# Buy your MiGs here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-your-migs-here/748127 "2016-03-06T18:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-your-migs-here/748127/1 "2016-03-06T18:16:00Z")
[Link](http://cnsnews.com/news/article/albania-offers-collectors-its-communist-era-airborne-glory). The good news is that starting bids are $14,800. The bad news is… > [@](#): > > “MiGs were so costly,” he told The Associated Press. "A twin-engine MiG-19 consumed 52 liters of fuel a minute. With a normal flight of 30-40 minutes, imagine the expense… Wow. That’s over 800 gallons per hour. Not to mention getting them airworthy, maintenance expenses, transportation costs, insurance, etc. Anyway, here’s what’s on offer: [Yak-18](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-18)s, [MiG-15](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15)s, [MiG-17](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17)s, [MiG-19](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19)s, [MiG-21](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21)s and four [Mi-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-4) transport helicopters. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-your-migs-here/748127/2 "2016-03-06T19:36:26Z")
Something’s screwy with that fuel burn figure. Unless the [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19) is wrong, the MiG-19S has a internal fuel capacity of 570 gallons, yet a max range of 864 miles. (The wiki further mentions a ferry range of 1367 miles with drop tanks, so I’m assuming the max range is without them.) With that fuel burn, you’re only getting 570 gallons/(822 gallons/hour) = ~40 minutes of flight time, and you’re not going 864 miles in 40 minutes unless you’ve got one hell of a tail wind. It won’t even go that fast (1250 mph-ish) at altitude, in full burner, but if did, its fuel burn is going to be a touch higher than 820 gallons an hour. I imagine a MiG-17 would be a total blast to blaze around the sky in though. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-your-migs-here/748127/3 "2016-03-06T19:43:47Z")
I once owned a Russian motorcycle. :eek: I can’t even imagine owing a Russian airplane. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-your-migs-here/748127/4 "2016-03-06T22:11:01Z")
Even $20m isn’t so much for one as static display at a museum. Any idea what international shipping would cost? I’m guessing more than the cost of the plane but couldn’t hazard an educated guess. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-your-migs-here/748127/5 "2016-03-06T22:17:01Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I once owned a Russian motorcycle. :eek: I can’t even imagine owing a Russian airplane. My Russian \*watch \*is crap.