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Posting about the MiG-23, MiG-21, B-58 & others. Aerodynamics, Structures, Engines & Flight Performance. @BaA43A3aHY on the other platform.

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BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · Nov 24

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Dec 5

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the design of the ASP-23 (MiG-23M) HUD is pretty funny to me. It's essentially an oldschool gunsight and a genuine heads up display crammed into a single unit

Simultaneously very ahead of its time with its display of radar/IRST contacts, and yet still clutching to the electromechanical past

Amber HUD symbology of the ASP-23D, (night filter)
Display shows an altitude of 1.4 km, a locked target below and right at a distance of ~12km

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BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · Dec 19

Bulgarian MiG-23 HUD (МиГ-23 СЕЙ).

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BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Internal fuel volume/Aircraft empty weight.
[Litres/Kilograms]

For Soviet aircraft, fuel volume is total. For US ones, its usable (total-trapped). Empty weight includes oil, oxygen, other consumables (for US aircraft, trapped fuel too). Configurations include the internal guns.

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Egyptian MiG-21F-13 from the № 26 Squadron "Black Ravens" in 1981.

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The Dassault Mirage World.

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MiG-23ML 23-12A.

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Thanos Massias @massiasthanos.bsky.social · 4d

🧵 Later Mosquitos could carry beautifully formed 'slipper' drop tanks, immediately beneath the underside of the wings outboard of the nacelles.

"Mosquito FB Mark XVIII, PZ468 QM-D of No. 254 Squadron RAF, on the ground at North Coates, Lincolnshire."
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