ZSh-5 32.PLRT Korszla MiG-21R FISHBED H
Polish 32.PLRT Sochaczew based MiG-21R used ZSh-5 flight helmet.
Right view with LA-5 throat mike.
The helmet has a 2nd Squadron emblem on rear.
Interior view.
The edgeroll is a green one.
MiG-21R Fishbed H
A Polish MiG-21R of 32nd Tactical Reconnaissance Regiment (32.PLRT) at Crakow Aviation Museum in 2006.
On the nose is a 32.PLRT unit (Regiment) badge. The home base of 32.PLRT was located at Sochaczew.
Third generation MiG-21R Fishbed H was a tactical reconnaissance fighter aircraft. MiG-21R was equipped with a reconnaissance pod mounted on the fuselage centerline and radar warning receiver electronic countermeasures jammer pods mounted on the wingtips. Wing pylons could carry more recce equipments like Soviet type D and R containers and Polish Saturn photo containers. The four hardpoints under the wings could carry also missiles, bombs, rocket launchers and fuel drop tanks. Polish Air Force had total 36 recce MiG-21Rs in service during 1968-2003 and only one was lost in 1987. Poland had total 581 MiG-21s in service. All MiG-21Rs served with 32. Pulk Lotnictwa Rozpoznania Taktycznego (PLRT).
Requiem for a MiG You Tube video HERE!
Polish MiG-21s landing on a narrow highway You Tube video HERE!