082 - MiG-21 Fishbed

[@rahultyagi4812]

Luckily for me, he’s my Dad and a legend in the Indian Air Force....it’s awesome to hear him speak about the Mig 21, which I have grown up with and seeing my dad do things with it that left us in Awe.....😊

[@sailordoc7454]

👍🏽

[@munmunhazarika5247]

Flying coffin..... Took more than hundred pilots life

[@tejeshwarful]

@@munmunhazarika5247 A slightly exaggerated view perceived by those who are not associated with the aircraft or the people who flew and serviced it.

[@munmunhazarika5247]

@@tejeshwarful 1950s design .... IAF uses still 200 of those..... They should be in museum.. Lol

[@rshvkkt91]

Fantastic aircraft. Flying it in DCS is an absolute blast. Add to it the rudimentary avionics and demanding low speed handling, and you have a mean beast of an aircraft that commands awe and respect from everyone who takes the controls!

[@harish4101]

This took me back to 1985 when I was so very fortunate to have got posted the 32 Sqn with Suren sir as the CO! I was then a Pilot Officer, the junior most officer rank in the Indian Air Force, now dispensed with. Those were the very best years of my life as a fighter pilot. Suren sir's enthusiasm - "josh" as we call it was infectious and imbibed in us a similar gung ho attitude so very essential in this game. What I learnt about flying the MiG21 from him put in good stead throughout my flying career. And the best part was that he was as good a human being as he was a fighter pilot. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this podcast. He sounds just as he did 35 years ago!

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Good of you to share, Harish--thank you!

[@BattleAxesTV]

@@FighterPilotPodcast lot of people might not know and if I think its the same person, Harish sir himself is somewhat of a legend in the IAF. He oversaw Development of TEJAS as well if I am not wrong ! Seem couple of his interview as well. A very professional pilot.

[@hiteshadhikari]

Pleasure seeing you here sir Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@metalman9572]

If you dont mind me asking a few questions, may I ask How long was your training to get in the mig 21 and was it a difficult bird to fly or did it feel like it was a part of you? I'm just asking because I love the mig 21 and I've always wanted to ask someone that's flown one.

[@finixhawkeye3213]

@@BattleAxesTV bro, my brother Air Marshal Choudhary also started on Mig 21. He had a flameout and had to punch it. It is a really pilot intense plane.

[@pacificstatesofamerica]

Can we just appreciate the dude's absolute unit of a mustache 😂

[@thereddaikon]

Amazing mustache, doing loops over hostile airbases, is this guy related to Robin Olds? They seem to have the same badass energy.

[@LazzySeal]

IKR

[@jordanlawrence2048]

That's a typical Indian mustache

[@nucleargandhi101]

That's a very common thing in India.

[@gregory.chalenko]

TABLE OF CONTENTS Listeners' Questions 00:07:00 - What is the long protruding part in the back of Su-27 and its derivatives' fuselage? 00:08:15 - BVR vs WVR air combat in the future 00:10:52 - Can AC-130 operate using unprepared airstrips? MiG-21 Interview 00:14:29 - Guest introduction 00:20:20 - What was the plane designed to do? 00:22:44 - What does it do well? 00:26:18 - The variants 00:31:21 - The variable cone 00:33:02 - Specifics of the delta wing 00:38:01 - World-wide use 00:39:29 - Why does it look the way it does? 00:41:24 - What armament does it carry? 00:42:54 - Aircraft performance 00:44:22 - Difficulty of recovery from a sink 00:44:55 - Personal maximums of the guest in the aircraft 00:45:40 - An attempt to go to an altitude way beyond aircraft's limitations 00:47:11 - Maximum Gs 00:47:43 - Strengths & weaknesses 00:48:03 - Visibility from the cockpit 00:48:41 - Short landing roll 00:51:13 - Lack of smoke from the engine 00:51:29 - Maneuverability 00:51:36 - Small visual and radar profile 00:52:58 - Floating flaps 00:53:35 - Where would the listener have heard of this aircraft before? (news, movies, etc.) 00:54:13 - Do you have a particularly good sea story while flying it? 01:05:09 - The story behind the call sign 01:08:55 - Alcohol-cooled radar 01:10:13 - Taxiing MiG-21 and use of the inverted attitude indicator 01:11:33 - Blind spots 01:14:08 - Comparison to other aircraft 01:14:58 - Choice of MiG-21 over MiG-19 01:15:36 - About the Indian fighter combat school 01:17:33 - Kind of tactics Indian Airforce use 01:18:49 - What could be new fighter aircraft for India 01:21:16 - How MiG-21 is kept relevant against generation 4 fighters 01:22:39 - What was done to improve reliability of MiG-21 01:23:37 - Unique strengths of MiG-21 in BFM

