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DogTailRed2
12th Jun 2024, 09:19
Anatoly Kvochur - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Kvochur)
Quite a character on the airshow circuit in the 90's not forgetting his amazing bail out in Paris.
We (F3) escorted him and his wingman (Mig29) into Farnborough, in 88 IIRC. It was the first time Soviet fighters had entered UK airspace. A trusty VC10 (I think Beags may have been in the crew) led the formation down to VMC. On the way down it seemed only natural and necessary to tuck in close….After landing we were introduced to him and his handlers. He had the strongest handshake I’ve ever encountered.
212man
12th Jun 2024, 10:30
We (F3) escorted him and his wingman (Mig29) into Farnborough, in 88 IIRC. It was the first time Soviet fighters had entered UK airspace. A trusty VC10 (I think Beags may have been in the crew) led the formation down to VMC. On the way down it seemed only natural and necessary to tuck in close….After landing we were introduced to him and his handlers. He had the strongest handshake I’ve ever encountered.
And the following year they came with their helicopters to Helitech at Redhill - Mi-26, Hind, KA26 and Hokum.
treadigraph
12th Jun 2024, 12:11
Awesome display in the Su-27 at Biggin in the early 90s. Take off straight into a loop with a roll off the... no, oh my God he's pulling through! He did as well, with a 90deg roll to port in the vertical to head away from the crowd on the B axis - and an effortless recovery to level flight at a sensible height - mind you, he was out over the valley! .
As mentioned on the other thread, he was born in the Ukraine though I've no idea of his nationality; heavens only know what he thought of the present madness but I can't believe he'd have approved.
Deep Throat
12th Jun 2024, 12:22
We (F3) escorted him and his wingman (Mig29) into Farnborough, in 88 IIRC. It was the first time Soviet fighters had entered UK airspace. A trusty VC10 (I think Beags may have been in the crew) led the formation down to VMC. On the way down it seemed only natural and necessary to tuck in close….After landing we were introduced to him and his handlers. He had the strongest handshake I’ve ever encountered.
Is that the time the F3 requested a slow down, as the fuel burn was too high, at the speed the Mig29 was cruising?
chevvron
12th Jun 2024, 12:38
We (F3) escorted him and his wingman (Mig29) into Farnborough, in 88 IIRC. It was the first time Soviet fighters had entered UK airspace. A trusty VC10 (I think Beags may have been in the crew) led the formation down to VMC. On the way down it seemed only natural and necessary to tuck in close….After landing we were introduced to him and his handlers. He had the strongest handshake I’ve ever encountered.
I was the tower cotroller.
We were briefed that on arrival, one of the Mig 29s would go around into a short display which he did after fending off an 'aircraft' which had asked to do a PD straight after the Mig arrived.
I met him on the friday when he explained that 'the Migs would not be flying tomorrow' in broken English just as I was compiling the next days display programme; course when I told SBAC they were't too happy as they'd already advertised he would be flying but give him his due, he wanted a day out in London.
Deep Throat, don't know where you got that from. Fuel burn wasn't an issue (in any case we were with a tanker). What was an issue at altitude was the crafty Mach no the Fulcrums were flying at, which forced us into, shall we say, judicious use of wingsweep and a flexible interpretation of the Release to Service limits.......
BEagle
12th Jun 2024, 14:54
We (F3) escorted him and his wingman (Mig29) into Farnborough, in 88 IIRC. It was the first time Soviet fighters had entered UK airspace. A trusty VC10 (I think Beags may have been in the crew) led the formation down to VMC. On the way down it seemed only natural and necessary to tuck in close….After landing we were introduced to him and his handlers. He had the strongest handshake I’ve ever encountered.
Yes, I was the captain of the VC10K. We had a lot of journos on board trying to get photos and film for TV. All went reasonably well except that one of the F3s kept getting in the way as we tried to film the MiGs before starting the descent:
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Anyway, the journos and even MoD PR were happy!
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We were briefed that on arrival, one of the Mig 29s would go around into a short display which he did after fending off an 'aircraft' which had asked to do a PD straight after the Mig arrived.
That would have been a 'special' Canberra, perhaps?
(Sorry about poor photo quality - not mine as I had my hands full of VC10K at the time!!)
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A spectacular arrival at IAT Boscombe Down in 1992. Anatoly had escorted the TU-134 direct from Moscow and launched into an impromptu display, which got him a bollocking.
chevvron
12th Jun 2024, 16:19
That would have been a 'special' Canberra, perhaps?
(Sorry about poor photo quality - not mine as I had my hands full of VC10K at the time!!)
There was a Canberra but that flew well above the Migs; straight after that we were asked for a Puma to do a run at low level (about 100ft) no questions to be asked.
DogTailRed2
12th Jun 2024, 17:28
Was Anatoly one of the pilots when the Russians flew with Harriers (iirc) at Farnborough?
air pig
12th Jun 2024, 19:07
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A spectacular arrival at IAT Boscombe Down in 1992. Anatoly had escorted the TU-134 direct from Moscow and launched into an impromptu display, which got him a bollocking.
To the right of that starboard wing tip, about 25 yards away was the crowdline. He went straight down to the end, pulled up to the left and we into the circuit.
BBadanov
12th Jun 2024, 20:29
Sad news, as I found him a likeable guy who was totally immersed in aviation and was quite prepared to chat (his English was good) and pass on his knowledge, to a point of course. I met him in China at Zhuhai in the '90s where he had brought a single-seat Su-30, which was being offered to Indonesia at the time.
He sat me in the cockpit and got ground power on so I could see the panels, and even let me take some pics - bearing in mind it was a Gromov Test Institute layout, not an operational Service aircraft.
I did make a faux pas I realised later. I had mentioned his 1989 Paris ejection and said it was amazing his wife let him keep flying, unfortunately she had passed away in a car accident previously.
To the right of that starboard wing tip, about 25 yards away was the crowdline. He went straight down to the end, pulled up to the left and we into the circuit.
Yes, I was there and have it on video somewhere, the crowd went “oooooo”!