JET AIRCRAFT
William Wards Mig-17
William Ward (call sign Phyco Ward) pilot of "Jennifer Jane" is extremely knowledgeable on a wide variety of Soviet aircraft capabilities and considers the MiG-17 one of the best all around fighters of the era. He has flown 60 different aircraft from the Sukhoi 29, A-26, Invader, DC-6, F-104, T-33, MiG 15, MiG 21, and MD-80 series.
Red Eagle Evaluation and Airshows is working hard on obtaining fighters from Europe as being available for contract, movies, and commercial work.
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FAR Cuban Mig-17
The most famous event involving a Cuban MiG-17AS Fresco, was associated with the desertion of one of it's pilots to United States. This happened on October 5th 1969, when Cuban Air Force Lieutenant Eduardo Guerra Jimenez from the Santa Clara MIG-17AS Regiment landed his MiG-17AS N°232 at Homestead AFB during the same time that President Lyndon Johnson Boeing 707 "Air Force One" was at the base, when Johnson was on a scheduled visit to Miami.
I remember as a kid I was fishing at the end of the runway at Homestead AFB with my brother and watched it land (I was 9 years old at this time). Read about it at: http://latinairforces.blogspot.com/2007/11/cuban-mig-17-no232-which-helped-us.html
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