[@supremeleader5516]

Thanks for your hardwork BTW I see this after podcast 😉

[@gregory.chalenko]

@@supremeleader5516 glad you found it useful!

[@preacherF-15]

As I left the USAF back in the 90's as an F-15C pilot, I was lucky enough to get a job as a demo/sales/instructor pilot for a company that sold MiG 15/17/19/21 aircraft to rich idiots in Nevada. I spent many mostly happy hours flying these planes over the desert, and even dogfighting my fellow instructors. What an amazing time of my life! The - 21 was everyone's favorite. A truly awesome plane, especially considering its age.

[@supremeleader5516]

Sold to civilians?

[@preacherF-15]

@@supremeleader5516 of course. There are thousands of fighter jets in civilian hands. I know one guy who owns over 300 aircraft, almost all are former military.

[@supremeleader5516]

@@preacherF-15 oh great to hear that , are they in flying condition or just as a showpiece in backyard? Interesting to hear that

[@preacherF-15]

@@supremeleader5516 Depends on the owner, but the vast majority are regularly flown. I've owned several myself, they aren't much more expensive than owning a modern supercar unless you want something truly exotic. In fact, something like an early mig in good condition can be purchased for under $50,000.

[@supremeleader5516]

@@preacherF-15 oh great

[@dharmarajjadeja4690]

One of my closest friend.. (Bundle) Tyagi Sir.. one of India's finest IAF pilot.. I have seen him in close proximity of suiting up for a sortie,, taking off,, and doing a perfect landing (with hardly any puff of tire friction).. and still he is even more a better human being. But his life's credit should also go to Shalini madam ( my Benji).. God bless you both.. India is proud of a very humble son who made us proud..

[@709mash]

I think India has helped us learn more about Soviet/Russian aircraft than any other country. Gotta respect the balls their pilots have.

[@lubosmuknsnabl9214]

Thats only because they do speak ENGLISH. There are mig-21 pilots here in the Czech Republic too, but most of them are not willing to speak about it in other language. Great episode. Great job.

[@patrikrenmark2010]

@@lubosmuknsnabl9214 So ? Does that make it less true?

[@SS-hw1ou]

@@lubosmuknsnabl9214 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJKzgox5q7uBbM0

[@CSeraphym]

The Mig-21!!! After flying this plane in DCS world, I've become a huge fan of the Mig-21! This plane was so much more fun to fly than I ever anticipated. I'm super excited that we get a whole episode dedicated to it.

[@CactusCacti2000]

MiG-21 in DCS isnt acurate at all, the systems and cockpit layout are just wrong. in the free to play flight sim called Flightgear, which is open source a few developers have made an accurate MiG-21, with manuals, phots, flight test data, wind tunnel data, and a actual croatian MiG-21 pilot.

[@walterwilliams1791]

@@CactusCacti2000 The systems and cockpit are for a Mig-21bis in DCS.

[@lewis424]

@@CactusCacti2000 Depending on model the cockpit layout can vary greatly. Look at MiG-21MF cockpit compared to SMT, then compare that to the Lancer and even the F-13 variants. It changes drastically based on what systems are onboard.

[@gitrogZG]

@@CactusCacti2000 The MiG-21's systems in DCS are accurate. Not every MiG-21 variant had the exact same systems though, hence the point of being a, well, variant. They're not supposed to all be identical.

