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010			_a 92187352
020			_a083301191X
027			_aRAND/R-4000-RC
035			_a(Sirsi) a189018
037			_c$30.00
040			_aCstmoR _cCstmoR
050	0	0	_aUG1242.F5 _bL36 1991
100	1		_aLambeth, Benjamin S. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFrom Farnborough to Kubinka : _ban American MiG-29 experience / _cBenjamin S. Lambeth.
264		1	_aSanta Monica, CA : _bRAND, _c1991.
300			_axiv, 133 pages : _bill, map, photos ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOne ill. on folded leaf.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aAt the September 1988 Farnborough Air Show, the author met the chief test pilot of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, Valery Menitskii, who had accompanied the Soviet team to supervise the first flight demonstrations of the MiG-29 in the West. That contact led to several more encounters between the author and Menitskii during the ensuing year, culminating in an invitation from Menitskii to the author to fly the MiG-29. On December 15, 1989, the author flew with Menitskii at Kubinka Air Base near Moscow, thus becoming the first U.S. citizen to fly the MiG-29 and the first Western pilot invited to fly a combat aircraft of any type inside Soviet airspace since the end of World War II. This report documents that experience in detail.
530			_aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aMIG-29 (Jet fighter plane)
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
856	4	1	_yOnline Access _uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4000/
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