MiGFlug

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MiGFlug GmbH
TypePrivate
IndustryMilitary Tourism, Spaceflight
Founded2004
HeadquartersSwitzerland
Websitehttp://www.migflug.com/en

MiGFlug GmbH is a Zurich,[1] Switzerland-based[2][3] Aviation and Space Adventure company specialized in fighter jet flights.[4] The company was founded in 2004 by current CEO Philipp Schaer[5][6][7] and Flavio Kaufmann. As of 2015, offerings include jet trainer flights, supersonic flights, edge of space flights, zero gravity flights and suborbital space flights.[8][9]

Company[]

Philipp Schaer is the current CEO of MiGFlug.[10] He co-founded the company in 2004,[11] with another student at the University of Zurich.[12] The company is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland,[13] and registered in the commercial register of Lucerne.[14] MiGFlug's main business is offering flights in military fighter jets for civilians, including supersonic flights.[15] It started with jet flights from Ramenskoye Airport, Russia.[16] MiGFlug has been shown on Lonely Planet’s Year of Adventures with Ben Fogle,[17][18][19] and broadcast on BBC. A number of notable passengers have flown in one of the company's fighter jets, including Anthony Bourdain,[20] Zoltán Báthory,[21] Joel Kinnaman, Miss India 2010 Manasvi Mamgai,[22] TyDi,[23] Josh Cartu,[24][25][26][27][28][29] "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff,[30] Jake Paul,[31] Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, Joko Winterscheidt and Pauline Nordin.[32]

Several of MiGFlug's jets and pilots have appeared in movies, TV, and advertisements. For example, an L-39 appeared in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies in the opening scene.[33] MiGFlug has produced several Galileo episodes for ProSieben, as well as a zero gravity flight for Joko gegen Klaas.[34] Porsche,[35] Mercedes-Benz[36] Diesel, OnePlus,[37] IGN,[38] and Swiss diary company Emmi AG[39] produced advertisements or advertorials with MiGFlug.

MiGFlug's subsidiary GoAviator specializes in vintage flights, for example in warbirds and biplanes.[40][41] MiGFlug also has a popular blog, covering aviation topics, with a focus on military aviation.[42]

Since 2015, MiGFlug has offered formation jet flights with up to six passengers flying at the same time in close formation in an L-39.[43]

In some locations MiGFlug also offers flights to customers in wheelchairs, who enter the L-39 jets with the help of a forklift.[44]

Aircraft flown[]

Aircraft Origin Type Variant Notes Flight Location
Combat Aircraft
Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum[45][46][47][48][49][50] Soviet Union Multirole combat aircraft, air superiority fighter MiG-29 UB Only supersonic flight currently available for civilians.[51] Edge of space flight up to 20 km (12 mi).[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] Russia
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter[60] United States Interceptor aircraft, fighter-bomber aircraft Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Currently only for qualified pilots (with Private pilot licence or Commercial pilot licence). United States
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (NATO reporting

name "Midget")[61][62][63][64][65]

Soviet Union Jet fighter aircraft S-102 Built in Czech Republic in license as S-102 by Aero Vodochody Czech Republic

Canada[66]

Hawker Hunter[67][68][69][70] United Kingdom Fighter-bomber Hunter Mk-58 Operated by Swiss Air Force as long as 1994 Switzerland
De Havilland Vampire United Kingdom Jet fighter aircraft Vampire DH-115 Mk 55 Operated by Swiss Air Force as long as 1990 Switzerland

United Kingdom

Canada

BAC Strikemaster[citation needed] United Kingdom Attack aircraft United Kingdom
Military Jet Trainer
Aero L-39 Albatros[71][72][73][74] Czech Republic Military trainer aircraft, light ground attack L-39C Highest production number of any military jet trainers worldwide with 2900 units produced. The L-39 Albatros was the first second-generation jet trainer in production and the first trainer aircraft with a turbofan powerplant. United States[75][76]

Czech Republic[77]

Germany[78][79][80][81]

Latvia[82]

France[83]

Switzerland[84][85][86]

Italy[87])

(earlier in Spain)[88])

Aero L-29 Delfin Czech Republic Military trainer aircraft, light attack Slovakia[89]
Aermacchi MB-326[90] Italy Advanced trainer/light attack The MB-326 did not see service with the Italian Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team, who kept the Fiat G.91. They were later replaced by the MB-326 successor, the MB-339. Italy
BAC Jet Provost[91] United Kingdom Military trainer aircraft Italy

United Kingdom

Lockheed T-33 United States Military trainer aircraft Canada

Aircraft flown in the past[]

Jets offered from Ramenskoye Airbase near Moscow in Russia from 2004-2006 included MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-29 and the Su-27.[92] Through a cooperation with Thunder City in Cape Town, South Africa, MiGFlug offered English Electric Lightning and Blackburn Buccaneer flights.[93] MiGFlug also organized T-38 supersonic flights in the US for Galileo/ProSieben.[94]

Spacecraft and zero gravity[]

Weightless flight offers include the Ilyushin Il-76 from Star City (Zvyozdny gorodok)[95][96][97] near Moscow and a Boeing 727 in the United States, through a cooperation agreement with the Zero Gravity Corporation.[98][99] MiGFlug also had an arrangement to offer future sub-orbital spaceflights in the XCOR Lynx;[100] Xcor filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2017.[101]

Planned future flights[]

According to monthly German aerobatic magazine FliegerRevue, MiGFlug plans to offer stratosphere flights, or so-called "Edge of Space" flights, in both MiG-21 and MiG-23 aircraft to replace the MiG-29, which has no longer been available since late 2017.[102]

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