Inside an American MiG-29

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Step into the cockpit of America’s only private, airworthy MiG-29. This aircraft is owned and flown by Jared “Rook” Isaacman as flagship of the Polaris Program’s Ghost Squadron. It is used primarily as an advanced training resource to provide Polaris Program astronauts with experience they will use on their missions. This MiG-29 can also be seen in the skies over America in air show performances that showcase precision flying and bring awareness to the team’s partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Jared's MiG-29 is the only airworthy, privately owned MiG-29 in the entire United States. It also stands out due to it being the two seat “UB” variant. This model was designed to train Soviet pilots how to fly the MiG-29 with an instructor so that they could eventually transfer to the single seat variant. The aircraft has been demilitarized so any weapon systems present are non-functional.
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Front Cockpit
5:28 - Rear Cockpit
7:23 - Aircraft Exterior
10:17 - Outro

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@cvdheyden 3 ай бұрын

No matter what: The Mig 29 is an incredibly beautiful plane. Thanks for this video.

@mr.president6922 3 ай бұрын

agree the mig 29 have the best looking 4th gen jet fighters

@padawanmage71 13 күн бұрын

They do make 'em pretty.

@luckystrike2859 2 ай бұрын

As Tupolev said "Only beautiful planes can fly good"

@romankis6897 19 күн бұрын

На что Глушко (конструктор двигателей) ответил: с хорошим двигателем и ворота полетят.

@SteelbeastsCavalry 3 ай бұрын

That Fulcrum's paint job is bad ass.

@devilsoffspring5519 3 ай бұрын

Like an airborne supercar with weapons. Dazzlingly stylish, graceful and elegant shape, I always admired the MiG-29. It just looks like such FUN to fly one. Hard to believe it's just another machine designed for killing people! It's a weapon of war and nothing else. Still a cool machine though.

@THEVIDEOWORLD-yb4cu 2 ай бұрын

Bad ass ? That's Gangsta shit ... 😂

@mr044044 Ай бұрын

I flew the Su 27 for 15 years and the Mig 29 is also a wonderful machine.

@readyon3506 Ай бұрын

what are the differences between Sukhoi Fighters and MIG fighters?

@mr044044 Ай бұрын

@@readyon3506Это совершенно разные машины. Созданы для разных задач.Если коротко-они отличаются практически всем

@uberschnilthegreat22 29 күн бұрын

@@readyon3506size would be the number 1 thing. The Flanker is absolutely humungous

@PatrickBhardwaj 11 күн бұрын

@@uberschnilthegreat22 for real !!! i saw the mig 29 when i was young and i thought that the su30 will be the same size and then i saw a small building flying XD .

@uberschnilthegreat22 11 күн бұрын

@@PatrickBhardwaj And to think that the F-14 is actually quite close in size to the Flanker as well, it's crazy to imagine planes as big as the Tomcat, along with the Flanker's naval variant, the Su-33, operating off of aircraft carriers.

@marcusdamberger 3 ай бұрын

I saw this bird last summer at AirVenture Oshkosh 2023, it was an amazing airshow. The thunder from those RD-33 engines reverberates through your chest! Great performance and aerobatics, the G's must have been something to experience in the back seat! They did formation flying with a Mig-17 at the show too! The Mig-17's afterburner is quite unique with it's pulsing flame vs the Mig-29's smooth flame with thrust/mach diamonds extending outward.

@bigbruhther1529 3 ай бұрын

mig 17's dont have afterburners probably was a lim 5

@IHateWarThunder 3 ай бұрын

they do, just cuz war thunder doesnt have it doesnt mean irl it doesnt@@bigbruhther1529

@spinningsquare1325 Ай бұрын

@@bigbruhther1529mig 17 has afterburner and is in fact the first mig equipped with such

@joel_rigby 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the visual tour. Jared for the access to his spectacular aircraft and the Polaris Program

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

Your are very welcome, hats off to the entire team at the Polaris Program! Can't thank them enough.

