g-load: 9 g

Armament

• Guns: 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon with 150 rounds
• Hardpoints: 7 × hardpoints (6 × underwing, 1 × fuselage) with a capacity of up to 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) of stores and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Rockets:
    • S-5
    • S-8
    • S-24
  • Missiles:
    • 2 × R-27 R/ER/T/ET/P air-to-air missiles
    • 4 × R-60 AAMs
    • 4 × R-73 AAMs
  • Bombs: 6 × 665 kg (1,466 lb) bombs

Avionics

• Phazotron Rubin radar
• Phazotron Zhuk-ME radar

     59th  Tactical Wing  ‚Szentgyörgyi Dezső‘  based at Kecskemét AFB

The regiment got its name after Dezsô Szentgyörgyi who was the most succesful Hungarian fighter pilot of the WW II with his 33 kills. The regiment consists of 2 squadrons; Puma ( puma ) and Dongó (bumble-bee).

The 59th is traditionally the display unit of the Hungarian Airforce, the open airbase. The base was the home of the first meeting beetween American F-16s and Russian MiG-29s in Eastern Europe in 1990 shortly after the political changes. This tradition is maintained after the arrival of the new MiG-29s of the regiment in 1993. The regiment which is rightly proud of its MiG-29s often receives foreign political and military delegations. In 1995 the base was visited by German MiG-29s and Dutsch F-16s. The JAS-39 Gripen was introduced here to the Hungarian political and military leadership as a possible replacement of the old Hungarian MiG-21s, as well.