[@sergeyboyko3734]

@@gitrogZG Sorry but they aren't accurate at all. That's said by real MiG-21 pilots in russian side of the forum. Devs ignoring the open documentation and thats pretty sad.

[@pacificstatesofamerica]

Oh dang, another foreign aircraft! Please do more, it's fascinating to hear more from other countries' fighter pilots!

[@RaidsEpicly]

I wonder what other high profile ones (that he could get guests for) are left? I agree though, episodes like the Gripen are always surprisingly engaging

[@slider292]

Agreed! So interesting to hear the similarities and differences in tactics, training, etc.

[@Bobcatflyfish]

RaidsEpicly i’d love to see an episode on the Avro Vulcan

[@johannesschroder1704]

After reading Dan Hampton's "The Hunter Killers" about the evolution of Wild Weasel tactics etc., I would love to hear about the "other side", i.e. SAM operators and other air defence personnel. Relating to Hampton's book, I could imagine that an interview with some of the soldiers who worked and fought with this equipment would yield some fascinating insights.

[@Gstar5150]

I'm confused,I always thought of the Indian Air forces using the Mirage 2000, interesting cause the mig 21 is very similar in shape (both are delta wing)

[@bret9741]

I couldn’t agree more to the statement “India is a beautiful country with beautiful people!”….. I live in the US, half of my doctors are from India. Also, in my experiences, Indians hold their children to very very high standards of education and drive for accomplishments. I would imagine the Indian Air Force does a very good job with the equipment they have.

[@supremeleader5516]

Oh really bro? I didn't knew the fact about doctors

[@stevelikesrhino]

4900 hours..... That is about 200 days in the sky, in fighter jets. WOW

[@MrIh8hondas]

This dude is amazing. One of the most entertaining shows yet. No way he's actually 78.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Evidently he is.

[@dcsn1per]

@@FighterPilotPodcast That is ridiculous

[@slider292]

Agreed. This episode was in my Top 3.

[@bret9741]

He has lived an amazing life, that helps and we must agree that time and chance happen to all men…. But, part of this is what Abraham Lincoln so wonderfully said “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be”… he made up his mind to be happy and it has lead to a long and happy life :)

[@Deltasayan]

While listening to this interview the third time today, I realised the gravity of that loop over the enemy runway. This unit of a man pulled a loop over the bomb riddled runway and then proceeds to ask his wingman to do a loop as well. He must have thought "sorry for bombing your runway. Here is a personal airshow to cheer you up" 😂

[@jonathangibson9098]

I'd love to hear about the MIG-25!

[@drupiROM]

If "we" are going that way, i want to hear about the SU-15 or the Mirage IV.

[@horuslupercal3872]

I'm listening to this while flying the mig 21 in DCS!!!!!

[@advik3309]

Wow

[@nitin6616]

For the Emperor!!

[@billdewahl7007]

God what a legend and what a stashe. And Vincent, you're such a great interviewer! Each and every time I'm impressed by both your guest, yourself and your co-hosts, the quality and curiosity of the listener questions.

[@kennymcwilliams8972]

New meaning to the term launch and leave! What a great segment; that you just kind of stood back and let him go is a testament to your interviewing skills. What an elegant individual - I could list to Bundal all day. And with all do respect the Air Marshall, I choose to believe every word that Bundal said!

[@BattleAxesTV]

What a wonderful Podcast ! A treat to listen to for Aviation Enthusiasts. We have to put you in touch with some retired Su-30 MKI, Hunter, Gnat, Sea Hawk, Alize & Marut pilots who have taken Air frames to combat during the various wars that we have fought !

[@supremeleader5516]

Yes please if he is ready

[@supremeleader5516]

Can you link thier contacts? Obviously Social media

[@manofcultura]

Everybody else: let’s make planes go as fast as missiles. Artem Mikoyan: lets put wings and a cockpit on a missile.

