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In Hidden Mountain Air Base, Albania Stores MiGs For Sale
AFP ^
| April 2, 2019
| Staff
Posted on 04/02/2019 7:18:46 AM PDT by C19fan
On a barren hillside in northern Albania lies a portal to the country's communist past: a massive steel door creaks open to reveal a hidden former air base burrowed into the heart of the mountain. Made up of 600 metres (1,980 feet) of tunnels that once teemed with military life, the secret Gjader air base is now a depot for dozens of hulking communist-era MiG jets collecting dust in the darkness.
Three decades after shedding communism, Albanian authorities are still trying to sell off the Soviet and Chinese-made aircraft, of which there are dozens more in another nearby air base.
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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: albania; gjader; planes
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Used MIGs!!! No Credit Check Financing!!!
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:18:46 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Suppose I can get that with my two day delivery thru Amazon?
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:20:47 AM PDT
by
VRWCarea51
(The Original 1998 Version)
To: C19fan
MiG 15’s for $11,000.
Bargain!
To: C19fan
“it can be functional again and serve NATO,” he said.”
No thanks.
L
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:22:41 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending it is.)
To: Bartholomew Roberts
Does Rockauto sell spare parts?
To: Bartholomew Roberts
Bargain! It's not the original cost... it's the upkeep.
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:24:13 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: C19fan
Now I'm going to be spending the day singing "MiGs for Sale..." to Buddy Rich (cf.
here)
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:25:43 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: C19fan
If they were preserved properly, they might be good for drones....................
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:29:30 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Fido969
Somehow I don’t think the parts needed to keep it running are readily available.
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:30:00 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
To: Fido969
When Albania first discussed selling the MiGs in 2016, requests came in from the Air and Space Museum in France, as well as a flight school in Germany. LOL!.....Nobody wants these things!.................
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:31:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: C19fan
If they're MiG-15's and MiG-17's, there is a LOT of demand for those planes from pilots wanting to fly them at air shows. The MiG-17 is actually a very pleasant plane to fly, mostly because the MiG bureau corrected the nasty high-speed instability issue that plagued the MiG-15.
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:31:41 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
To: Fido969
Tell me about it!
A Cessna 172 costs me $150 an hour to fly.
Restoration will be a million. Hourly will be close to middle four figures. Probably more.
To: nascarnation
See if Trade-A-Plane has any parts...
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:41:25 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Lurker
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:42:45 AM PDT
by
Jumper
(The DNC's Big Tent ... a place where he opposition to America comes together)
To: Fido969
Shipping kind of pricey.
I love to have one sitting at my warehouse facility with all the other stuff that doesn’t work.
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:44:38 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
To: C19fan
If the Germans were smart they would buy and scrap all those jets. Would not put it past the crazy Islamists to buy some, train a few pilots and send them on a final one way mission.
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posted on
04/02/2019 7:50:53 AM PDT
by
allendale
(.)
To: allendale
Actually the old Mig-21s used by India, and upgraded with modern electronics by Israel, work pretty well.
To: RayChuang88
The MiG-17 is actually a very pleasant plane to fly, mostly because the MiG bureau corrected the nasty high-speed instability issue that plagued the MiG-15. Grumman test pilot Don Evans said that the F-86 was able to dominate the MiG-15 only at high Q. You couldn’t tangle with them at high altitudes, and you had to keep your speed up at lower altitudes. Otherwise the MiG had better performance. But since the F-86 had power assisted flight controls, it could be maneuvered at high Equivalent Air Speed, while the control force needed to maneuver a MiG15 was beyond human capability.
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posted on
04/02/2019 8:01:05 AM PDT
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
To: C19fan
“Hidden Mountain” ... how do you hide a mountain?
[complaining about the title]
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posted on
04/02/2019 8:07:35 AM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(Stupid should hurt - Dad's wisdom)
To: Lurker
...and serve NATO.
As target practice?
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posted on
04/02/2019 8:08:15 AM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(Stupid should hurt - Dad's wisdom)
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