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Alexander Mladenov | 304 pages | 01 Apr 2016 | Fonthill Media | 9781781554968 | English | Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom Air-to-air combat losses between the Soviet Union and the United States - Wikipedia

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The author has considered his audience - the book covers a great amount of technical detail, yet in carefully choosing his language, the This book delivers exactly what it promises - an in-depth look at Soviet jet fighter development from the end of WWII through to the early s. The author has considered his audience - the book covers a great amount of technical detail, yet in carefully choosing his language, the book is completely accessible to any reader - there is no need to have an aviation background to enjoy and comprehend the technical information. Overall, I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Soviet military aviation or in the development of a nation's military aviation and the hurdles faced along the way. Christopher Eckman rated it it was amazing Jun 29, David Pinch rated it it was amazing Nov 15, Ken added it Oct 05, Rolando marked it as to-read Oct 25, Justin marked it as to-read Dec 20, Jorge Casellas marked it as to-read Sep 17, Andrew marked it as to-read Mar 20, Eli Price marked it as to-read Sep 03, Neil Ericson is currently reading it Sep 30, Nayden Ivanov added it Jul 17, Krzysiek Chris marked it as to-read Aug 10, Ali Matay marked it as to-read Aug 15, The transonic airplane acquired a new aesthetic expressiveness due to elements born as a result of the research of scientists and designers. In subsonic airplanes, the constant-geometry air intake with its rounded leading edge performs well enough. For supersonic aircraft, it was necessary to develop air inlets of a different form and another principle of operation. Due to the wide range of operational speeds of these aircraft, their air intakes and air ducts should work equally well under different conditions. The achievements of German specialists became the basis on which the transonic airplanes were born, both abroad and in the Soviet Union. The La fighter, on which the test pilot Ivan Fedorov, on December 26, , for the first time in the USSR overcame the sound barrier, was an entirely unrelated design. But in December in "L'Ala D'Italia" under the title "Rassegna dell'aviazione sovietica" ["Soviet Aviation Review"] it is reported that this design "appeared for the first time in The characteristic silhouette is detached considerably from that of other Soviet fighters. The air intake is far forward: it almost gets confused with the fuselage. The top of the T-tail is raised to a certain height relative to the plane of the wings. Caratteristatica la sua sagoma che si stacca notevolmente da quella degli altri caccia sovietici. Canina posta molot avanti: quasi si confonde con la fusolliera. Piani di dierzione a T sollevati a una certa altezza respetto al piano delle ali a delta. The "Fearless" had a combat of about nautical miles a gross weight of approximately 40, lb and a maximum speed of Mach 2. The relationship between thrust and weight of the Fearless was reported as 1. Airplanes with variable geometry are sometimes referred to as "swing-wing aircraft" e. These aircraft comprise a fuselage with a pair of wings projecting therefrom in the transverse direction. Each of the wings has an inner wing section arranged stationarily with respect to the fuselage and an outer wing section adjacent thereto and pivotable about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is substantially oriented in the vertical direction of the aircraft. By means of the pivotability of the outer wing sections of such a swing-wing aircraft, the sweep of the wings, and thus the geometry "configuration" , can be varied during the flight so as to advantageously adapt the flight characteristics e. It is known that a rather small sweep is advantageous, for example, for an energy-efficient flight over large distances cruise flight , whereas a larger sweep is particularly advantageous for reducing the air resistance during a particularly fast flight. However, the aircraft with variable geometry also have disadvantages. Besides the need to install a pivoting drive for pivoting the wings, which increases the weight, there was an increasing demand with respect to a "low radar signature shape" in order to avoid radar detection or ranging of the aircraft or at least to make it difficult. Additionally, this field typically required an energy-efficient cruise flight, as well as maneuverable and agile flight characteristics, as in case of a combat aircraft, within one flight mission. The design objectives for an aircraft which meets these requirements are complementary. A particularly energy-efficient cruise flight is only possible with wings having a high aspect ratio slim wings. However, such wings reduce the agility due to the relative high moment of inertia about the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Moreover, slim wings make it difficult to design suitable pivoting kinematics for a predefined wing area. The prototype first flew in April and MiGs began entering operational service in The design of the successful MiG "Flogger" interceptor was the basis for the MiG, a swing-wing ground-attack aircraft with a variable sweep wing and a maximum takeoff weight of 20,kg [45, pounds]. MiG-X "Rhombus" In , an article of the aircraft designer Mikoyan on diamond-shaped or delta-shaped