This Soviet MIG 27, produced by an American company, is a one-fifth scale model used for military gunnery training at Fort Irwin, California. It is built from fibreglass, has a wingspan of 3.65m, and is extremely light at under 37kg. The model is designed with such accuracy that even tracking radar shows a full-scale aircraft approaching on the screen. The company which produces the MIG 27 — Continental R.P.V. — also makes 11 other replicas of American and Russian aircraft, including the new Soviet Hind-D helicopter.
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Press, 26 February 1987, Page 22
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84This Soviet MIG 27, produced by an American company, is a one-fifth scale model used for military gunnery training at Fort Irwin, California. It is built from fibreglass, has a wingspan of 3.65m, and is extremely light at under 37kg. The model is designed with such accuracy that even tracking radar shows a full-scale aircraft approaching on the screen. The company which produces the MIG 27 — Continental R.P.V. — also makes 11 other replicas of American and Russian aircraft, including the new Soviet Hind-D helicopter. Press, 26 February 1987, Page 22
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