Absolutely he was. The big thing I like about all his work is that it's the exact opposite of an F22. Those things are hangar queens. Expensive beyond belief. Really good. I guess. How do you really tell? The Mig 21 on the other hand is easy. I watched a retired Romanian pilot showing what they did. A whole squadron parked out on the ramp in about -30 and snow. Tarps over the cockpits and that was only to save the time of having to scrape the windshield if they were in a hurry. They all come running out and in 60 seconds there's a dozen engines winding up. Shovel out the guys that are stuck and they're gone. All their stuff works like that. Like the old comparison between a Kalashnikov and an M16. Both fine rifles but I prefer the simpler kind that will still shoot even if you drag it through the mud.
And now they even over dramatizing the documentaries. The jet will fly to upper reach of atmosphere - will it return or not? Dafuq I hate that kind of narrative.
Mig 29 looks to me quite a beauty. A marvel of years of dedication to aerodynamics and engineering. Usage of carbon fibre is very well of the modern century as well. Very good documentary with very accurate details despite its old visuals.
I think the Mig 29 Fulcrum was the best looking of all migs and the SU35 is the best looking and capable fighter by Sukoi the felon definitely looks the best today but I'm not sold on it beating the SU35
When I saw the mig scraping down the runway On it's belly and not catching fire, I was impressed with the durability of the aircraft and great thinking and engineering by the Mikoyan design team 👍😎
The thing that always shocks me about the Fulcrum is how tiny it is for a 2 x 2 (2 engines 2 verts) fighter. Its the same size as an F-16 and 10 feet shorter than an F-15
Everything on the MiG-29 was designed for close-quarters dogfight. This is why the F-35 receives so much criticism, in a dogfight it won't stand a chance against the MiG-29 that turns on a dime like a WW1 biplane.
You are repeating an old wives tail from early in it’s development told by a f-16 pilot that exaggerated. It routinely goes 20-0 and even has gone 72-0 against the best opponents at recent red flag competitions. I like the Mig29 and even enjoyed flying it in dcs but it wouldn’t make it off the runway vs an F-35. An Israeli f35 went all the way across Syria to bomb a target and the Russian s300, s400 systems couldn’t see it and never even scrambled jets. Can’t kill what you can’t see. If it ever did randomly get close enough to dogfight vs an f35 it would lose badly. F-35 radar jamming and EW would make everything but the MIG29’s 30mm gun mostly useless. It’s even hard to hit F-35’s with infrared (which is basically the MIG29’s stealth mode because it’s radar is off) because it has hardly any heat signature and has countermeasure flairs and chaff automatically activated by MAWS warning system. A good pilot in a MIG29’s could probably compete with an older F-16 or F-15 but it would lose horribly to F-22 and F-35’s almost every time.
@@alexburke1899 And it should. It would be a shame for 5 Gen fighter jet to lose against mid 70s fighter jet. But F35 vs Su 57 would be great to see. But still for long range I bealive that F22 can't be defeated. Most certainly can be shot down by S400 or S500, but in air at long ranges no one standa a chance. Maybe Su57 because it's stealth too and i guess F22 couldn't lock him at long ranges, but still the best plane in the world. Mig29 biggest disadvantage is bad radar compared to western fighter jets. Newer versions have better radars, but still not close to F35 or F22. Great thing about twin engine planes like Mig29 is that if one engine gets destroyed or fails for any reason it can fly and do the job with other engine, while F35 suck a bird in and falls. And F35 disadvantage is VTOL that is not really good because many of them have failed and fell down while take off. For that small jet they shouldn't put VTOL on it. One more engine for maintenance and one more thing that can fail and make pain i the ass for crew to fix and more failures are possible with more moving parts. That's why Mig 29 or any soviet plane is better. Less electronics and less moving parts and better for field take offs and landing and easier maintenance. They have more durable and resistant planes than western ones.
This is a exceptional aircraft indeed, the air forces of the world definitely had to take notice and try to build something that could tangle with it in a dogfight, the su27 went even further in maneuverability
One of the best fighters ever build. In Serbia, 2 underserved mig 29ks shot down a f16, and forced a c column to run high tail.the USA claimed they lost the jet from "complications" yeah, like a yugoslavian made rk90 down your blow pipe.
11:34 this is like switching from breathing with your mouth to your nose, when you are at rest or walking you breath with your nose when you are running you breathe with your mouth
Well trained pilot with well maintained MIG-29 could shoot down anything on his sight. There is no similar fighter regarding to maneuverability, frame strength, ease of maintenance and prize. The king of dog fighting.
