Tiger
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izIClWYKK1o
from 0-65,000ft in 9 minutes 
Not bad for a plane first flown in 1964 - Regardless of it being Russian.
[Edited on 30-12-2007 by Tiger]
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Paul_J
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not that great?
you're not gonna get to the edge of space (our atmosphere), as the air would be so thin the engine's on the mig would not work. So you'll never feel weightless or experience what you would if you were a space craft looking down.
What Branson and co are trying to do is a far better 'space' flight, actually being in space.
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Tiger
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I think they got into the Stratosphere, and again, technology developed in 1950's that didnt have space travel in mind.
Anyway, the MiGs have been my favourite aircraft since MiG29 Superfulcrum came out for the Atari STE
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Dom
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mig 25 is an awesome plane and for £17k you can have a half hour flight at 80,000 feet 
this bloke did a blog about it, really good read - http://mig-25.blogspot.com/
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