@Meirele 3 ай бұрын

Oh boy...that was nice! Thank you for sharing this with all of us aviation lovers.

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

No worries! Glad you enjoyed! :)

@zeljkodejanovic8786 3 ай бұрын

The MIG-29 is by far the most beautiful aircraft ever made.

@Atom224 2 ай бұрын

Nah

@Anti_Everything 2 ай бұрын

Su-27

@Scorpio69 2 ай бұрын

Τu 160 the white swan its the most beautiful.

@cemilmustafa Ай бұрын

Mig 29 is nice but not the most beautiful, I think the most beautiful aircrafts are F14 or F22.

@zeljkodejanovic8786 Ай бұрын

@@cemilmustafa f 14 is like an ugly duckling. The f 22 is a nice plane, but nowhere near as beautiful as the mig 29. There is no need to argue about tastes

@davidca96 3 ай бұрын

id be in heaven if I owned that jet, my favorite fighter of all time.

@adomaspivoriunas4294 Ай бұрын

This one is most definitely in a better shape than any original MIG-29 ever lol :D

@jjojo2004 3 ай бұрын

Simply FASCINATING! 👍😎👍

@tysoncott7402 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video, i cannot wrap my head around the maintenance this jet requires or how you folks even source parts for it especially the power plants bits & pieces

@user-po7rj4lr9d Ай бұрын

Советский Союз выпустил много этих "Соколов", плюс патенты есть у стран Варшавского Договора и и союзников, хоть и бывших, всё научились его модернизировать.

@IanMac165 3 ай бұрын

This is amazing, the fact that this thing is still flying decades later and owned privately is wild. How would you even go about getting replacement parts? I’m guessing there’s a good amount of modifying involved.

@Mthammere2010 3 ай бұрын

I'd imagine: pretty hard. Especially since there's a War going on in Ukraine.

@samwang1439 3 ай бұрын

It’s sooo weird to see Russian/Soviet fighters in English labels.

@tapash5868 9 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 lol We have atleast 300 Su-30 and 50 Mig -21 250 Mig-29 with English lebels

@tapash5868 9 күн бұрын

Also more mig and Su I don't know the actual names

@samwang1439 9 күн бұрын

@@tapash5868 Really!?

@tapash5868 9 күн бұрын

@@samwang1439 there are atleast 1300 Russian made fighterjet in our country

@mpetry912 3 ай бұрын

that is one intimidating machine. Wow.

@bhollow711 3 ай бұрын

If you need an A&P mech... give me a call.. Super cool man, living the dream for us all.

@PaddyPatrone 3 ай бұрын

Nice! Also thanks to Jared!

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Very thankful to him for the opportunity!

@ferociousfrankie 3 ай бұрын

Great walk around. Thanks.

@4ndroidG 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-cd8mi1iw3e 3 ай бұрын

Привет из России! Мы любим наши самолеты ✈️

@P.T._aus_B. 3 ай бұрын

Such a beauty!❤

@Midwest.photographer 3 ай бұрын

Really cool to see a view inside the cockpit, always wondered what this jet looked like on the inside

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed, I thought it was interesting to see all the modifications as well as that rear cockpit!

@johnwayne2103 Ай бұрын

I've been in love with the Mig-29 ever since I laid first eyes of pictures of her. I think that was back in 1985. What a dream to own one, but man the money for upkeep is insane.

@michaelkim3432 3 ай бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for sharing! I can't even imagine what the fuel burn is on this thing, esp if you light the burners.

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

I’m sure it’s quite high in burner! Looks good and sounds good doing it though! :)

@sanfranciscobay 3 ай бұрын

Each Engine in Full Afterburner burns about 2 Gallons per Second, similar to the J79 Engine in the F4 Phantom, F104, A5, B58.

@shainakhaqan7506 29 күн бұрын

Very well maintained

@stephaniehalbrook5305 3 ай бұрын

This was a great opportunity! Thanks for sharing!!

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

It was an incredible experience, very thankful. Glad you enjoyed!

