what type of plane canards

[saaby93]

What type of plane is this?
You can see the canards as it comes down
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12794589

[Zaxxon]

Mig 23, it looks swing wing

Edited by Zaxxon on Saturday 19th March 10:11

[Eric Mc]

No canards. It's a MiG 23.

[saaby93]

paused at 0:41 I thought they were canards but I think it's something on the streetlights

[Eric Mc]

The MiG 23 or its simplified ground attack derivative, the MoG 27, don't have canards. They are a swing wing design.

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

The MiG 23 or its simplified ground attack derivative, the MoG 27, don't have canards.

MoG?

The cat ate the duck eh?

[Eric Mc]

Didn't you know Morgan made swing wing jet fighters?

[perdu]

Eric Mc said:

Didn't you know Morgan made swing wing jet fighters?

dead stealthy though

Ash framed kevlar skinned

and a couple of great big fk off massive engines

[Simpo Two]

This is a MoG-15:

[jimmyjimjim]

Nah, that's a MoG-51.

[Eric Mc]

Simpo Two said:

This is a MoG-15:

Looks like the Duxford Wing.

[Simpo Two]

P40 Kitty-hawk...

[dr_gn]

Tomcat ?

[Simpo Two]

Can't tell from that angle!

Might be a Cat-alina...

Or a Sepecat Jaguar of course (hey, double word score!)

Edited by Simpo Two on Sunday 20th March 20:38