wings came to the Western press. The article was published in several magazines and caused quite an interesting reaction. Many journalists decided that the USSR had already built a fighter with a similar wing. For the first time the reconstruction appeared in the "French Journal of Aviation" in In it the plane is called simply and unpretentiously - the MiG. According to the description, this was a supersonic interceptor, armed with two guns, without any additional details. Since that moment the procession of this aircraft begins in magazines, and soon it got the name MiG-X. The description of the aircraft also changed. In the Italian "Journal of Aviation" they wrote that this interceptor was already in mass production. The Spanish aviation almanac already reported the presence of guided missiles in the armament of the aircraft. And in the French magazine "Avion" suddenly became a combat training subsonic fighter. So in different images MiG-X surfaced in various articles almost until the late 's. Helge Bergander is a profound expert on Soviet aircraft and very familiar with original newspapers and magazines from the s and s. The parade itself was totally uninteresting. The article was also published in British and US magazines e. They contained two misinterpretations. Mikoyan doesn't write about MiGs, but about the whole Soviet aviation industry. MiG The design of the MiG was undertaken to correct the deficiencies that the earlier MiG had at higher speeds. Production began in late , but the aircraft were not available in sufficient quantities to take part in the Korean War. Deliveries to the Soviet Air Force began in In April-May in "L'Ala D'Italia" under the title "Rassegna dell'aviazione sovietica" ["Soviet Aviation Review"] an aircraft of this designation was reported, but each and every detail was in error. The main engine is an air-cooled piston motor. At the tail of the aircraft was a rocket engine used as a booster. Where American journalists have taken such a plane is not clear. Supposed to be the successor of Mig, the MiG should have found not a few difficulties in the set-up process, since the Mig has been chosen instead as standard. After the clamorous apparition occurred in Tushino in , anything new has been heard about the new jetplane, up to a couple of years later, when news came about the introduction in the first line of a certain amount of models. A possible failure. According to some sources entered in service by but in very limited numbers. The Fresco was prefered for mass- production. But that didn't stop the then-nascent Aurora Models company from kitting a so-called Russian fighter "inspired" by Nazi Germany's experimental TA Definitely one of the stranger selections in Aurora's stable of airplane kits was the fictitious aircraft they chose to first call the "Yak" then later "MiG". Of course it was neither, looking more than a stylized interpretation of a late-war Luftwaffe drawing board concept. First released as the YAK in , the simple model was retooled with missiles, landing gear and surface detail and re-released in metallic green plastic as the MIG a year later [Revell's issuing a more accurate kit of the real Yak may have had something to do with that]. Although the TA did lead to the development of an actual Soviet Fighter -- the MIG 15 -- this particular design was purely fanciful. Aurora made this kit based on a fuzzy picture in an avaiation magazine, a common source of subjects in the 50s. MiG Air Trail was a magazine for aircraft enthusiasts and modelers very popular in the US during the 50s. This article presented an aircraft with a similar general shape of the Aurora model but with a completely different tail, and with two engines instead of only one. The I was a dual-seat, twin-engine prototype of a fighter with a radar in the nose that flew in and We can imagine that some pictures of the I were transferred to the West in the beginning of the 50s, willingly or not. We can completely think that it was done willingly because at this time the I had no interest for the Soviets, but it was a good card to play in the propaganda domain. It mentions a centre-line pylon for fuel tanks and a rocket pack as well. Die Deutsche Wissenschaftlich Technische Fachzeitschrift Fur Die Zivile Verteidigung for February noted "Mig "Flipper", a heavy-duty fighter-bomber with a maximum speed of Mach 2 is the fastest attack weapon of the Soviet air force. The air-to-air missiles are easily recognizable It should not go unmentioned in the list of jet-tactical bomber the Mig "Flipper", probably the most modern single-seated aircraft of the Red Air Force. Here is the Russian aircraft also as in the"Fiddler" on the line of Western air arms has realized a unitary aircraft looking for both interceptor hunting and reconnaissance as well as the attack on ground targetscan. In contrast to earlier hunting aircraft of the Mig-Series, it is expected to be in service only in small numbers. Flipper was the NATO code name given to an experimental twin-engined interceptor which briefly appeared during the Tushino flyby. It had the familiar delta-wing configuration of the MiG fighter, but was appreciably larger and more powerful. Since it was assumed at the time that this aircraft was the intended successor to the MiG in Soviet Air Force service, it was thought in the West that the designation of this aircraft was MiG, and many publications used this designation for the aircraft. However, the actual designation of this aircraft was YeA, a Mikoyan design bureau number. Since