@mygame5347 3 ай бұрын

You are in Rusky Bird... Damn AWESOME..... 😎😎😎😎😎

@michaelg.9791 10 күн бұрын

Fighter plane so GOOD , even the US can't resist, has to have it & has plenty of it.

@gtamyths96 Ай бұрын

Imagine having a mig 29 in ur garage

@williamduckworth305 3 ай бұрын

Mommy i want a mig 29 too😢😢😢

@Runway_Models1987 3 ай бұрын

I feel like I'm watching a DCS world video, Awesome!

@chipsrafferty8362 27 күн бұрын

Hope to catch her at Ft.Lauderdale air show in May. Awesome video,just fascinating,thank you for sharing.

@user-tm4rz2jp8z 2 ай бұрын

Красавец! молодец реставратор. Сделано с уважением к технике.

@Ghgh324hjm Ай бұрын

Thanks Jared ❤

@jvtaylor3 3 ай бұрын

Incredible they got a GTN 750 to fit, it is probably a better navigator than the avionics the original had.

@unclejoe862 29 күн бұрын

I got to see this MiG fly a few weeks ago at the Lakeland Linder Airport air show,

@randyreal5871 Ай бұрын

It's even more beautiful up close

@gaylordfooker 3 ай бұрын

Awesome vid! Very cool plane, you did a nice job of capturing all the intricacies!

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, lots to capture so I did my best! :)

@sanfranciscobay 3 ай бұрын

Each Engine in Full Afterburner burns about 2 Gallons per Second, similar to the J79 Engine in the F4 Phantom, F104, A5, B58.

@77bismarck 3 күн бұрын

Да, но при этом скорость подъёма 330 метров в секунду. Это почти скорость звука, только вертикально вверх 😄

@JesseJames-kv7xc 3 ай бұрын

thank so much

@ThePointlessBox_ 3 ай бұрын

got to be the most beautiful bird ever to take flight

@slam-master4187 21 күн бұрын

Now that was super cool thank you

@WECR 3 ай бұрын

El tuning a otro nivel. 😍🙌👍👏👏👏👏

@Kmcarrera23 3 ай бұрын

Isaacman!

@FlightSimHistorian 3 ай бұрын

Saw it flying out of Fort Worth Alliance a few months ago, as I was leaving Cabela's, along with at least one Alpha Jet. Was curious what it was doing there.

@jasonsmith4357 3 ай бұрын

That’s some ‘80s intro music for sure!

@freekjacobs6096 Ай бұрын

Amazing! I wonder how the owner gets the parts and service to keep it air worthy.

@caturlifelive 3 ай бұрын

Amazing plane

@dibruka7240 Ай бұрын

Barf

@devilsoffspring5519 3 ай бұрын

The Cold War was a major drag and a blight on our species, but you gotta admit it produced some mighty cool ass hardware :)

@Republic3D 3 ай бұрын

The Cold War generated so much science.

@devilsoffspring5519 3 ай бұрын

@@Republic3D It also generated poverty, with taxes cranked up to pay for all that military hardware. It's sad, really. Aside all that, these are cool airplanes. The MiG-29 is fast and agile, with good looks to back it up. Don't kid yourself, American fighter jets are better. Better radar and missiles, better flight characteristics, better overall performance, more durable engines, less maintenance, more dependable and serviceable overall. The F-15's service record is legendary! The MiG-29 doesn't even come close.

@Redfvvg 3 ай бұрын

@@devilsoffspring5519 Well, Russia attacked other countries significantly less, not like USA. So you're right about the track record.

@marrauder1976 3 ай бұрын

No plane is harder then su-25...land,rearm,refuel and go,no maintance all days long...US f-16 or f-15 also,i doubt totally....you play too much games or have no idea how all works.@@devilsoffspring5519

@thekingmaster131 2 ай бұрын

When that canopy goes down ur like, now, this is the real deal 😮

@pilotmiami1 3 ай бұрын

Bravo.thenks.perfect

@user-sn6kc2nq4x 3 ай бұрын

I watch the acrobatic show Mig 29 every day. I didn't even know that tourists ride it. Then I found the MiGflug channel on KZfaq. It's crazy, the noise is unreal.

