Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999)

Re:Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999) by jestinjoy1 on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @01:28AM (#7771349)

Wow he know how to fly a plane! Why he went to Russia? Whether there is similar service offered in US?

MiG-29 recently made headlines in India, the first and one of the largest export user, when one crashed

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mig29-cra...

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Re:Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999) by serf on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @02:25AM (#7771428)

I don't believe there is any equivalent here. People race planes, but military planes are forbidden I believe.

here's the kind of thing offered here : http://aircombat.com/about/our-aircraft/

fast and aerobatic planes, but not fighters.

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Re:Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999) by TylerE on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @11:11AM (#7772962)

There isn't any specific prohibition against owning US jets AFAIK, but not many ever hit the market. WWII era stuff is common. Some of the early jets (e.g. F-86, F-100s, F-5/T-38) exist in private hands.

In general, the Russian stuff translates better to private ownership because there is much less specialized support equipment or maintaince required - in general the soviet's built stuff for a real SHTF scenario, where-as the US was much more willing to complicate the design to gain a small edge.

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