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Birds, nested in German shopping mall: - Bearkiller72 - 12.03.2010

Seen in the "Loop5" shopping mall, Darmstadt, Germany.
They wanted to let everybody know how close they are to the "Rhein-Main Airport" (FRA), so they hooked up a MiG-21, an
old cold warrior to the ceiling, filled the walls with AC photo posters and had a local group of aviation historians/enthusiasts
display two replicas (Ryan X-23 & Fokker Dr-I).

Watching the MiG-21 gave me somewhat the creeps; I'm old enough to have had experienced the fears and chills of the
"cold war", where those MiG's were the face of the enemy (at least for us aviation enthusiast kids).
Seeing this proud warrior hanging from the ceiling of a shopping mall, dressed up and polished, felt somewhat disgraceful...
They've been our menace for so long and now they end up as "clowns". If you ask me, that's not appropriate.

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- .041 Safety Wire - 12.03.2010

Actually, Its a Ryan NYP

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- cgagan - 13.03.2010

Well, at least there is no (East German) pilot hanging from the ceiling! Aircrafts are machines, beautiful yes, awesome sometimes yes, but they are just machines 8)

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- norm - 13.03.2010

It would me nice if they could at least have the MiG painted correctly. What is Loop 5 any way?

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- max_thehitman - 13.03.2010

OH WOW! hock: That is extremely cool. I would like to have that in my mall here.
Great post!

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- Bearkiller72 - 13.03.2010

norm Wrote:It would me nice if they could at least have the MiG painted correctly. What is Loop 5 any way?

Bearkiller72 Wrote:Seen in the "Loop5" shopping mall, Darmstadt, Germany.

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max_thehitman Wrote:OH WOW! hock: That is extremely cool. I would like to have that in my mall here.
Great post!

Thanks, dude! :wink:
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cgagan Wrote:Well, at least there is no (East German) pilot hanging from the ceiling! Aircrafts are machines, beautiful yes, awesome sometimes yes, but they are just machines 8)

True, but sometimes machines become "iconified", they may become symbols of some sort, like the Stuka or the B-52. I was going for that symbolism, not a major paranoia. :lol: :wink:
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.041 Safety Wire Wrote:Actually, Its a Ryan NYP

O.K., thanks for the correction, my bad!

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