A decommissioned MiG-21 was bought by a private museum. Since it was in good condition and it was only about 65km from the base, they decided to tow it behind a tractor.
Friday night, the police assisted and regulated the traffic... and suddenly from the other direction, a Hungarian hunter was returning from hunting, well-fueled with brandy.
He suddenly saw too many police lights around him, panicked that they had him and he would lose his license, so he just stepped on the gas.... and if it weren't for that droptank, he would have managed to pass under the wing.
Luckily, he didn't have his seatbelt on so when he saw it at the last second, he managed to throw himself into the passenger seat before the tank went through the steering wheel and the driver's seat
Oh yes! I remember that one. Hungary indeed! It happened back in March of 1995. We were joking with my friends about they should paint a "kill-marking" on the plane of the small Peugeot and how does that should look like. 8-)
ReplyDeleteCheck this site for a drawing how the accident happened:
https://www.baon.hu/helyi-kek-hirek/2025/03/mig-21-vadaszgep-baleset-legikatasztrofa