Before Yeager and Air Force test pilots Albert Boyd and H.E. Tom Collins put the MiG-15 through its paces, technicians inspected it for signs of sabotage and determined it was safe. The MiG was ...
The Soviets then went to work building a jet from German engines. In 1946, the year after the war, they developed the Jumo-powered Yak-15 and the BMW-powered MiG-9 (the latter was faster). But ...
The MiG-23 was supposed to be another feather in MiG’s cap, like the MiG-15 or the MiG-21 before it. But the sweep-wing MiG-23 proved to be a nightmare, with poor handling, poor stability ...
Keep up with the latest Simple Flying coverage of military aviation here. Beyond its technical prowess, the MiG-15 carries significant historical weight. Its introduction influenced Cold War ...
Just 4300 L usable internal fuel volume, 4440-4458 L of total volume. The worst was the MiG-23UB, with 4240 L total internal fuel volume. Note: if you want to calculate weights, standard Soviet fuel ...