$25,000 can buy you a mig 21

[NaZGul]

Oh I would so buy a jet if I had $25K...... that'd be so freakin' sweet.

Yah then pay the same amount of its fuel. Besides you have to be a certain height to properly fit in a jet. Also he has no equipment to run this machine. He might as well gut it and use it as a lawn ornament.

you take all the fun out of dreaming.  

Looks like the buyer to would have to start dreaming again:

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?
type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-05-09T091100Z_01_PEK259947_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-CHINA-PLANE.XML&archived=False

Man wants refund for fighter jet purchase
Tue May 9, 2006 10:11 AM BST
 
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese businessman who bought a Russian fighter jet online wants his money back after finding it could not be shipped to China, state media reported on Tuesday.

Zhang Cheng, a Beijing businessman, bid $24,730 (13,330 pounds) and paid a $2,000 deposit for the former Czech air force plane on Chinese-based eBay, Xinhua news agency said.

But legal experts informed Zhang that the MiG-21, located in Idaho in the United States, was "almost impossible to ship back", Xinhua said, quoting the Beijing Times.

Moreover, the seller had clearly confined the destination of the plane to the United States and Canada, Xinhua quoted a member of eBay's public relations staff as saying.



Chinese Web surfers have accused Zhang of trying to gain fame, but others suggest it merely shows the improved living standards of the Chinese, Xinhua said.

The buyer, however, said he was building a collection.

"I like to collect valuable items," he said. "I have the buying power and my company has an empty space where I can display the plane."



© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

[satori]

what a dumb-ass... he should simply sell it again and take his losses... maybe I can buy it now.  

[[EMumford]]

I dunno about planes..

I'd personally want a Tank, just so i could sit it in the front lawn, and scare the neighbors with my made up war stories when i'm older..

[Zn]

Whoa. Seems like .MiG and Sukhoi really make up a strong competition for Lockheed Martin and other companies.

To stick it to the Mig 21, our airforce was equipped with the Lancer upgrade which means improved avionics and radar systems that can allow the use of the Vympel R-77 "Adder", sort of the Russian version of the AIM-120 AMRAAM "Slammer", and with longer range. That's not really bad at all. This ol' flyin barrel can use very modern weapons.

[satori]

yup... and it is still the mainstay of many, many airforces. It is highly maneuverable for a plane this old. Also important to note is that Russian tech until the mid 70s was built with the idea in mind that things should be built with an eye to take a pounding and not be maintained. This is probably why everything has ended up in such a state of disrepair. They can go weeks without an over haul unlike their NATO counter parts.
On modernisation, the American F15 is still flying and it's pretty damn old (although not as old) and has had some pretty major updates done to it.

[Stage-It]

OH MY GOD I WANT THAT FUCKING MIG!

It's the same plane that was in Battlefield Vietnam that could fly circles around the American planes. It was the absolute top fighter of it's time, like the Russian Flanker is today. Even with the fall of the Soviet empire they still have the most maneuverable and fastest fighter planes in the world. I would of loved to of bought this just for bragging rights.

Do you insist on making me feel like shit?  Jimmy wanted to fly fighter jets but Uncle Sam had to say, "No!  You have bipolar."

[satori]

what are you talking about?

[Stage-It]

I'm just playin' bro, relax .

You were telling me about how awesome the specs were...Rubbing it in I'll never fly a jet...mmm...