MiGFlug

MiGFlug & Adventure GmbH
Private
Industry Military Tourism, Spaceflight
Founded 2004
Headquarters Switzerland
Website http://www.migflug.com/en

MiGFlug & Adventure GmbH is a Zurich, Switzerland-based Aviation and Space Adventure company specialized in Fighter Jet Flights. MiGFlug was founded in 2004 by current CEO Philipp Schaer and Flavio Kaufmann. As of 2015, offerings include jet trainer flights, supersonic flights, Edge of Space flights, zero gravity flights and suborbital Space flights.[1][2]

Background

Philipp Schaer is the current CEO of MiGFlug.[3] He Co-founded the company in 2004,[4] along with another Student at University of Zurich.[5] The company is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland,[6] and registered in the commercial register of Lucerne.[7] MiGFlug’s main business is offering flights in military fighter jets for Civilians, including supersonic flights.[8] It started with jet flights in Ramenskoye Airport, Russia.[9] MiGFlug has been shown on Lonely Planet’s “Year of Adventures” with Ben Fogle,[10][11] broadcast on BBC, and is regularly on Top of Bucket Lists.[12][13][14][15][16] A number of notable passengers have been on a fighter jet offered by the company, including Anthony Bourdain,[17] Zoltán Báthory,[18] Joel Kinnaman, Josh Cartu,[19][20][21][22][23][24] "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff, Jake Paul[25] and Pauline Nordin.[26] Several of MiGFlug's jets and pilots appeared in movies, in TV and in commercial productions. For example an L-39 appeared in 1997 James Bond Tomorrow Never Dies in the opening scene with 007 hijacking an L-39 Albatros and flying away seconds before the bazaar is destroyed. Porsche,[27] Mercedes-Benz[28] OnePlus[29] and Swiss diary company Emmi AG[30] produced advertisements or advertorials with MiGFlug. MiGFlug also runs the subsidiary GoAviator, a specialist for vintage flights, like historic Warbird and biplane flights.[31][32] Since 2015, MiGFlug offers formation jet flights with passengers. Up to 6 passengers can fly at the same time in close formation in an L-39.[33] MiGFlug also offers flights to customers in wheelchairs in certain locations. Customers in wheelchairs can climb in the L-39 jets with the help of a fork lifter.[34]

Aircraft flown

Aircraft Origin Type Variant Notes Flight Location
Combat Aircraft
Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum[35] Soviet Union Multirole combat aircraft, Air Superiority Fighter MiG-29 UB Only supersonic flight currently available for Civilians.[36] Edge of Space flight up to 20 km altitude[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] Russia
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (NATO reporting

name "Midget")[55][56]

 Soviet Union Jet Fighter aircraft S-102 Built in Czech Republic in license as S-102 by Aero Vodochody Czech Republic
Hawker Hunter[57] 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
BAC Strikemaster United Kingdom Attack aircraft United Kingdom
Military Jet Trainer
Aero L-39 Albatros[58][59][60] 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

Czech Republic

Germany[61][62]

Latvia

(earlier in Italy, Spain and Switzerland[63])

Aero L-29 Delfin Czech Republic Military trainer aircraft, Light attack Slovakia
Aermacchi MB-326 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 United Kingdom Military trainer aircraft Italy

(earlier in 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.[64] Through a cooperation with Thunder City in Cape Town, South Africa, MiGFlug offered English Electric Lightning and Blackburn Buccaneer flights.[65] MiGFlug also organized T-38 supersonic flights in the US for Galileo/ProSieben.[66]

Spacecraft and Zero Gravity

Weightless flight offers include the Ilyushin Il-76 from Star City (Zvyozdny gorodok) near Moscow in Russia and a Boeing 727 in the United States, through a cooperation with the Zero Gravity Corporation. MiGFlug also has a cooperation to offer future Suborbital Space flights in the Xcor Lynx.[67]

References

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  2. ↑ "MiGFlug". Gründen.ch. Christian Schaer. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
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  12. ↑ Ivy Zhang, Jane Leung and Tim Cheung (5 September 2011). "Thrill seeker's bucket List". CNN.
  13. ↑ Kalous, Paul (14 March 2014). "Seven of the best experiences for millionaires.". Forbes. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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  63. ↑ "Rundflüge mit Kampfjet unter Beschuss". 20 Minuten. 5 July 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  64. ↑ "A bit of History". MiGFlug Blog. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  65. ↑ "An outlook". Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  66. ↑ "Einmal schneller als der Schall". Galileo/ProSieben.
  67. ↑ "Branson erhält Konkurrenz". TravelManager. April 2009.
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