Comments by "TheThirdMan" (@thethirdman225) on "Not A Pound For Air To Ground" channel.

  1. Anyone interested in the relative performance qualities of the Mirage III vs the later MiG-21 variants should read comments by former Australian fighter pilot Phil ‘Frawls’ Frawley. A former Mirage and F/A-18 pilot and instructor and once billed as ‘the world’s oldest fighter pilot’, Frawley also has extensive experience flying a late model 2 -seat MiG-21 in airshows in the 1990s. His conclusion was that the MiG-21 was a much better aircraft than western pilots believed and in good hands was a very dangerous opponent. The critical differences between the two types were largely insignificant at a technical or spec sheet level and the success of the Mirage seems to have been born of training and general competence of Mirage crews over their opponents. That said, the Mirage undoubtedly deserves more recognition in a world dominated by a lot of American ballyhoo about who builds the best aircraft.
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  2. You should do one on Mathias Rust.
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  3. Except he was a Russian/Soviet emigre.
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  4.  @RCAvhstape  It was a small correction for the OP who said he - Makhonine - was French.
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  5.  @RCAvhstape  Okay
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  6. 'Bias' is relative.
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