18dec2017 Polish MiG-29 crash

[Worldnis]

A Polish MiG-29 crashed today near its homebase of Minsk Mazowiecki.
While returning to the base, at 17.15 local contact was lost.

A search for two (!) hours by Polish State Forests in the wooded area led to the pilot and the plane. The pilot had ejected and was taken to a hospital in Warsaw. Polish MOD conformed this and noted that MiG-29 flights are now suspended, this according to Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki.

https://twitter.com/tvp_info/status/942854623265804289

[Fishbed_9307]

A Polish MiG-29 crashed today near its homebase of Minsk Mazowiecki.
While returning to the base, at 17.15 local contact was lost.

A search for two (!) hours by Polish State Forests in the wooded area led to the pilot and the plane. The pilot had ejected and was taken to a hospital in Warsaw. Polish MOD conformed this and noted that MiG-29 flights are now suspended, this according to Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki.

https://twitter.com/tvp_info/status/942854623265804289

The first Polish MiG-29 crash in 29 years of service I think! Quite an achievement!

Regards, Paul

[VH3D]

I don't have many pictures of PoAF MiG-29s but I have this one. Side number 67

[Starfighter_F-104G]

67 red reported w/o

[pb299]

67 red reported w/o

67 grey. It was already in new light grey scheme.
http://lotnictwo.net.pl/gallery/photo/a ... 39091.html

/p.

[Worldnis]

67 red reported w/o

67 grey. It was already in new light grey scheme.
http://lotnictwo.net.pl/gallery/photo/a ... 39091.html

/p.

Two pictures of 67/r in 'old' two-tone grey
1. Minsk Mazowiecki, PL

2. Leeuwarden, NL

still sad as it is

[tomcat604]

I don't mean to nit pick - but that's exactly the same scheme!!!
Maybe you were referring to the back ground

[Bennie]

I don't mean to nit pick - but that's exactly the same scheme!!!
Maybe you were referring to the back ground

I see 50 shades of a certain colour....

[Olli J.]

This was the actual coloursheme, as seen end of August in Minsk.

[tomcat604]

Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?
BTW - Nice capture Olli

[pb299]

Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?

It is being applied during periodic airframe works at WZL2 in Bydgoszcz.
Infact new scheme is highly effective on MiGs and Fitters, as aircraft are blending into sky and clouds making them much harder to see, even during airshow displays.

/p.

[Stratofreighter]

https://twitter.com/PBondaryk/status/943443014734794752

According to Polish MoD Undersecretary, pilot of Polish AF MiG-29 crashed on 18/12 DID NOT EJECT ... Survived landing in high trees with broken ankle only - what a luck!

[nilsko]

https://twitter.com/PBondaryk/status/943443014734794752

According to Polish MoD Undersecretary, pilot of Polish AF MiG-29 crashed on 18/12 DID NOT EJECT ... Survived landing in high trees with broken ankle only - what a luck!

Wow indeed! And testament to the robustness of Russian design

[wonju666]

67 red reported w/o

Sources in Minsk confirm the aircraft that crashed was 67.

[FredL]

Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?
BTW - Nice capture Olli

Comparing the previous and new pictures, I notice a new antena appearing on the back of the re-sprayed aircraft, behind the cockpit.
So I guess it involved a modernization process also.