@AfterOblivion 3 ай бұрын

I live where this plane is based out of, would love to see an airshow here!

@nathans3022 3 ай бұрын

You do know Don Kirlin's MIG-29 is airworthy right? He just never takes it out of its hangar except for the occasional maintenance workups. He used to own 2 but sold one which was later destroyed in a crash in Alaska I believe? Current one is in his hangar in Quincy, IL.

@ColonelJohnmatrix1000 2 ай бұрын

Very beautful aircraft

@dibruka7240 Ай бұрын

Do you have eyes? Looks like crap.

@felixmusic_tattoo Ай бұрын

😊Una Máquina Increíble 💪🏼

@jonathannoah1831 3 ай бұрын

coming to dcs this year

@thevictoryoverhimself7298 Ай бұрын

Russians HATE letting their pilots see outside. There was a version of the Mig-21 with so much added-on shit in the way of the already ridiculously small windows they put a periscope in so they could taxi, take off and land.

@vepevepe2666 3 ай бұрын

It's clean

@Terrestrial..1 2 ай бұрын

The good thing about analog dials is they're readable at a glance but with digital whilst being precise require them to be 'read' costing 'time' = death.

@WildNaturOEsterreich 28 күн бұрын

Beautiful 🤩

@THEVIDEOWORLD-yb4cu 3 ай бұрын

Americans really know how to keep a fighter jet clean and air Worthy....

@ynL1337 3 ай бұрын

Nice video! Is the radar still full functional and able to lock other aircrafts or is it used as wx radar only?

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

This is the UB training model so it actually never had a radar. The radar controls in the cockpit are there so that pilots could train how to use them before going to the single seat models that were equipped with full radar sensors.

@MuyAnimalista 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic airplane

@dibruka7240 Ай бұрын

Blah

@RedeemeR_U2K 21 күн бұрын

A wonderful, pink sealant in the cockpit of the plane 😆!

@mikey9999 2 ай бұрын

Awesome

@AvGeekPH_Skitman Ай бұрын

Beautiful ❤

@YankeeVatnik1917 21 күн бұрын

people dont even get how badass of a machine this thing is

@JohnVHRC 3 ай бұрын

I saw it flying when Paul Allen owned it, bad ass

@pjayx7320 3 ай бұрын

Man that's a small aircraft.. I imagined it to be enormous

@Rostmeo1 3 ай бұрын

Su 27 is the massive one Mig 29 is relativly the median of fighter sizes

@shinjige 3 ай бұрын

fucking beauty

@dibruka7240 Ай бұрын

Meh

@user-jj3zv8qo4i 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for helping me figure out where which devices are, I didn’t know that the Mig-29 has USB (2:35).

@marinzeraja5416 3 ай бұрын

Best plane ever and of course mig 25 foxhound

@dibruka7240 Ай бұрын

Best flying target ever.

@Stevonoles1 3 ай бұрын

Hope to see this fly in Fort Lauderdale in a couple of months!

@user-ye5yk4su4q 3 ай бұрын

Hope to see this jet under Washington

@Stevonoles1 3 ай бұрын

@@user-ye5yk4su4q awe someone is upset the Ruskies lost their jet!

@GrubyTolek 11 күн бұрын

What a beauty. The only western plane that ever came close to being this pretty is the F-22.

@MeThorvald Ай бұрын

I think that I have some kind of 'fetish' for this kind of rudder setup. I love Tomcats, F-18s and Migs like this one 😍

@user-qt9tt4yc7l 3 ай бұрын

Технологии СССР 70х-80х годов.

