Just to clarify, that joke is in fact a Russian joke. I think the MiG-29 was an accidental stand-in that telegraphs whenever it was my Dad heard the joke. I bet

Just to clarify, that joke is in fact a Russian joke. I think the MiG-29 was an accidental stand-in that telegraphs whenever it was my Dad heard the joke. I bet it was told about the Mig-21 before it, too (which even more clearly than its successor was far superior to western planes of its era).