[@briancrawford69]

SR71 not impressed

[@johnanderson6946]

@@briancrawford69 wasnt a fighter and costly AF to operate

[@F22raptor46]

He spoke of Rakesh Sharma, I've met that guy in person!

[@doncalypso]

He said 500kg bomb... that is 1000lbs. To get a 1000lbs bomb within 11 yards (~10 meters) of target on a MiG-21 is very impressive.

[@donno1970]

Well he certainly is a character. What a great interview.

[@bret9741]

What a wonderful beautiful spirit Air Commodore Tyagi has. This a man I’d love to meet and visit with.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Same!

[@renessaincepreise]

I have grew up seeing Sir as a chief guest and on the airforce ground since my childhood. I didn't think I'll end up listening to the entire podcast just because I am not used to listening podcasts. However, I enjoyed listening to the podcast and the credit goes to Mrs. Tyagi and Sir alike. Had it not been for her as our DOE (Director of Education) who took pains and efforts to take us to the airforce grounds and educating us on the aircrafts as well as showing us that marvelous Suryakiran airshow, I wouldn't have been able to follow the podcast or even enjoy it. The podcast clearly reflects Sir's passion and love for Mig 21 (first India aircraft that flew faster than sound is what I remember a pilot commenting on it when we were attending the airforce day, I could be wrong). The podcast was enlightened by Sir's humor and immense knowledge on it. He really comes out to be the master of the aircraft as a whole. I didn't believe that Jaguars and Mirages would fall behind this underdog aircraft in some aspects making me fall in love with it even more. Thanks to the podcast as well as Sir Suren Tyagi for this! I feel pride having known Sir and Ma'am for 25 years.

[@K_Kara]

Hahaha man, what an interview. Probably the episode with most laughs involved, right there with the F-117 episode with Robson. Great stuff as always.

[@RaidsEpicly]

What a glorious mustache!

[@doncalypso]

The real-world Biggs Darklighter...

[@amitthakarar6493]

I am very fortunate that I know Tyagisir personally. Very gentle and kind personality. Tyagisir's stories and experiences always inspired me.

[@slyfer5321]

What a fun guy. He greeted us with a laugh😂

[@slider292]

How is it I’m half this guys age, and I have half his energy?

[@athr_blu]

My wishlist next Su-30MKI, MiG-25, MiG-23/27, Jaguar. Hushkit has an amazing interview of a mig25 pilot in his website please check it out and if you can contact the pilot for a podcast that would be amazing !

[@Beretta249]

I like Harsih's answer about bvr and wvr. The ideal of perfect bvr is essentially disbelief in the realities of the combat environment, that weather or equipment or pilot mistakes won't interact negatively with the intended order of battle. Or that two perfectly stealthed aircraft won't fly into brawling range by accident. Or that it will work and missiles will abruptly useless. It's manifest contradictions from start to finish.

[@MiG-21bisFishbedL]

This is my favorite episode. I could be biased, I admit.

[@johns.7609]

An hour and forty minutes, yesss. My wish has been granted, longer episodes!!

[@IkeThe9th]

Wow, I enjoyed this one! One thing I realized while listening is that the love of aviation - especially among Fighter Pilots and their machines - really is universal. Many thanks to Air Commodore “Bundal” Tyagi for his insight and Air Commodore Massand for returning. Do you know what we need more of in the U.S., Jell-O? “Air Commodores”. 😎

[@BattleAxesTV]

Suren sir retired as an Air Commodore (1 star) while Masand sir retired as an Air Marshall (3 star) ! 😉

[@randysearle2702]

Great inerview Jell-O - he seemed so young, vibrant, and excited to talk to you about the aircraft, he truly loved the fishbed :)

[@lubosmuknsnabl9214]

Try contact some pilots from the Czech Republic, our military included Mig-15, Mig-17, Mig-19, Mig-21, Mig-23, Suchoj su-22, Suchoj su-25.Our jets are famos too there are Let l-29 delfín, l-39 albatros. And our brothers over at the slovakian army are using mig-29 to this day. Great episode as ever. You are doing the best job.

