The time between August 26th and September 3rd, 2008 sees the 30th anniversary of the first spaceflight of a German. MiG-21.de warmly congratulates the former East German Air Force MiG-21 pilot Sigmund Jähn.

Sigmund Jähn in the cockpit of a MiG-21. (Photo: author's collection)

Sigmund Jähn and his commanding officer Waleri Bykowski after landing on board Soyus 29. (Photo: author's collection)

Sigmund Jähn together with his Cuban cosmonaut-colleague in front of the MiG-21F-13 of Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz museum (Germany). This aircraft is presented as his "personal" one but is in fact only one of those he flew during his active duty. (Photo: author's collection)