the aircraft never achieved production status, it was never assigned an official MiG designation. The MiG designation was later given to the swing-wing Flogger design. Su The Su airplane appeared in the Spanish arms encyclopedia in the mid The aircraft was able to develop a speed of Mach 2 and carry on external suspensions up to 10 missiles. It is unknown where this plane came to the Spaniards. It is clear that it was created under the influence of rumors about the experimental Soviet aircraft of the fourth generation, but the real Su is the last thing it looks like. The logic of the Spaniards in the choice of designation was also interesting. In December the ever imaginative "L'Ala D'Italia" under the title "Rassegna dell'aviazione sovietica" ["Soviet Aviation Review"] reported the two aircraft separately. Side note: the Soviet Air Force has always been obsessed with providing all aircraft with a rear gun if there was any possible way to jam one in. This devotion to blazing away at tail-gators extends to present day military transports. Another Tu was a Tu It was described as a Soviet twin-engine supersonic interceptor, armed with three mm guns, developed on the basis of captured German technology. It was noted that the aircraft could also be used as an escort fighter. Unlike his counterpart in the article, it became well known in comic books in the early 50's, it was this Yak that often confronted superheroes, if they encountered Soviet aviation. As late as , the design appeared in Life Magazine [06 June , page ], attributed not to Yak but to "Cheranovski, one of Russia's best aviation engineers". But later they forgot about the plane. Yak Mentioned in some American magazines as a Soviet copy of U-2, created after studying the downed Powers aircraft. The aircraft was first mentioned in the Aviation Week in , as being in development. Until the mids it occasionally appeared in the European press as already being in series production. Designing the machine, which received the designation C, was engaged in OKB Beriev, but work on it was stopped in May The "Yak" design was generally similar in layout to the actual YakRV Mandrake, a single-seat high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft generally comparable to the American RBD. This derivative of the basic Yak design replaces the swept wing with a high aspect ratio straight wing. This supersonic twin-engine aircraft in three directions: a front-line bomber, an interceptor and a front-line scout. The new bomber received a preliminary designation Yak later designation Yak and was created on the basis of an experimental YakB. By the end of , all the ordered Yak had been completed at the factory No. However, the military unsatisfied with the test results did not accept the aircraft. The Western visitors were taken in cars past a line-up of every type of Russian operational military aircraft. The delegation was told that the Il was the Il, as part of the deception program according to some reports, the aircraft was demonstrated as the Yak As a result, the Il was assigned far more importance than it actually warranted. Yak Seaplane First appeared in the Life magazine in an article about the achievements of Soviet aviation. Subsonic fighter, armed with three mm guns. According to the magazine, it was developed in the Yakovlev Design Bureau as a response to the American Sea Dart, although inferior to it in all respects. Convair Sea Dart was a unique American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis for takeoff. It flew only as a prototype, and never entered production. The Sea Dart is the only seaplane so far to have exceeded the speed of sound. Saunders-Roe SR. In the West, the massive American carrier buildup of and removed any need for fighter seaplanes. It was said to be possible to base the Yak airplane on both conventional ships and submarines. Life Magazine reportd 06 June that "three of the Soviet seaplane fighters underwent tests on the White sea as long ago as March Air intakes and tailpipes of twin jet engines which may drive the plane at mover mph are mounted high to clear water spray on takeoff and landing. The "Yak Seaplane" appears to be a mis-identification of the Be, which first flew 20 June The Be was first unveiled to the public at the Soviet Aviation Day in , and the aircraft soon captured no fewer than twelve world class records for seaplanes. The Be was a marine reconnaisance- bomber hydroplane. The aircraft Beriev Be "Mallow" was the world's only production flying boat with turbojet engines. This jet-engined flying boat was the only one its class to enter operation service. Yet few Bes were built, and the Be was preferred because of its endurance and better rough sea capability. The Be had highly swept wings, with strong anhedral and floats attached to the tips. The engines were placed in the enlarged wing roots. The Tu 'Fiddler' was long thought to be a Yakolev product. Die Deutsche Wissenschaftlich Technische Fachzeitschrift Fur Die Zivile Verteidigung for February noted "As the most modern heavy fighter-bomber of the Red air force must be considered the Yak "Fiddler", which apparently - as it has been realized in the West for some time - is intended as a multi-purpose high-performance aircraft, it can also be used as a remote hunter and reconnaissance. The two engines that with afterburning each kp thrust are installed in the fuselage and bring the machine to Mach 1. The arrangement of air inlets on both sides of the front fuselage are very similar that of the "StarfIghter". The crew consists of 2 men. The weight is approx. The aircraft is 30 m long and 22 m long, considerably larger than comparable types in NATO. 10 Most Impressive Soviet Aircraft From The Cold War | HotCars

