Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 PFM | Curator on the Loose!

We are back with another episode of Curator on the Loose! Today we're taking a look at the Museum's MiG-21. Find out more about this infamous fighter with Senior Curator, Matthew Burchette!
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Host/Curator: Matthew Burchette
Camera/Editor: Tori Hunt

[@SgtJohnRemairez]

One thing I love about Russian Designed Planes and Helicopters is that wierd Blue-Green color of the interior

[@nbond-hd5db]

It's turquoise. It was used and is still used because it provides good contrast and visibility.

[@SgtJohnRemairez]

@@nbond-hd5db It's an excellent choice, and thank you.

[@augustinteractions3630]

it's a beautiful colour. figuratively, if i saw anything with that colour, I'd assume it was of Soviet/Russian origin

[@thebowenarrow3166]

Many other Russian influenced Asian countries like China have it was well

[@sidharthcs2110]

It's on the SU 57 too

[@burneraccount1394]

I remember hearing someone say “the mig 21 is just a cockpit strapped to a jet engine” kinda looks true here.

[@marekmazurek8459]

Mig 21 is basically one huge flying engine 😳

[@everydaymaverick2166]

@@marekmazurek8459 to me it looks like a kid drew a rocket engine with wings attached.

[@invertedv12powerhouse77]

Lol that's the f104

[@lucastekkan]

@@invertedv12powerhouse77 that would be a cockpit strapped to a missile

[@nucleargandhi101]

You guys are halucinating. The mig21s were killing F-104 starfighters and an upgraded Mig-21 Bison (upgraded with modern radar and BVR missiles) of IAF even shot down a F-16.

[@cenglish0828]

Should mention that this was paid for in cash - $10,000. Buyer just happened to be in former eastern block and picked on up for cheap - weapons systems included. I was head of MoF facilities and security when it was delivered and we had to reassemble it. Great story and great plane - love that it's next to the F-4. Another great restoration effort at MoF.

[@lucastekkan]

lol, wtf ? This thing came armed ? The fuck were they thinking

[@ES-qm5hr]

Okay, everyone has to do a shot whenever Matt says, "Cool."

[@Wh1ddee]

I tried I can’t feel my feet

[@DefiantSix]

Do you WANT alcohol poisoning? Because that's how you get alcohol poisoning... 😉

[@christobalcolon6601]

Air and Space Museum reduced to Sesame Street.

[@dejeffmcbob]

why is it that when ever there is a plane for an upcoming war thunder event, Matthew Burchette has something to say about it.

[@randomguy4616]

Yea, this video suddenly pop up in my feed lol Nice vid tho

[@jengofett1236]

It do be like that xD

[@ct_chronical5417]

lol, you grinding for it?

[@hemendraravi4787]

Yea it popped up for me as well

[@hemendraravi4787]

CT_Chronical yep I’m grinding for it so I could sell it and buy the vautour and farm the mirage lol

[@quinby123]

Guy sounds like an overcaffeinated junior high teacher.

[@emmano6340]

And I'm loving it, fun & informative

[@bobroberts2371]

Or a pot head living at CHAZ / CHOP..

[@ernestomiguel]

@study & observation underrated

[@asiftalpur3758]

KZbin recommendations when MiG-21 PFM is announced in war thunder:

[@extremedoopy9972]

Ya, too bad it sucks in the game tho.

[@kingsleyc08]

@@extremedoopy9972 with some mods researched its good

[@shakul12]

All Czechoslovak PFM were built in USSR. Only F- 13 were made in CSSR

[@miroslavdockal9468]

A co s tim dneska, když bude někdo chtít příběh, tak si ho vytvoří. Vítej ve světě CNN.

[@JohnDoe-ho7pd]

The Mig 21 had its own look . And when ever the apocalypse comes, the Mig 21, the AK47, the roach, Twinkies and the xmas fruit cake will last.