[@simflier8298]

Wow! I really enjoyed him. Listening to both of you laughing made me laugh too. I wore a smile the rest of the way. What a great guy!

[@bhairavinanda2984]

A very nice interview Vincent !! I was very thrilled to hear ' TYAGI SIR' as we call him.I am very lucky to have met him !! Well i saw Tyagi Sir when he was the chief guest at the Independence Day. He has a charismatic personality and ofcourse his oratory skills are exceptional! The children( students) love his mustache and are always inspired by his talks. While narrating his flying experiences , and the discipline of the Defence Forces especially the Indian Air Force, the students ( there were 4500 students when he addressed them) some of them had already decided to join the Defence Forces. His words *DEATH BEFORE DISHONOUR* and *MOTHERLAND BEFORE SELF* echoed in the air for a long time . The naara of BHARAT MATA KI JAI by him fills the air with patriotism!! Rightly said,his energy and josh is infectious. Here he has encapsulated his complete flying career in this interview.It seemed as if he was reliving every moment of it. Though only his voice was heard, we could feel the pride of being a part of Indian Air Force !! I will always remember this line which he said on the Republic Day,with his uniforn and ranks he stood on the podium and gave the definition of SAVIDHAAN that is CONSTITUTION... I quote " On 26 Jan 1950 all the holy books that is The Gita ,The Quran, The Bible , The Gurugranth Sahib.....all merged into one book called The Indian Constitution! And so remember children , we are Indian first!!" *TOTAL RESPECT SIR*

[@jameshewitt8828]

The IAF has had a very interesting mix of western/Eastern block aircraft, so awesome

[@harkirpalsingh9892]

No its not awesome , it stretches logistics lines too much and causes a lot of problems mate , because of this only 60% of our fighters are available to fight at any given time , i beleive an airforce should only have 1 or 2 types of multirole aircrafts

[@hiteshadhikari]

@@harkirpalsingh9892 the servicability if 60% is incorrect, the number ideally sought is 70 but even nato countries find it difficult to have that. Some pets had poor servicability ( navy mig 29 but most iaf jets today have 65 to 75+ % servicability)

[@autopathos]

@@harkirpalsingh9892 it is awesome from the point of view of an enthusiast from the other side of the world. I am Chilean and I intensively follow social media and news about the IAF with great interest. I find the IAF's rich history and the variety of western and eastern planes it has operated and those it is currently fielding to be very interesting. There's just so much, like the Trisonics Squadron exploits with the MiG-25, the strike operations with the gorgeous Mirage 2000, the Cope India exercises with the US and of course incredible men like Air Commodore Tyagi. It's an undeniably fascinating air force and to see those "mammoth" formations photographies including several types.

[@nizampalace]

Harkirpal Singh this is a simplistic assessment. India cannot rely on a single supplier either Russsia or the NATO block due to fluid nature of foreign policy impacts through the various decades. It is important that India continues to follow an independent foreign policy and therefore the need for a mix from Russian and western block apart from our own. For a long time US was closely allied with Pakistan against India till early 90s so really there were not many choices available.

[@briancrawford69]

They need to dump the Soviet or Chinese crap. India should definitely become an even closer ally with America or the west

[@mikespike3962]

I love the Indian pilots!

[@doncalypso]

Would it be possible to eventually get someone from India to speak on the HAL Tejas? Given that it's a plane that has had a very lengthy development and is an indigenous design that only recently reached Initial Operational Capability it would be interesting to hear from pilots who have flown it.

[@aarujtripathi]

I agree with you. By the way, now it is getting upgraded to Tejas MK2 lets see.

[@hiteshadhikari]

1st its development is not prolonged , its planning was . Development actually began in 1990's and ff in early 2000's . Yes it was inducted after a decade but now its foc Matter of fact yesterday first foc aircraft mk1 configuration was inducted into iaf Contract for 83 Mk1a which is an upgrade is also set to be signed in next few moths ( avionics upgrades and jammer pods)

[@RaidsEpicly]

It's so cool to me that have the ability to do podcasts on soviet aircraft like this! Shout out to India. Shame there's basically no chance you'll be able to do one on the PRC J-20, at least not in the next two decades or so....I want to hear about those canards!

