Gooper,A little belated, but you were wondering about FF joysticks. I just caught this thread on AVSIM that might help you decide if you want one and/or maybe which one to get:
http://ftp.avsim.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=7977&forum=DCForumID8
By the way, I'm using a Saitek Cyborg 3D and it works pretty well and is reasonably priced. Not built like a tank like my old steel Thrustmaster was but has lots more features and seems to hold calibration well.
I haven't tried that MIG21 you mentioned but will check it out. Thanks. My favorite mil jet is Dino Cattaneo's F14. Very nice stable flier and looks wonderful. I'm using an F14 panel with HUD with it that is also very good. For the life of me I can't find out where I got the panel and the readme doesn't have the authors name but his e-mail is rossfr@yahoo.com. The filename of the d/l is a little atypical: F14PNL1.1.ZIP (Not a typo).
Regards,
Al Wheeler