[@crispay8304]

Underrated comment

[@eddielung31]

Yup, it will be the planes for the first post apocalyptic airforce, if any

[@hwbxjr]

mig21 had excellent maneuverability. it is strange that the author said that this is not so

[@rozzaj2856]

@@hwbxjr cause its not like he said they lost speed fast and when there slow there dead basically

[@justforever96]

"it's own look". Other than the almost identical Su-9/11, that you have to look closely to tell apart from the MiG-21...

[@innercityprepper]

I've always loved the aesthetic of the mig21. It seems so perfectly balanced and aggressive looking. It just LOOKS capable.

[@su57felon94]

Quick note worth mentioning- this thing had a radar inside the shock cone. It was small and less range then f-4 of course but it did its job and remember Phantom was 3rd gen while MiG-21 was 2nd gen fighter. So anyway it was rp-21 with a 13km range and 7km lock on. Vietnamese would dive from high altitude fire r-3 aka k-13 in salvos and full thrust to the nearest clouds to disappear back to their base. Same tactic employed by Chenault with his Flying Tiger squadron.

[@herbertpocket8855]

Thanks for telling the story of this amazing artifact! I always wondered how on earth the museum got such a beautifully preserved model.

[@diehardcat]

The MiG-21 is absolutely a gem! Thanks for posting!

[@dylanb692]

I was stationed in Romania for 9 months on operation Atlantic resolve and got to see the mig-21 bison and they are honestly super amazing, watching them fly and the noise they produce was awe inspiring considering how old the airframe is

[@ankursingh1996]

is it was of IAF ?

[@mauer594]

​@@ankursingh1996 "I was stationed in Romania for 9 months"

[@mihaivalentin6927]

@@ankursingh1996 at the beginning of the video you can see the mig 21 LanceR of Romanian AF

[@hwbxjr]

mig21 had excellent maneuverability. it is strange that the author said that this is not so

[@DrFaustus797]

@@ankursingh1996 Thut ! They're talking about Romania. Don't jump in simply as if your relatives has appeared Outta nowhere.

[@Charles-fn9qy]

Can’t wait for the next one, keep them coming!!

[@le_biblioteker9191]

The enthusiasm of this guy is contagious

[@za_monolit2388]

Мой фантом теряет высоту, сбил меня летчик Ли Си Цын))

[@amitsunaria4074]

i just finished this video "how cool is that"

[@NeutronRob]

Glad I found this channel. The very first model airplane I assembled as a 10 year-old was the MiG-21. I liked the piece of info on the canopy opening. Very cool! Thanks

[@romanpletnev8144]

Thank you Matthew! It’s a real good video about MiG-21! 👍

[@vondumozze738]

I just got out of rehab with a fellow who had a MiG 21 tattooed on his left forearm. I asked him why he had that particular model and not a more current one and he replied that it was the best looking. I figured that a 25 year old would have been more up-to-date, but hey.

[@Tigershark_3082]

It may have been his favorite plane.

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

I agree with the guy in rehab, the Mig 21 was one sexy fighter jet.

[@iain8837]

Came here for details on the aircraft to help learn it on DCS! Realised it’s not the video I’m looking for...but this guy’s enthusiasm made me stay, and I really enjoyed it! That’s pretty cool !!

[@JustAPairofLegs]

I like this I mean if u want like super historical stuff about plane go to Bismarck’s channel!!

[@paulkirby2761]

So this is what Owen Wilson's doing these days. Thanks for the tour Owen, we love them shiny warbirds too! :P

[@y0ur_name_here]

Seems as though a lot of the Czech MIG-21's made it to the US.

[@victoriousv5565]

Czechoslovak

[@invertedv12powerhouse77]

USA has German SU27s too

[@AvengerII]

@@invertedv12powerhouse77 No, they don't. Germany never operated Su-27s. They operated MiG-29s but all their Fulcrums stayed in Europe AFTER they stopped flying the type. They kept 1 Fulcrum for a German air museum and sold the rest of ex-Luftwaffe MiG-29s to Poland. The Su-27s that are in the US came from ex-Soviet states, not Germany. They're privately owned and operated by contractors.

