MiG-2000

[GTX]

Remmeber the good old days when the Soviet Union existed and rumours and conjectures of new combat aircraft came out to scare the wits out of us all.  For instance, who remembers this MiG-2000 from the mid 1980s:



Might make the basis of a good what-if model.

Regards,

Greg

[nev]

Gorbachev has a lot to answer for

*waves fist*

[Nigel Bunker]

Remember, nostalgia's not what it was!

[Hobbes]

Cool. Those look like they were made by an artists whose only source was a phone call to an image analyst who'd seen one satellite picture of an Su-27. In fact, with an Su-27 donor one should be able to build a passable MiG-2000...

[thundereagle1997]

https://hushkit.net/gd-mig-2000-1/
https://hushkit.net/gd-mig-2000-22/
Yes General Dynamics' Consolidated Vultee aviation company division designed this aircraft.

[Tophe]

Remember, nostalgia's not what it was!

Mickey Newbury was singing "the future's not what it used to be", beautiful song. One of my favourite ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_v83e8L3E

[Dizzyfugu]

"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65YIlwxBuvM

[Zero-Sen]

Su-2000 inspired by MiG-2000