The MiG 29... The ONLY fighter jet American's with F-15 Eagles were told to AVOID engagements with if possible because the MiG 29 could absolutely give an F-15 a run for it's money and very easily take one down with a highly skilled pilot ;)
@@Mercy384 Yeah those are pretty bad ass too lol the SU-57 is more or less an F-22 Raptor but on steroids lol The land with the best military supposedly in the world just dominated AGAIN lol I'm certain America's newest generation of fighter is being used and tested today but unlike America Russia likes to show off their nice new killing machines just like they did during the cold war... They made videos of their new advanced fighters and PURPOSELY made sure America got ahold of a few copies lol... Yup Russia doesn't look like such a bad place to move to anymore lol plus with their terrain and harsh winters Russia is a TOUGH county to even try to invade... Hence why Hitler got his ass kicked against the red army... They were used to those harsh conditions... The Nazi's were nowhere near ready to fight Russia if at all...
@@Mercy384 the su27 is less maneuverable than the f15, but is just as advanced. The mig 29 is more maneuverable due to its smaller size but lacks the space for as extensive a computer system as the Su27 or f15. The f22 would kick the su57’s ass. It’s far stealthier, which is all that matters since the sukhoi won’t be able to lock onto the f22 before the f22 destroys the su57s
I don't think it's American crew. Thisbwas Russian movie about Mig29. You have this in original, Russian, language only videos. This one is only taken and translated version.
Probably the epitome of a true dog-fighting airframe, but sadly inferior to modern aircraft that will kill a Mig 29 before the pilot realises he's being targeted. Dog-fighting is now a thing of the past, so the Mig 29 has lost its edge - an edge that was superior to anything else in the 80's. Beautiful aerodynamics ...
@@budasardi4701 you do realize Ukraine has Russian planes and you do realize Ukrainians are Russians but they revoked their Russian heritage in place of Ukrainian heritage ? Did you think your little comment was making a point because you don’t prove shit
Mig21 equal with f4? No way Clearly that mig21 is more superior in turn radius and weapon system Hard to identify visually from far away because its so small compared gigantic f4 with smokey engines Even f4 is inferior compared with f8 crusaders
it boils down to training and tactics. Soviet Russian hardwares are always for defensive use. Thats why we in the west wants to antagonize it and keep the bear in its cage.
Mikoyan was a great engineer. Definitely in my top 5 aeronautical geniuses.
Was mikoyan a femboy
Absolutely he was. The big thing I like about all his work is that it's the exact opposite of an F22. Those things are hangar queens. Expensive beyond belief. Really good. I guess. How do you really tell?
The Mig 21 on the other hand is easy. I watched a retired Romanian pilot showing what they did. A whole squadron parked out on the ramp in about -30 and snow. Tarps over the cockpits and that was only to save the time of having to scrape the windshield if they were in a hurry. They all come running out and in 60 seconds there's a dozen engines winding up. Shovel out the guys that are stuck and they're gone. All their stuff works like that.
Like the old comparison between a Kalashnikov and an M16. Both fine rifles but I prefer the simpler kind that will still shoot even if you drag it through the mud.
@@nahyeahwhatsahandle based
@@spiderbass4hire474 i think oyou forgot the ingenituy of it beofre US got hold of one aia a defector
Why can't they produce such quality documentaries nowadays? It's all so dumbed downed and biased - it's unbelievable, like a backward evolution.
NWO Agenda. Any other explanations?
And now they even over dramatizing the documentaries. The jet will fly to upper reach of atmosphere - will it return or not? Dafuq I hate that kind of narrative.
Even BBC news seems to be aimed at dullards.
So true
So true, you could say that about most "content" even music which doesn't compare to even 10 years ago.
I loved the cobra move the plane made in mid air. Looks stunningly beautiful to watch and marvel at.
One of the best fighters ever produced in my opinion, only being overtaken performance wise relatively recently.
wut. The first generation F-14/15/16/18 already all outperformed this aircraft in comparable roles at the time, and have left it in the dust since.
@@uni4rmthat's a lie
Mig 29 looks to me quite a beauty. A marvel of years of dedication to aerodynamics and engineering. Usage of carbon fibre is very well of the modern century as well. Very good documentary with very accurate details despite its old visuals.
