You know that:
- The MiG-28 fighter aircraft appeared for the first and last time in the famous scene of the hit movie Top Gun during an aerial duel with an American F-14 piloted by Tom Cruise.
- The aircraft, referred to as the MiG-28, has thoroughly baffled not only movie fans, but some experts as well. Debates about the machine's origins are still going on today, but the truth is that the MiG-28 was invented by the filmmakers to create a fictional enemy of unknown origin.
- The screenwriters originally envisaged an aggressor from North Korea, but in the end the plot was set in the Indian Ocean region, where North Koreans are almost non-existent, and its origin was never revealed in the film.
- In reality, the MiG-28 is a modified American Northrop F-5 Tiger fighter.
- Thanks to the success of the film, the MiG-28 became so popular that it was even given the NATO code name "FANTASY".
- The emblem of a red five-pointed star in a yellow circle was used by the USAF to mark training targets when practicing air defense against aggressors from communist countries.
Technical parameters:
- dimensions: wingspan 8.13 m, length 14.6 m, height 4.1 m
- empty weight 4 347 kg
- maximum take-off weight 11 192 kg
- power unit 2x J85-GE-21 jet engine with 22 kN thrust
- fuel tank capacity 2 560 l
- maximum speed 1 741 km/h
- climb rate 175 m/s
- range 891 km
- crew 1 communist
From the memoirs of actor Tom Cruise:
,,Shooting Top Gun was an incredible experience. I learned to fly the best fighter jets in the world, but there were still a few devices in the cockpit that the military wouldn't let me touch."
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