[@AITF045]

I’d love to see Chinese aircraft on the show. We rarely hear anything about them.

[@theegg-viator4707]

neil u I have direct experience with them... most as you say are very robotic and unable to think and fly competently, but there are a few good sticks out of the nearly 80 that I’ve flown with.

[@RaidsEpicly]

@@theegg-viator4707 How do you have direct experience with them??

[@Fast85FoxGT]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooow this is awesome. One of the few planes I did not expect to get a breakdown.

[@finixhawkeye3213]

The nose of the mig 21 inspired the SR71 sonic cone design. My all respect to all the great minds who inspired each other's work.❤️

[@Struktualnyj]

It is great that we got a podcast about MiG-21, and the Air Commodore is definitely have great insides and and experience (including combat) regarding this plane -- probably among the best in the world today. But I have to say, I am sometimes struggling to understand the accent and obviously so does the host, so I wish he would speak a little slower. Still, it was great, thank you!

[@NiceRoadTrucker]

My weekend is made, thank you Vincent!

[@cannonfodder4376]

A fantastic interview crew, was not expecting a video interview on the venerable Fishbed.

[@ronlal652]

Bring on IAF wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman,who shot down PAK F16 in Mig 21,last I checked he was a training group captain.Fun staff thanks

[@Air-Striegler]

Wow! What a character. Great interview!

[@JithinJose2]

Nice one, Next one flanker, ideally SU 30 MKI

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Know any Flanker pilots?

[@tejasvkaushik7643]

@@FighterPilotPodcast Check out sajan (@sajaniaf): twitter.com/sajaniaf?s=09 he is an retired IAF su 30 mki pilot

[@tubu1001]

@@tejasvkaushik7643 waiting for this interview whole heartedly

[@manishkarnik]

Fantastic talk with one of THE legends of IAF. Thank You.

[@vividhafamily4512]

Tyagi Sir - Born to Fly🚀.... proud moment for all of us as we know his family personally.....

[@no_fb]

Very iconic jet, with a "strong personality". Thanks to sims like DCS, we can have a faint idea of how it felt to handle it in combat, it's nice to see we may finally have some worthy missions. Hopefully they'll include the wonderful sound fix by Nin, and who knows, perhaps one day address the long-lived issues like underwhelming AB effects and funky cockpit switches. But above all, to revive the interest, we need a proper campaign for this wonderful module! It's a puzzle why we never had one.

[@knightonwarbeck1969]

Talking about excellent rate of climb: My father flew the CF-104(G) out of CFB Cold Lake from 1969-72. He was an airshow demonstration pilot for the summers of 70-71. Gave it up in 72 when I was born in June on the base. The CF-104D (2 seater - father was an IP) would go from brake release to 45,000 ft in 90 seconds. This was not a zoom climb and I do believe the jet had wingtip tanks (obviously). Angle of climb got shallower and shallower as altitude increased. The rear seat took away 1500 lbs of fuel. The ejection seat was close to 500 lbs. The D was "light" as he said. He said the initial flight for pilots in the CF-104D transitioning from the F-86 Sabre was "eye-watering".

[@mailmeabhilash]

Those are some impressive numbers. I need to check that jet out

[@gauravmoral7986]

This plane is like a Gold medal in your record book

[@pramodkaranth9479]

I think Harish Masand was the AOC (Air Officer in Command, I think) of the Lohegaon Air Force Station in the late 1990s... I was a school kid there... That was my achievement at the time... 😂 He was transferred in to take the place of a person called Chandrashekhar who had perished in a Mig-29 crash a short while ago... Allegedly, he had tried to save the aircraft, but couldn't... I was a witness to his funeral procession from my house's balcony... ahh... The good times watching those guys throw the Mig-29s and Su-30 into some maneuvers... We were regularly called to the airfield to watch those maneuvers... Infact, our school was just beside the airfield, so even if we weren't called, we used to get daily shows for free... Having all the glass panes and crockery at home rattled by those super loud Russian engines... Smokey engines... But hot damn, the cobra maneuvers... Good times...