Blows my mind that it was controlled with conventional controls. Pullys and steel cables..crazy
My son has a bunch of die cast fighter planes and the Mig-29 is his favorite:)
Ghost of Keiv 📈
One of the best fly on MIG-29
I think the Mig 29 Fulcrum was the best looking of all migs and the SU35 is the best looking and capable fighter by Sukoi the felon definitely looks the best today but I'm not sold on it beating the SU35
When I saw the mig scraping down the runway On it's belly and not catching fire, I was impressed with the durability of the aircraft and great thinking and engineering by the Mikoyan design team 👍😎
One of the most beautiful planes ever...
The thing that always shocks me about the Fulcrum is how tiny it is for a 2 x 2 (2 engines 2 verts) fighter. Its the same size as an F-16 and 10 feet shorter than an F-15
Mig29 is built to be small and swift to combat the f16 and outmaneuver the f15
SU 27 was heavier fighter to carry more fuel and ordnance.
Paid for it in fule tho
MIG 29 has never been used in Finnish Airforce as they claim. MIG-21 bis was, but not updated to 29's
Here to learn what this legend in the making is flying.
there is no legend lmao
Good video classic wings from discovery. Which was based in silver springs md. I grew up on these types of shows/videos.
yup, they became wings of Honey Boo Boo
I had a teacher who's wife worked there. This is great stuff. I miss it.
A 45 minute engine swap is in impressive. I've changed sparkplugs on cars that take longer than that
Beautiful airplane :) Made a copy of it in Kerbal Space Program and it did to my surprise have many of the flight characteristics of the real one lol.
Everything on the MiG-29 was designed for close-quarters dogfight. This is why the F-35 receives so much criticism, in a dogfight it won't stand a chance against the MiG-29 that turns on a dime like a WW1 biplane.
You are repeating an old wives tail from early in it’s development told by a f-16 pilot that exaggerated. It routinely goes 20-0 and even has gone 72-0 against the best opponents at recent red flag competitions. I like the Mig29 and even enjoyed flying it in dcs but it wouldn’t make it off the runway vs an F-35.
An Israeli f35 went all the way across Syria to bomb a target and the Russian s300, s400 systems couldn’t see it and never even scrambled jets. Can’t kill what you can’t see.
If it ever did randomly get close enough to dogfight vs an f35 it would lose badly. F-35 radar jamming and EW would make everything but the MIG29’s 30mm gun mostly useless. It’s even hard to hit F-35’s with infrared (which is basically the MIG29’s stealth mode because it’s radar is off) because it has hardly any heat signature and has countermeasure flairs and chaff automatically activated by MAWS warning system. A good pilot in a MIG29’s could probably compete with an older F-16 or F-15 but it would lose horribly to F-22 and F-35’s almost every time.
@@alexburke1899 And it should. It would be a shame for 5 Gen fighter jet to lose against mid 70s fighter jet. But F35 vs Su 57 would be great to see. But still for long range I bealive that F22 can't be defeated. Most certainly can be shot down by S400 or S500, but in air at long ranges no one standa a chance. Maybe Su57 because it's stealth too and i guess F22 couldn't lock him at long ranges, but still the best plane in the world. Mig29 biggest disadvantage is bad radar compared to western fighter jets. Newer versions have better radars, but still not close to F35 or F22. Great thing about twin engine planes like Mig29 is that if one engine gets destroyed or fails for any reason it can fly and do the job with other engine, while F35 suck a bird in and falls. And F35 disadvantage is VTOL that is not really good because many of them have failed and fell down while take off. For that small jet they shouldn't put VTOL on it. One more engine for maintenance and one more thing that can fail and make pain i the ass for crew to fix and more failures are possible with more moving parts. That's why Mig 29 or any soviet plane is better. Less electronics and less moving parts and better for field take offs and landing and easier maintenance. They have more durable and resistant planes than western ones.
Beyond visual range the Mig 29 will eat a missile..
I know the Mig is bad ass and let's hope they don't have to meet in battle.
This is a exceptional aircraft indeed, the air forces of the world definitely had to take notice and try to build something that could tangle with it in a dogfight, the su27 went even further in maneuverability
One of the best fighters ever build. In Serbia, 2 underserved mig 29ks shot down a f16, and forced a c column to run high tail.the USA claimed they lost the jet from "complications" yeah, like a yugoslavian made rk90 down your blow pipe.
Haha one of the best? Haha try to ask dead Iraqi mig29 pilot.. during operation dessert storm all of iraq mig29 destroyed like a trash poor plane
@@jcadventure5632 the problem wasn't the plane, the problem was the pilots...