@semmysemovich2443 2 ай бұрын

🤣

@andrzej_autko 3 ай бұрын

WZL-2 Panel is named after the company that invented and installed this upograte. Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze nr @ basically means "Miliotairy Aviation Works nr 2". Also Panel Below it is resposnible for recognising radar siugnatures of incoming missiles, planes and ground based radar stations.

@mieszkokoniecpolski5621 3 ай бұрын

W.Z.L - 2. Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze w Bydgoszczy - Polska .Tam odbywał się resurs (przegląd naprawczy ) MIG-a 🇵🇱.

@junhyongkim6959 8 күн бұрын

How to they find the spare parts for maintenance.

@REZSu-30MKM 3 ай бұрын

The Malaysian Air Force has retired the MiG-29N and also the MiG-29NUB

@czoom51 3 ай бұрын

_G3X, just like in the RV._ That should make the conversion easy, right guys? *Right?!*

@cirocueva1369 Ай бұрын

Como Logro obtener ese Avion Militar, una Persona Particular??

@paulwestenskow7302 3 ай бұрын

So, was the cockpit rebuilt with American systems, then?

@LWRC 13 күн бұрын

How does one go about getting spare and replacement parts for this jet??!!!

@retrix9910 Ай бұрын

ive never seen such a not dirty good maintained mig 29

@laughing747 3 ай бұрын

does anyone know what that WZL2 panel is for? i've looked it up and it seems like it's a Polish aircraft maintenance company but i don't see how a maintenance company would need a permanent display inside the cockpit

@rizdaw304 3 ай бұрын

Well, since it replaces the original EKRAN indicator, it must also be some kind of a system malfunction display.

@laughing747 3 ай бұрын

that could be it, but i have a feeling its something else as i don't see a reason to replace the whole display except in the case of a complete malfunction which is probably unlikely@@rizdaw304

@AutisticDigger87 2 ай бұрын

i say the same thing as Rooster from top gun says. "i'm my god this thing is so old"

@cattdaddyncornflake3122 3 ай бұрын

🙀WOW!..🙀

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@MrSlim323 3 ай бұрын

Музон зачёт!!!

@mariomartin7663 2 ай бұрын

wow that mig has the same switches that the Zil-130 trucks that I drove in my country Cuba have..🤣👍

@joecruz2469 3 ай бұрын

From CCCP Russia with love.

@flymig29 3 ай бұрын

Is radar warning reciever working? I mean like, is it fully operational?

@StinkJet 3 ай бұрын

I was told it was deactivated during the demilitarization. It may still light up but I don’t think it can actually display any correct radar information.

@user-lo5rd1mg4x 2 ай бұрын

Ещё и под ретровейв, это как будто смотреть обзор на суперкар 80х❤

@tylerdowd 9 күн бұрын

OH YEAH

@dionecarvalho8584 3 ай бұрын

Mikoyan design

@maksimkondratiuk3568 2 ай бұрын

God, even on a private plane there is a two-inch layer of sealant on the canopy-window, I expected that at least in the US they would understand that this is very unsafe

@totalNERD-eo7wx 3 ай бұрын

Could it be possible for a US corporation to copy the entire design of the MiG-29 (or Su-27) and build them in house? Granted it would be expensive, but you could build your own parts and contract off the airframes as aggressors.

@no_regerts5176 3 ай бұрын

It’s possible, but the US has only suffered one air combat loss since Vietnam. Setting up an entire production line for a few op-for planes makes less sense than identifying something domestic with similar performance and using their tactics.

@user-lo4zj5dw1x 26 күн бұрын

Hey Steeve. I wanna buy Mig29. What are my options?

@hoverboi2882 3 ай бұрын

Is that in belgrade mt

@drianmortiz9375 10 күн бұрын

the cockpit of that private owned Mig-29 are already look, a little bit identical to the cockpit of those early variants of F-16A/B's. indeed some private venture has manage to restore and maintained some Fulcrum into a fly worthy status, including some several units that are still in the possession of the U.S armed forces. i would say by doing those efforts, could be a sign of secret admiration to a Russian military aviation, by the west, especially by the U.S.