[@invertedv12powerhouse77]

@@AvengerII probably got it mixed up but yeah, I just know the Americans have their hands on them

[@sachsgs2509]

@@AvengerII 👌👌👌

[@woodinville5252]

How cool was this! Thanks for another great video,

[@bfgm3268]

Perfect excursion! Thank you.

[@martinmontano708]

On the first time on lock down I went to your web site and saw all your aircraft on site and I must say you have quite a collection. I totally love it! 😁😁😁😁😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@vitaly2432]

I love the man's enthusiasm:) Great video!

[@MegaPunisher777]

Sorry, one remark: Czechoslovakia, not the Czech Republic back then....

[@joelhodge7914]

I admire your work. I would live to see a video on the A6 Intruder. My father flew them in Vietnam and after the war as a test pilot for the A6 E. It seems the Tadpole gets scant coverage for such a revolutionary and powerful weapon, and the remarkably talented aviators that fought with them. Thank you!

[@TheGranicd]

Curators child like enthusiastic talk is nice.

[@sunka6124]

Good old Czech Mig 21... I remember when I was little looking out of my window and looking right at the airport (LKCV) where they were flying. I live actually very close to it and from my window I can see the whole airport like if I was in a tower. A very weird tower, that is further from airport and is about 3 times taller, but it works. :D

[@Glen.Danielsen]

Just a delightful video! 💛🙏🏼

[@conan670431]

Awesome ! Thank you !

[@maxt451]

yasss love this place. been here 20 times. live 5 minutes away!

[@nimalanmathew]

Wow two of my favourites MIG 21 & the F4 Phantom 😍💯😎😎

[@Ken_oh545]

Both ugly-tough yet beautiful!

[@davidluna8372]

Great video ! Thanks , love the MiG 21 .

[@spribom2676]

I know that this is like made for kids and stuff, but sometimes that's exactly what you need.

[@emmano6340]

Yup, i loved the way he made the video. So cool to see a video in a format like this when the subject is one of our favorite aircraft.

[@royalanania3306]

Great video,and great airplane,and the explanation are clear and to the point. Thanks for the tour. Greeting from Venezuela.

[@brentritchie6199]

This is a great series so interesting thank you

[@davegibson8463]

Awesome channel - great job! I appreciate the work.

[@davidluna8372]

Very cool indeed , thanks !

[@MrDgwphotos]

Like the SR-71 Blackbird, the shock cone moves in and out to adjust the speed of the air as it enters the intake at different flight speeds. Fishbed is the NATO code name, not a nickname.

[@christopherknee5756]

So, was the SR-71 nose cone idea copied from the Russians?

[@kamraam1464]

@@christopherknee5756 I don't believe it was a new idea, lots of other aircraft featured it including the EE Lightning and F-104 (the starfighter had half-cones on each side of the fuselage)

[@yoothanamumme7091]

Love you KZbin episodes!

[@rslover65]

I just visited the Museum of Flight for the first time. If I'm ever in Seattle again I'll be going again.

[@seumasnatuaighe]

The cleanest, shiniest MiG21 I've ever seen. No dings or patches. Very small cockpit if you're American.

[@tobee_gamer5816]

Did you know that the nose pushes back go get more air into the engine? That’s sick!

[@christopherneufelt8971]

Mr Burchette, you are an excellent presenter! Thanks!

[@Dondolini94]

this energetic attitude when trying to teach something should be mandatory for every person on the planet trying to teach something. Else most people attention fade away after 30 minutes maximum.

[@martinjuniorbalbihurtado9599]

Now that the MiG-21PFM has come to Warthunder as an event vehicle is good to find this video

[@norrisbethke7770]

It has a certain odd beauty to it, saw one several times at EAA Oshkosh, really liked it 😎

[@MrDgwphotos]

The USAF had several MiG-21's as part of the secret squadron of MiG's known officially as the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron, unofficially, the Red Eagles.