@@jcadventure5632 the problem truly was the pilots inexperience but any plane can be deadly in the right hands that said
@@tmo_117 Don’t forget Coalition advantage in AWACS and jamming.
@@jcadventure5632 *"ghost of kiev requests your location"*
I love old documentary films they are never biased and always try to teach facts now a days documentaries are fictional as marvels movies.
By far my favorite foreign Jet fighter. Them Ruskies did a great job with this fighter.
Mig-29 and Su-27 are best Soviet made fighters ever built. My point of view.
And Mig-15...it was the first jet fighter replacing the turbo prop planes.
best jet in the world......
Even better looking than the F15.
I've always liked the Mig..I would never wanna see it on my 6!!!
I would like to pilot one
Me neither and im American
11:34 this is like switching from breathing with your mouth to your nose,
when you are at rest or walking you breath with your nose
when you are running you breathe with your mouth
Well trained pilot with well maintained MIG-29 could shoot down anything on his sight. There is no similar fighter regarding to maneuverability, frame strength, ease of maintenance and prize. The king of dog fighting.
This. On a lucky day I think a MiG could defeat a foolish enemy simply by making them tear their fighter apart with enough high g maneuvers
Uhh, did we forget about the F-16?
mig29 is an amazing aircraft
Cool!..I have a Mig 29 flight simulator 👍
Ahh yes the preferred aircraft of the Ghost of Kyiv.
We should send him an F-22 Raptor as a gift just for fun
He would absolutely dominate the skies with one of those
Yeah,before they turned him into a literal ghost
Blue-anon is real
@@mrpotat680 No don't do that, That's an Overkill,give the other side a chance
Id rather see Russian and American jets flying together in formation for air shows
Ukraine has mig-29 and su-27 in service so your dream could be true
I WOULD LOVE TO FLY SOME DAY MIG 21-MIG 29 AND DASSAULT
music and discovery channel logo make this legit af.
The ghost led me here 💛💙💛💙
The MiG 29... The ONLY fighter jet American's with F-15 Eagles were told to AVOID engagements with if possible because the MiG 29 could absolutely give an F-15 a run for it's money and very easily take one down with a highly skilled pilot ;)
for real? Now imagine what the su 27 can do to the f15 eagle not to mention su 57 damn! The US should surrender now 🤣
@@Mercy384 Yeah those are pretty bad ass too lol the SU-57 is more or less an F-22 Raptor but on steroids lol The land with the best military supposedly in the world just dominated AGAIN lol I'm certain America's newest generation of fighter is being used and tested today but unlike America Russia likes to show off their nice new killing machines just like they did during the cold war... They made videos of their new advanced fighters and PURPOSELY made sure America got ahold of a few copies lol... Yup Russia doesn't look like such a bad place to move to anymore lol plus with their terrain and harsh winters Russia is a TOUGH county to even try to invade... Hence why Hitler got his ass kicked against the red army... They were used to those harsh conditions... The Nazi's were nowhere near ready to fight Russia if at all...
@@nickf527 the su57 is a piece of shit
@@Mercy384 the su27 is less maneuverable than the f15, but is just as advanced. The mig 29 is more maneuverable due to its smaller size but lacks the space for as extensive a computer system as the Su27 or f15. The f22 would kick the su57’s ass. It’s far stealthier, which is all that matters since the sukhoi won’t be able to lock onto the f22 before the f22 destroys the su57s
@@ryanthompson2893the flanker is much more maneuverable than the eagle in terms of high AoA maneuvers, idk about the rate though
Does anyone know what year is this documentary from?
I guess somewhere between 1995 and 1999.
Could have been 1988 part of the wings series.
@@anonymouscoward7559 No, post 1991 because they have the Modern Russian flag on the plane
1994 you can see it on the last frames of vid.
When Discovery channel was useful to watch...
22:00 construction of the mig 28:35 was the P- cobra maneuver? 34:33 runway footage
Iconic fighter
Great
Amazing documentary... Good times. Nowadays only trash.
Does anybody know the name of the song behind the scenes?
Gen of a documentary. Quite surprising that American filming crew got the access to manufacturing facilities.
I don't think it's American crew. Thisbwas Russian movie about Mig29. You have this in original, Russian, language only videos. This one is only taken and translated version.
