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"A MiG plane on parade in Mary, Turkmenistan"
I had read somewhere about this MiG fighter jet that had been converted into a monument somewhere in Mary. Even though the others were tired after a long day out in the sun they let me have a go at finding it. Our driver knew where it was and drove us there even though we only had paid him for the trip out to Merv.
When we finally stopped in front of it I was reminded exactly why I love visiting places like Turkmenistan. At home, no one would think of putting a jet fighter plane on parade in the middle of a sleepy residential area. You´ve got to love it.
Judging from the look of it I do believe that it´s a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, an older model introduced by the Soviets back in 1955 and mainly used by them and the Chinese. Back then it was somewhat of a hi-tech wonder since it was the Soviets first airplane that could reach and maintain supersonic speed in level flight.
Published in Hilfe Magazine (Sweden) #1 - 2011.
IMG_9601
"A MiG plane on parade in Mary, Turkmenistan"
I had read somewhere about this MiG fighter jet that had been converted into a monument somewhere in Mary. Even though the others were tired after a long day out in the sun they let me have a go at finding it. Our driver knew where it was and drove us there even though we only had paid him for the trip out to Merv.
When we finally stopped in front of it I was reminded exactly why I love visiting places like Turkmenistan. At home, no one would think of putting a jet fighter plane on parade in the middle of a sleepy residential area. You´ve got to love it.
Judging from the look of it I do believe that it´s a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, an older model introduced by the Soviets back in 1955 and mainly used by them and the Chinese. Back then it was somewhat of a hi-tech wonder since it was the Soviets first airplane that could reach and maintain supersonic speed in level flight.
Published in Hilfe Magazine (Sweden) #1 - 2011.