[@only-legitness]

Wow what was the idea behind it?

[@Tigershark_3082]

@@only-legitness to understand and evaluate foreign aircraft. The test pilot school in the US actually tested aircraft from all over, such as the Mig-21, Mig-29, Mig-23, J35 Draken, etc

[@sichere]

"Have Donut"

[@BARelement]

I think the more correct thing to say is that delta wings are very good at low spee high angles of attack, but as a trade off for good straight line aerodynamics, and great high AoA is the fact that you lose so much speed in sustained turns. The delta wing by far isn’t bad at dogfighting. It’s all in the energy management and knowing the limits.

[@fnaen]

Thank you very much, a very interesting video. A couple of things, however: the MiG-21 was actually very maneuverable and had an excellent power-to-weight ratio, so the US planes tried to avoid close combat with it in Vietnam. Otherwise, cool video, thank you very much again!

[@zhiqiandu3110]

Another pencil hanging on the roof deserves some attention, the f-104

[@alecfoster4413]

You mean the lawn dart? (Another nickname for the F-104 on account of it's accident rate.)

[@maximilianlagerfeld2403]

Best presenter ever. I subscribed.

[@CarlGGHamilton]

I love this curator.

[@bobbied7829]

This is most probably Czecho-Slovak MiG 21. Both nations had lived together in Chezchoslovakia nearly 70 years... And only during WW2 they had separate airforce and different roundels. Czechoslovakia dissolved 1993 into Czech republic and Slovak republic. And yes, this is "need-to-know basis".

[@thewingedporpoise]

Didn't expect to see a Museum of Flight version of whatever Bovington is doing, but I'm so glad to see it

[@donalddoty5768]

I saw a documentary about a Mig 21 pilot who defected to Israel. The guy who was telling the story was saying it was an amazingly reliable aircraft. All you did was gas it a go, gas it and go. No maintenance required. I saw one at an air show a couple of years ago and was amazed at how small it was.

[@EsTalYNihilista]

Bang! Bumm! Wow! How cool is that! That´s pretty good!

[@therocinante3443]

I love this dude.

[@mackjsm7105]

1:03 Actually the Polish called it "The Flying Pipe".. I know this because a family member flew these in Poland in the 70 and 80s.

[@MrAlex_Raven]

May need to change what I was about to say, I was going to say he was the David Fletcher of planes, but it seems that Mr. Fletcher is the Matthew Burchette of tanks.

[@maciek_k.cichon]

Cool that you have not a boring red star but nice brotherly Czech roundel, love the series

[@c0nstantin86]

"Bam! This guy!" / "that is crazy!" Shaggy? Where is Schooby Doo?

[@19Koty96]

Hey man, just a tiny detail. Since it's a PFM, it only had one pylon per wing. :) Also, not R-11-F25-300, it's R-11-F2S-300, the S stands for SPS, which is system for blown flaps (improves lift at landing from PFM on)

[@kevinkong6202]

That's pretty cool!

[@SPEARHEADGLOBAL]

everything is so cool for this guy

[@Beans577]

This guy is a great curator. Really easy listening

[@hannes_lutzenberger]

Love your footage! Please do a video about the Gee Bee Z, built by Bill Turner and used in Disney’s The Rocketeer 🙏

[@alexandrpetrov1110]

Very good!

[@miraclenaeche8312]

We've got Mig21Bison , we're finding it really hard in removing the KM-1 ejection seat. Please can you help out?

[@akken2112]

The Mig-21 is the AK-47 of jet fighters. It's rugged, reliable, not expensive and in use over 6 decades after its introduction, just like the AK.

[@bikeislife8405]

Such a great video! I enjoyed your presentation.

[@midlifewithkopai3598]

Where have you been? wings over the Rockies and now?? museum of flight thank god your back!!!!

[@TheNicestPig]

The Vietnam People's Air Force is converting these into target UAVs, a fate similar to the F-4 Phantoms it faced in the Vietnam War.