Wikipedia list article. Aviation portal. Air Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Associate Turkmen Air Force. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with Russian-language sources ru. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG Mikoyan- Gurevich MiG-9 jet. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG P. Mikoyan-Gurevich YeA. Archangelski Ar Moving into Japanese occupied Korea, the Soviets gained a foothold in that region, ultimately making it North Korea , and an ally to the Soviet Union. The Soviets flew planes that had Chinese or North Korean markings and were initially forbidden from speaking in Russian over the airwaves. Vadim Shcherbakov who is credited with 6 air- to-air kills. During the Cold War many nations including the Soviet Union and the United States were fiercely protective of their airspaces. Aircraft which entered an opposing nation's airspace were often shot down in air-to-air combat. The incidents produced a heightened sense of paranoia on both sides that resulted in the downing of civilian craft. Many of the aircraft listed at that link were not shot down as a result of Cold War paranoia by US or USSR aircrews, but rather direct action by active combatants for example, the two Air Rhodesia flights. The table lists air combat losses outside of the war zones, such as Korean War or Vietnam War. It does not include losses to ground-based defenses, and it does not include civilian aircraft. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. See also: List of Vietnam War flying aces. MiG and MiG Units , p. Retrieved April 12, Library of Congress. Retrieved Archived from the original on October 19, Retrieved April 4, Archived from the original on June 11, Retrieved April 5, Brune, Lester H. The Korean War: Handbook of the literature and research ed. Greenwood Publishing Group. Osprey Naval Institute Press, Toperczer, Istvan. Osprey Combat Aircraft MiG Units of the Vietnam War.

Air Force's Secret Soviet Fighter Jets: F Pilot Reveals Truth

Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG Mikoyan- Gurevich MiG-9 jet. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG P. Mikoyan-Gurevich YeA. Archangelski Ar Boeing B Superfortress copy. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG R. Antonov An " Ruslan ". Antonov An " Mriya ". Number includes Tupolev Tu Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG U. North American AT He started the Airstream Travel Trailer Company which produces those iconic polished, round-cornered aluminum skinned trailers. The most common way for tanks to be transported during the Second World War was by rail or tank transporter. Tanks are not meant to traverse long distances on their own. The moving parts in tanks are designed to withstand extreme conditions but this comes at a price. In the Second World War, some late war German vehicles had extremely powerful engines and other parts that were designed to basically work under full load for only a few hours. In countries without a densely developed road infrastructure especially in more distant regions such as Russia, the preferred method of transporting tanks is by rail. But the Russian rail network had only limited coverage. Air travel is not only very expensive, but also requires specialized aircraft. Not every transport plane can carry a main battle tank. It generally resembled a Bowlus flying wing, with Italian style tri-motor engines. There is no indication that this aircraft had any existence outside of the fevered imagination of the artist. While it was a not-implausible design, there is not other attestation of such an aircraft, by this or any other designer. It was suposed to be a Lavochkin type and designated La A further improvement from was given the La number. It was a straight wing type with underwing podded engines. Armament was 4 NS 23 mm in the nose. At the end of the Great Patriotic War, Comrade Stalin assigned OKB Sukhoy [later OKB] to create a new-generation jet fighter, but because of safety concerns, technical delays, and Stalin's perception that the design was too derivative of the German Me , Sukhoy's Su-9 and its subsequent modifications were never adopted for production. Stalin eventually closed his design bureau in November , and Sukhoy's team became a subdivision of the Tupolev design bureau in Moscow. After Stalin's death in , the Soviet government permitted Sukhoi to regroup his old team as an independent design bureau. The first of thse was put into limited production under the designation La Then followed the La, a development, powered by Russian-built M axial turbojets. When the 6, lb. The revamped version had swept wing and tail surfaces, and was in limited production as an all-weather fighter at the start of The first public apearance in Tushino of an all weather interceptor codenamed Flashlight seems to be the final developmental stage of the La Nevertheless the Flashlight shows several differences in detail with the La and nobody can be sure even the Flashlight is a Lavokhin product. A 2- crew assault had been tested but not adopted. Lateral intakes leaving a pointed nose for a radar and 4 cannons instalation. La In Flying Magazine December , Ian Morton reported that a "revamped version had swept wing and tail surfaces, and was in limited production as an all-weather fighter at the