{"id":3343,"date":"2017-01-19T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T13:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2018-11-15T16:28:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T15:28:13","slug":"mig-29-flight-altitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mig-29-flight-altitude\/","title":{"rendered":"MiG-29 Flight Altitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How high can the MiG-29 fly?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_3687\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-opt-id=177438198  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3687\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3687\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:188\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/MiG-29-Edge-of-Space.png\" alt=\"MiG-29 at the Edge of Space.\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:188\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/MiG-29-Edge-of-Space.png 300w, https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:400\/h:250\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/MiG-29-Edge-of-Space.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MiG-29 at the Edge of Space.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What is the maximum altitude the MiG-29 can fly? Currently, the MiG-29 reaches a guaranteed 17km during MiG-29\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/mig-29-edge-of-space\/\">High Altitude\u00a0Flights<\/a>. Often it gets considerably higher, to 18 or 19km. It used to be 20km+. The lower altitude is due to the speed limitations of Mach 1.7, which used to be Mach 1.9.\u00a0It is recommended to do the MiG-29 High Altitude Flights &#8211; or Edge of Space Flights &#8211; during the colder season, so October &#8211; April. We even recommend customers to go in winter, Nov-Feb.<\/p>\n<p>Below you can find the long version trailer covering the MiGFlug MiG-29 Stratosphere Flight.<\/p>\n<p><iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PEH8iLjlodM\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PEH8iLjlodM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>The maximum altitude reached by MiG-29<\/h2>\n<p>The MiG-29s service ceiling is 18,013 m (59,100\u00a0ft). We have been able to climb up to 23km during our stratosphere flights\u00a0when it was still possible to fly at Mach 1.9. \u00a0How did we do that?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3688\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-opt-id=1613197690  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3688\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3688\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:220\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/EoS-Flight-profile-1.jpg\" alt=\"Upper end of the climb.\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:220\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/EoS-Flight-profile-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:563\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/EoS-Flight-profile-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:750\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/EoS-Flight-profile-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:792\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/EoS-Flight-profile-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/w:1473\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/EoS-Flight-profile-1.jpg 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edge of Space Flight profile: Upper end of the climb.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A nice photo by our videographer Artur shows the upper end of the current Edge of Space flight profile (click to enlarge).<br \/>\n<strong>1. Acceleration with full afterburner<\/strong> from a height of 12,000m at a speed of Mach 1.7-1.8 (at sea level 2222km\/h or 1380 mph &#8211; at this altitude 1950 km\/h or 1210 mph)<br \/>\n<strong>2. Set of the height<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3. height = 18,000 m<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4. reduction of height<\/strong>, return from the stratosphere<\/p>\n<h2>Ballistic Flight profile<\/h2>\n<p>So basically what the MiG-29 does is to accelerate and climb up with maximum speed from 12km and hence it was able to overshoot the service ceiling by several kilometres. Unfortunately these days we have to be more gentle to the jet engine after the Russians had to change it recently.<\/p>\n<p>By the way &#8211; the World Altitude Record of an Air Breathing\u00a0Plane is held by\u00a0Alexandr Fedotov and was done in a special record version of the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat, the E-266M. He climbed to\u00a037,650m (123,520\u00a0ft)<b>\u00a0<\/b>on August 31st, 1977. Until 2006, MiGFlug offered stratosphere flights in the MiG-25 Foxbat and was able to climb much higher, over 25km. Read more about that <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/tourist-fighter-jet-rides\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How high can the MiG-29 fly? What is the maximum altitude the MiG-29 can fly? Currently, the MiG-29 reaches a guaranteed 17km during MiG-29\u00a0High Altitude\u00a0Flights. Often it gets considerably higher, to 18 or 19km. It used to be 20km+. 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