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George Fernandes will ride a Mig-21at 73 years

New Delhi, India - "He will take off on a 25-minute sortie"

Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes, 73, will ride a MIG-21 Friday to rid the Russian fighters of their nickname as "flying coffins". He will wear an anti-gravity suit but the fighting machine will take off only after he is medically checked. "The Defence Minister will be mainly checked for normal blood pressure and after the attends the routine (meteorological) briefing, he will take off on a...

fra/pec - 48609
Rome, Italy, 07/31/2003 14:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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