The Ghost
says MiG-25, shows MiG-31, yep, checks out,
(the MiG-25 and MiG-31 though looking similar are wildly different in design and mission)
I saw the cruiser Moskva do the Cobra Maneuver right before it sank lol
Можно по этому видео собирать данный самолёт, все выложили😂
incredible doc
best fighter
They need much longer range radar and Air to Air missiles
the f15 made short work of the mig 29 in Iraq
How many F-15 were up against MiG-29 in Iraq?. Even F-22 can be shot down if it is against multiple F-15 at the same time
GHOST OF KYIV
yk who’s using this beast soon🤫😈
2:42 Something seems off...
One of my favirote jets to date besides the SU-57
Here because MiG-29 just got added in War Thunder :D
Lol WT player
Mig 29 is my desktop image.
F14 says hi
Serving In the Indian Air Force(1980) and Indian Navy (2013)
Wakakka, kurang terkenal astaga, mig padahal keren
Apa rahsia setiap negara kalau sudah ada descovey..
Tiada sudah senjata rahsia
Good loking jet fighter but is there any battle he won????
Let’s go ghost of ukraine i believe in you !
Ahahahhaha
Fuck Ukraine
Probably the epitome of a true dog-fighting airframe, but sadly inferior to modern aircraft that will kill a Mig 29 before the pilot realises he's being targeted. Dog-fighting is now a thing of the past, so the Mig 29 has lost its edge - an edge that was superior to anything else in the 80's. Beautiful aerodynamics ...
MiG-29, American engineering at its finest!
From Russia
@@libindevasia6082 bullshit communist propaganda! MiGs are from America.
@@iKaBanana No they aren’t lmfao you either trolling or just dumb. Mikoyon is a Russian Company period.
£10,000 to fly one ;)
take a check?
💳💥💳💥💳💥💳💥
...used the car motor to fly the plane; efficiency
INDONEIA semangat mig ok 23 25 29 31 35 41 🤙👌👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
What’s the name of the music
Thats what iuve been trying to find
I love Russia
Ghost of kyiv!
helen ayağa kalkmam lazım
A badass dogfighter. I would rather place Philippine airpace in mig29 than the fa50 bought by former President Benigno Aquino Jr.
the F1 races BMW and Rolls Royce engines
the world is a big CHESS BOARD
Not even a minute in & the anti communism is rampant.
Well yeah, they've got working brain cells.
Don't blame them. Their brains are manipulated to work like that. Like the Pavlov's dog, they react to anything Russian with their communist bs.
Its jmpossible to think Discovery would broadcast a docu like this nowadays. Its a bunch of crap today
the su-27 is better for sure
@JezBollah 667 not true. They are based on the lifting body design but other than that they arw different
What method made that "for sure" result?
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yeah do not under estimate russians...
😍
Ukrainian in a 50 year old plane became the first, hopefully maybe last ace of an era
Been debunked as propaganda now! Shame but let’s hope NATO delivers these to Ukraine hey? 🇺🇦❤️🇺🇦
🤡
Oof....that wasn't even real
@@fishjohn014hahahah
MiG 29 😎
There is a reason why Zelinsky wanted these for Ukraine airspace from the Polish Air Force.
Long Live The Ghost of Kyiv 🇺🇦
Lol
Hard to live long when one doesn't actually exist
With a russian plane.
@@budasardi4701 you do realize Ukraine has Russian planes and you do realize Ukrainians are Russians but they revoked their Russian heritage in place of Ukrainian heritage ? Did you think your little comment was making a point because you don’t prove shit
Mig21 equal with f4?
No way
Clearly that mig21 is more superior in turn radius and weapon system
Hard to identify visually from far away because its so small compared gigantic f4 with smokey engines
Even f4 is inferior compared with f8 crusaders
it boils down to training and tactics. Soviet Russian hardwares are always for defensive use. Thats why we in the west wants to antagonize it and keep the bear in its cage.
MİGGG😎😎
13:15 that’s how i land in wt 😂
Its the best way to land in wt
Most advanced aircraft, laughs in f-15 and tornado in Serbia and iraq.
Im sorry, i love the mig29 with all my heart but it was not the most advanced aircraft in the world at the time of recording 😅
Ghost of Kyiv thanks you
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Ghost of Kyiv
Is this the last make up line?
per abbattere un mig 29 dovete prima manometterlo con oltre 10 anni di embargo e 20 f 15 o f16 vs 1 mig 29
Eh la madonna
Try 2... F-15's shot down quite a few in the gulf war....
Whatever you're smoking, I'd like some.
The Ghost of Kyiv is putting it through its paces. Long live Ukraine 🇺🇦
😂😂😂😂ukraine IS the real ghost!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fuck Ukraine
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This is not a documentary; it's a propaganda reel.