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Aircraft:	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F Fresco-C "Red Bull"
Event:	Aviation Nation · Nellis AFB - Las Vegas Airshow 2007
Location:	Nellis Air Force Base (LSV / KLSV), Nevada, USA
Date:	10 - 11 November 2007
	PZL-Mielec Lim-5 (MiG-17F), NX117BR (c/n: 1C1529), Red Bull North America, Inc., Santa Monica, CA, USA (PZL-Mielec Lim-5 is the polish version of the russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F Fresco-C.)

		More photos: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F Fresco-C

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Aircraft:	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F Fresco-C "Red Bull"
Event:	Miramar Air Show
Location:	Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California, USA
Date:	15 - 17 October 2004
	PZL-Mielec Lim-5 (MiG-17F), NX117BR (c/n: 1C1529), Red Bull North America, Inc., Santa Monica, CA, USA (PZL-Mielec Lim-5 is the polish version of the russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F Fresco-C.) Bill Reesman's MiG-17F aircraft is capable of pulling 10G's and reaching speeds of 1.2 Mach (more than 700 miles per hour). On the above pictures he flies his aircraft during a challenge with Kent Shockley's "ShockWave" Jet Truck. It is a Peterbuilt Truck with three Pratt & Whitney J34-48 jet engines, reaching speeds of more than 300 miles per hour, while producing 19,000 lbs. of thrust (36,000 hp).

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