[@иванвасильевич-к1т]

Thanks for interview. It was very interesting!

[@bimbom9712]

fell asleep with youtube on auto play and woke up to this, great way to start the day

[@ronlal652]

Great and formidable guest, thanks.

[@sedlo]

Outstanding episode, one of my favourites!

[@paralleler]

Here are two videos of a privately owned MiG-21R here in the United States. Many thanks to the Fighter Pilot Podcast for their contributions! Workout: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIWwl3-XqdiEitE Flight Prep: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGbNZKBuatiap68

[@t_strong_shark1801]

Time to listen to an amazing podcast!

[@browngeorgebest2943]

Great man, great aircraft, great podcast, great channel!!!

[@kazansky22]

This man's stache is awesome.

[@J_C7-1]

Made my day! Thanks guys!

[@BoringBrandi]

Hearing about hard facts and specs is great but the personal experience is also really important

[@sedlo]

That intro!!! Awesome music!

[@matk4731]

That was really good . Thank you. Very entertaining. What an awesome bloke. So much enthusiasm.

[@georgeburns7251]

Wow. Every podcast is great. Thank you.

[@captainrad_]

What an old Jet!!!! OLD IS GOLD

[@MegaSquasher]

Great interview...lots of interesting anecdotes... very enjoyable

[@prateektayal6895]

hi Vincent! Thanks for conducting this podcast! It was amazing! I was wondering if you could do a podcast with an IAF pilot who would have flown the indigenous Indian fighter-bomber of the 60s, 70s and 80s called the "Marut". thanks!

[@Bobcatflyfish]

I really enjoyed listening to this episode, keep up the amazing work

[@loganjefferies3927]

Can you do a “Mig month” please And keep up the great work

[@alaskanmarine1]

Along with the MiG 17 and MiG 19, it could be argued that NFWS Topgun, was put in place because of the effectiveness of the MiG-21 during the Vietnam War against The U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force.

[@SS-hw1ou]

Col John Boyd agrees with you.

[@josephcardona7697]

Because of those soviet birds? C'mon man, re-learning BFM was one of the main relevant reasons as to the genesis of Top Gun, not because of those soviet machines...

[@SS-hw1ou]

@@josephcardona7697 for that fighter weapons school already existed and navy pilots were trained there until......

[@davidralph8250]

@@josephcardona7697 American pilots and planes had an abysmal win loss ratio early on in the VN conflict against those Soviet planes. It is precisely because of our pilots’ diminished skills that an intensive dogfighting training program was instituted. The positive effects were immediate. Our planes could not be improved right away, nor poor performance by the unreliable Sparrow, but the pilots’ performance and tactical changes changed results in our favor.

[@adisura9904]

A beautiful aircraft. Could you ask Indian pilots next time about the recent engagement between the F16 and the Mig21? And although the following would be kinda tough, could you rope in someone who has flown the Tejas?

[@forwaffaccount7234]

Their is no such engagement that took place between PAF F-16 and Mig-21. It only exists in Indian pathological liars imaginations to satisfy butt hurt Indian egos.

[@rahultyagi4812]

forwaff account it seems like someone’s sentiments were hurt here😁😃

[@hiteshadhikari]

@@forwaffaccount7234 u can ask us govt for the aircraft signatures which were recorded by indian awacs during the combat

[@cannonfodder4376]

Oh this is a very pleasant surprise.

[@aarujtripathi]

can you please ask these legendary pilots to fly on dcs with you ,plzzzzzz it will be a dream come true ,plz plz plz

[@himanshuborse8613]

Randomly landed here but i really enjoyed it..... Please do more episodes........very fantastic discussion..... 👍

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Welcome! We do three a month and are up to episode 96.

[@himanshuborse8613]

Yes i am going to listen every episode...... Please also do Su 30mki and LCA tejas... Episode if you can..... Thank you...

