Cold War throwback: Soviet-era MiG17 jet fighter calls Vero Beach Regional Airport home
Remudo's MiG was built in 1959 in Poland, behind the veil of the Iron Curtain. MiG-17s produced in Poland were known as Lim-5s, which were virtually identical to all other MiG-17 variations built by ...
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Cold War throwback: Soviet-era MiG17 jet fighter calls Vero Beach Regional Airport home
During his downtime, he flies one of the iconic planes of the Soviet Union — the Mikoyan-Gurevich ... and then made its way to Florida. Remudo bought it in 2018, but won't say what he paid.