The fighter planes of Timaru

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Wed, 21 Sep 2011 7:00p.m.

Jet fighters: not what you'd expect to see in Timaru

Jet fighters: not what you'd expect to see in Timaru

With the demise of the Skyhawks and our Air Force strike wing, jet fighters are an uncommon sight over New Zealand skies.

Which is why the Campbell Live team were surprised to hear about a chap in Timaru who has not one, but three fighter jets.

They're Russian by design - a specialised training aircraft used soviet MIG pilots during the Cold War, now flying friendly skies over south Canterbury.

Watch the video for the full report

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21 Sep 2011 09:29p.m.

andre ducai wrote:

Hi John. Just to correct the facts about the L29 , while it is true the plane was in the Soviet Union service , It is also true , that it was designed and manufactured in Czechoslovakia, hence the elegant features , and good design for its function /czechoslovakian engineers were making also rockets for Hitler during the second world war/
I myself had a privilege of serving as a member of a ground crew on the L29 -which was a part of our wing. It was a beautiful machine comparing to the crude russian Mig 21's.