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Phoenix has a correction to our Ghost Recon story.
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Original update published on May 2, 2006
The moral is simple: when you slice the front off of a Cold War-era jet to use as a prop, people will always get confused. From left to right: a striped SU-22 Trainer, the Ghost Recon junkyard fighters and the original Wing Commander movie Lightning cockpits when they arrived in Luxembourg.Hey guys, just wanted to lend a little suggestion to the news about the
junkyard contents. Those forward fuselages do not appear to be from
MiG-21 aircraft. The cockpits are well too far forward, the canopies too
bulbous, and the air inlets not tapering enough toward the forward
opening. Also, the variable-position cone inserted in the intake is not
the proper shape; it's too blunt and curvy, and doesn't fit the intake
properly, to be from a standard MiG-21.
My guess, without pulling out references from my library, are that they
may be from Su-22 Fitters attack aircraft.
http://www.hunterteam.com/sukoi-22-M4_tech_specs.htm
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Original update published on May 2, 2006
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