[@stephenfowler4115]

With the development of stealth and the speeds involved short range dogfights aren't going away anytime soon.

[@Fast85FoxGT]

If possible you should try to find someone to interview who flew F104s or Skyraiders. Those planes always have interested me and I couldn't imagine some stories from pilots..

[@jamesmagnum]

I have a great respect for the MIG21 unlike the western definition of it; single-engine, single-seat, single-use fighter.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Single use? The Air Marshall discussed air intercepts and dropping bombs.

[@ozgurkaratas6450]

Lol, I remember this common teaser from somewhere old 😆...Jane's Anthology or was it in the Combat Sim manual? It sure was a legendary fighter...unlike the joke they were less expandable as they were sturdy and rugged...They could operate from dirt runways and even heard bout an old one relaunched couple hrs after a collapsed landing.

[@jamesmagnum]

@@FighterPilotPodcast Yes it's multi-role alright, that was a cynical joke I used to hear from NATO pilots referring to its vast number and crash rate :) Then again after the cold war records showed that it was one of the most enduring aircraft and just like the fate of the Starfighter most accidents were mainly due to inadequate training for such an unforgiving fighter.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

@@jamesmagnum That makes sense.

[@supremeleader5516]

This interview was full of fun, enjoyed a lot Bring more indian pilots specially Sukhoi 30 pilot

[@jeshkam]

When I was a kid here in Poland in the 1980s we used to travel to the coast for our summer vacation and we actually saw them quite often doing fly overs. I was both quite scared and excited, beacuse they really looked mean with their delta wings. Our air force pilots nick named them the "pencil".

[@lancet.346]

This is so cool!

[@jdkgcp]

Turn on the subtitles. I couldn't understand half of what this guy was saying at first but KZbin's auto generated CC actually does a really good job. This guys a legend and I would like to hear more global episodes like this.

[@sidv4615]

That MiG 29 guy seemed really good compared to him.

[@bobthompson4319]

The new mig concept stealth looks cool.

[@vladimirvladimir1993]

I like the interview. There is one thing to note. Yuri Gagarin was the first Soviet cosmonaut, but he was not an outstanding fighter pilot, this is a well-known fact.

[@darriusdias]

1:35:20 - Can we have those list of sayings on a musings page at sometime Jello?

[@doncalypso]

I think the Sukhoi Su-9 Fishpot looked like a slightly scaled up MiG-21 Fishbed.

[@TheGranicd]

Good old Balalaika.

[@gregory.chalenko]

Ahahaha, this is a very precise nickname for the plane! MiG-21 and its three strings :-D

[@energiam880]

would love to hear an extensive interview of a flanker platform. so much misinformation around it, particularly from DCS simmers due to its grossly inaccurate flight model

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Sure thing. Know any?

[@supremeleader5516]

@@FighterPilotPodcast yes

[@showtime112]

Yeah, it is interesting to hear more about Russian airplanes as well!

[@osmoregulatoryorgan]

Indian pilots are so damn happy 😆

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

This one especially!

[@iamscoutstfu]

You have access to all these badass pilots. I wish we could get them rigged into DCS so we could see them fly. Cest la vie

[@arpangargsarmah5787]

Loved every bit of it. Can you please try someone who tried their hands on the SU 30MKI ? Thanks.

[@josephcardona8046]

It seems the Mig-21 could be considered -maybe- Ivan's greatest suscess in the fighter jet arena. I think I watched a video where our experts concluded it was a remarkable engenieering achivement... But then again, our Fighter's still reing supreme!

[@sudarshanhs]

Suren stated it was a 500kg bomb, that is a 1100 pound bomb and not 500 lbs one.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

True.

[@sudarshanhs]

@@FighterPilotPodcast Namaste Shri. JellO 🙏🏽

[@joelcordeiro7880]

I salute you sir ❤

[@HarryVoyager]

So basically, the MiG-21 is a compact muscle car. They wrapped the smallest amount of plane around the biggest amount of engine they could put in it, and strapped a pilot to it?