Aircraft on Display Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis (Nesebar)

Bulgaria / Burgas / Nesebar
 war memorial, aircraft on display

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: "balalaika", because its planform resembles the stringed musical instrument of the same name; "Ołówek", Polish for "pencil", due to the shape of its fuselage, and "Én Bạc", meaning "silver swallow" in Vietnamese.

MiG-21bis (Fishbed-N) : The ultimate development of the MiG-21, fitted with the Tumanskiy R25-300 turbojet engine having a 40.2kN dry thrust and a great number of other advances over previous types. This variant was manufactured under licence by HAL in India from 1980 to 1987.

Tail No. 277 (red). Construction No. 75094277.

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Coordinates:   42°39'51"N   27°42'5"E
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