[@grzegorz2688]

Greetings from Poland...I love that plane and thank you very much for that movie...it is a pity you did not show the plane cockpit...

[@vinloy23]

Nicely presented. The MIG-21 here is restored better than the original that rolled off the assembly line.

[@Brextynne]

This guys job is goals

[@time_o_graf]

Love the Romania Mig-21 LanceR intro!

[@KoKissaki]

When the museum think you are an idiot...and talk to you like that.

[@danpatterson8009]

I had to go to the Facebook page to find out where your museum is.

[@cptnrice6313]

aahh recommending me this as operation winter comes on

[@Hero007ization]

The Mig 21 is simply iconic.

[@rartu]

Saw a couple of them parked at the Holguin airport in Cuba last year!

[@MrCocg1]

Nice presentation..!!

[@RasPutintheGreat]

Legend....

[@skyborne80]

The MiG 21, to me, is the Russian version of "The Missile With a Man In It" (F-104), but it actually works.

[@sarbaazchabahar]

Cool looking MIG👍

[@dareisnogod5711]

I can appreciate the mean looks , same goes for the F-4, BUT I love dogfighters eg. F6F, F4U, F86, F8, etc., etc.

[@phantomf4747]

Wa have one of those too at the Aviation Museum Of California. Same markings too.

[@museumofflight]

So cool!

[@user-co4rs7ob1t]

Про МиГ -21 пишут что этих самолетов выпущено 30.000 штук! Это рекорд среди реактивных истребителей!!!

[@vulpesdraco1669]

Разочарую, но рекорд это F-16 Хорнет...

[@baongocvo4850]

The Vietnamese called its are "Silver Swallow bird". Currently, Vietnam Air Force is the only army in the world using Mig 21 to shoot down B-52 Stratofortress.

[@abc64pan]

A museum curator who looks like Jesus. HOW COOL IS THAT?!

[@bradlavassaur8265]

Super cool video! I would like to meet you sometime. You're very knowledgeable, and I really appreciate that. Thank you for sharing, and have a great day. 😊

[@kgb1632]

This mig was one of the most produced planes on earth

[@ernestomiguel]

Fist time I watch this guy... he is so cool... I would invite him a beer...

[@obamaninja_]

I've been to that museum. It's in Seattle right?

[@TooTallDean]

Correct

[@A-speed]

In fact, the Mig-21 had no big problems in combat with the F4, and confidently surpassed it in maneuver. the only problem was that Vietnam had very few MiG-21s, and there were a lot of American planes. And then it is interesting to see how the study of the enemy's technique affected both sides of the conflict. The Americans studied the Mig-21 and came to the conclusion that it is a very light maneuverable and very inexpensive single-engine fighter. it is great in the air and at the same time is very inexpensive. hey, this is a good idea, decided in the USA, We need the same! And soon the F-16 appeared. And in the Soviet Union, at about the same time when the Americans were considering the Mig-21, the American F5 fighter appeared. and Soviet experts were very surprised that this aircraft surpasses the Mig-21 in maneuverable combat, and is very close even to the new Mig-23. according to calculations, this could not be, it is easier for me to have a more powerful engine and a better wing, should win maneuverable combat, but time after time the F5 turned out to be stronger! The only thing that the Soviet specialists did not understand was why the Americans used not the F5 as the main fighter, but the heavy and unwieldy F4. but what was well appreciated in the Soviet Union was the role played by the different configurations of the F5 wing - it was thanks to the switching of the wing to the so-called maneuverable configuration that it began to win the battle against the Mig-21. Uh, yes, it's a good idea - said the Soviet experts. just let's not just deflect the slats and flaps in different directions, But make an airplane in which the computer will select the most effective wing configuration for each flight mode in order to achieve maximum effect both on sharp and steep maneuvers and at high speeds. and very soon the first prototypes of the super-maneuverable MiG-29 and Su-27 took off in the USSR.