The MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: "balalaika", because its planform resembles the stringed musical instrument of the same name; "Ołówek", Polish for "pencil", due to the shape of its fuselage, and "Én Bạc", meaning "silver swallow", in Vietnamese.
It is the most-produced supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history, and the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War. Approximately 60 countries on four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations six decades after its maiden flight.
The MiG-21 jet fighter was a continuation of Soviet jet fighters, starting with the subsonic MiG-15 and MiG-17, and the supersonic MiG-19. A number of experimental Mach 2 Soviet designs were based on nose intakes with either swept-back wings, such as the Sukhoi Su-7, or tailed deltas, of which the MiG-21 would be the most successful. The MiG-21 was the first successful Soviet aircraft combining fighter and interceptor characteristics in a single aircraft.
Nguyen Van Coc, the guy from my last mega, flew one of these.
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haven't heard so much transphobic language in a convo that wasn't actively malicious before oh my god grandma (cw: discussion of transphobic shit)
like she wasn't debatebroing me, she genuinely seemed curious, but like, god damn grandma don't ask your grand... son, as she'd assume, because I'm not out yet, if they'd date "a trans". please grandma I haven't heard the phrase "transvestite" in 3 years you were referring to crossdressing but still! then she asked me if I would ever be "a trans" and me, not being out, said "I don't know, I haven't thought about it, maybe", and then she recoiled and babbled about grandkids like :what-the-hell:
god damn being a boomer sure does give you a +2 to passive transphobia JFC
There is something deeply wrong with boomers
Boomers grew up in a country that replaced community with television and commercial interactions. Not fully, not everywhere at once - but enough that it produced a lot of people who don't really know how to communicate.
Leaded gas doesnt help either
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You won’t be able to have grandkids!!!11:honk-enraged:
''a trans'' that's a phrasing i haven't heard in a while