This showed up on USENET : Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military Path: gov!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!sage.cc.purdue.edu!shooter Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 00:01:09 GMT References: <jp.769207756@cairo> Organization: Purdue Data Network Lines: 31 ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- [log in to unmask] (Black Betty) writes: >I suspect I'm opening myself up for a great deal of ridcule here posing >this question, but here goes: Is there such a thing as the MiG-37, with >an alleged NATO reporting name (remember _those_ handy things?) of 'Ferret'? >The reason I'm asking is b/c a friend's brother, who's a real Airfix >model-head, has a model of this 'aircraft', which sorta looks like the >F-117, on his desk. It's supposedly the Soviet (red star and all) copy of >the F-117, and is happily flying the skies of Russia even as we speak. >So, true or apocryphal? >Cheers >Jack. If I recall the model, it's Testors' "MiG-37 Ferret E," right? I think the disclaimer on the box says this is strictly best-guess hypothetical stuff. Wouldn't be surprised if Mikoyan (esp. back in the USSR days) had some stuff we didn't know about. And -37 would be the next designation in line. The MiG-33 (an uprated Fulcrum) will be next into production and the MiG-35 was a single-seat/single-engine fighter that was canceled a few years ago. If Mikoyan's current "Project 1.42" gets released and dubbed MiG-37, we'll know "Ferret" is a fluke. Then again, if Mikoyan calls it MiG-39... ;-) Shooter [Posted in FML issue 0832]