MiG-31 firefox

P.A.F · August 18th, 2004

I've never seen this MiG-31 ever before. anymore info on it.

Designation: MiG-31
NATO Codename: Firefox
Nation of Origin: USSR
Manufacturer: Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau
Type: High Speed Interceptor (Prototype)
Year: 1982
Number of Aircraft Produced: 2
Powerplant: 2 Tumansky RJ-15BD-600 high-bypass afterburning turbojets producing 50,000 lbs. thrust each
Span: 46 ft 3 in
Length: 63 ft 1 in
Height: 16 ft 9 in
Empty Weight: 54,117 lbs
Loaded Weight: 81,725 lbs
Max Speed: 3,568 mph (Mach 5+)
Max Ceiling: 120,500 ft
Range: 3,000 miles
Crew: 1
Armament: Six AA-11 AAM's, or six R-23R or R-60 missiles, two 23mm internally mounted cannons and 4 rearward defense pods containing chaff / flare dispensers.

FS2002/4 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 Firefox. The first MiG-31 prototype rolled out of development in 1982. Designed as a high-altitude, high-speed interceptor, the Firefox incorporates a highly advanced avionics package and thought-controlled weapons system. The aircraft is revolutionary both in it's stealth airframe characteristics, as well as it's flight handling capabilities. Capable of speeds exceeding Mach 3.2, it has been long regarded as one of the fastest aircraft ever built. Carrying up to six AA-11 AAM's, R-23R or R-60 guided missiles, it has stand-off capabilities coupled with stealth characteristics making it a most formidable interceptor

Revival_786 · August 18th, 2004

Wow that thing looks COOL

P.A.F · August 18th, 2004

Russia should make a whole fleet of those but yet again i don't think they have got the money.

P.A.F · August 18th, 2004

3,568 mph (Mach 5+). Now that is fast

umair · August 18th, 2004

I dunno this maybe someother plane
Here is the real world Mig-31 Foxhound

**sikder** · August 18th, 2004

The first and the third picture,both of them are excellent.

ZhangKe · August 18th, 2004

Naaaaa...those piz from the movie <FIRE FOX>~~~it's a joke~~ :P

adsH · August 18th, 2004

the New JF-17 is the continuation of the Mig 31,

tatra · August 18th, 2004

umair showed the one and only MIG 31. The other aircraft is non-existent, it is from a movie featuring Clint Eastwood, if I am not mistaken.

highsea · August 18th, 2004

Yes, these pics are from the 1982 Movie "Firefox" with Clint Eastwood. In the second picture, you can see the camera on the ground behind the "AC" (Notice it has no wings, and is sitting on a truck).

Those are producers and cameramen in the picture.

Trivia:
Prior to the release of the movie, the cover art for the novel Firefox showed an aircraft similar to a MiG-25 Foxbat. After the release of the movie, the cover art was updated to reflect the design of the movie version of the aircraft. Incidentally, there really is a MiG-31, and it's a modified version of the MiG-25.

A total of nine models of the Firefox were built. Six were used as miniatures for filming, two actually flew, and one was built to full scale specifications. Several flying shots were later re-used in Back to the Future Part II (1989).

The story is losely based on an actual event where a Soviet fighter pilot defected to Japan in the mid 1970s.

The cockpit section of the helicopter gunship chasing Gant (Eastwood) is adapted from the Aerospatiale Gazelles used for the filming of the motion picture Blue Thunder (1983)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083943/

-CM