start of Lavochkin's "F" is a sleeker looking job than its American counterpart. Although once attributed to a bomber design similar to the B in aerodynamic configuration, the designation La is tentatively linked with the new all- weather jet. At the disposal of specialists, then there was no powerful computer technology, and it was not possible to obtain accurate computational results. As the speeds of aircraft increased, other mechanisms of loss of stability were discovered. At near-sound speeds, for example, so-called shock waves are formed. Similar phenomena, called buffeting from the English buffet - to strike, strike , occur at subsonic speeds at large angles of attack. The August edition of "Flying Magazine" included artwork of a Soviet "Transonic Research Plane" described as "one fo the Red's most advanced, reconstructed from three authentic photos. They first built a sweptwing research craft to investigate sonic speeds. One of these machines flew in and is presented here in fully substantiated detail for the first time. Accompanying illustrations are not "'artist's impressiones" but accurate reconstructions of actual photos. This is probably the most interesting genuine aeronautical information to come from Russia since the end of the war". The first jet planes mids were built on the basis of the previous aerodynamics, but only with engines without propellers. But the subsequent sharp increase in speed led to cardinal changes in the entire external figure of the machine. There appeared a swept wing of small elongation, which sharply reduced the resistance at speeds close to the speed of sound. The transonic airplane acquired a new aesthetic expressiveness due to elements born as a result of the research of scientists and designers. In subsonic airplanes, the constant-geometry air intake with its rounded leading edge performs well enough. For supersonic aircraft, it was necessary to develop air inlets of a different form and another principle of operation. Due to the wide range of operational speeds of these aircraft, their air intakes and air ducts should work equally well under different conditions. The achievements of German specialists became the basis on which the transonic airplanes were born, both abroad and in the Soviet Union. The La fighter, on which the test pilot Ivan Fedorov, on December 26, , for the first time in the USSR overcame the sound barrier, was an entirely unrelated design. But in December in "L'Ala D'Italia" under the title "Rassegna dell'aviazione sovietica" ["Soviet Aviation Review"] it is reported that this design "appeared for the first time in The characteristic silhouette is detached considerably from that of other Soviet fighters. The air intake is far forward: it almost gets confused with the fuselage. The top of the T-tail is raised to a certain height relative to the plane of the wings. Caratteristatica la sua sagoma che si stacca notevolmente da quella degli altri caccia sovietici. Canina posta molot avanti: quasi si confonde con la fusolliera. Piani di dierzione a T sollevati a una certa altezza respetto al piano delle ali a delta. The "Fearless" had a combat of about nautical miles a gross weight of approximately 40, lb and a maximum speed of Mach 2. The relationship between thrust and weight of the Fearless was reported as 1. Airplanes with variable geometry are sometimes referred to as "swing-wing aircraft" e. These aircraft comprise a fuselage with a pair of wings projecting therefrom in the transverse direction. Each of the wings has an inner wing section arranged stationarily with respect to the fuselage and an outer wing section adjacent thereto and pivotable about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is substantially oriented in the vertical direction of the aircraft. By means of the pivotability of the outer wing sections of such a swing-wing aircraft, the sweep of the wings, and thus the geometry "configuration" , can be varied during the flight so as to advantageously adapt the flight characteristics e. It is known that a rather small sweep is advantageous, for example, for an energy-efficient flight over large distances cruise flight , whereas a larger sweep is particularly advantageous for reducing the air resistance during a particularly fast flight. However, the aircraft with variable geometry also have disadvantages. Besides the need to install a pivoting drive for pivoting the wings, which increases the weight, there was an increasing demand with respect to a "low radar signature shape" in order to avoid radar detection or ranging of the aircraft or at least to make it difficult. Additionally, this field typically required an energy-efficient cruise flight, as well as maneuverable and agile flight characteristics, as in case of a combat aircraft, within one flight mission. The design objectives for an aircraft which meets these requirements are complementary. A particularly energy-efficient cruise flight is only possible with wings having a high aspect ratio slim wings. However, such wings reduce the agility due to the relative high moment of inertia about the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Moreover, slim wings make it difficult to design suitable pivoting kinematics for a predefined wing area. The prototype first flew in April and MiGs began entering operational service in The design of the successful MiG "Flogger" interceptor was the basis for the MiG, a swing-wing ground- attack aircraft with a variable sweep wing and a maximum takeoff weight of 20,kg [45, pounds]. MiG-X "Rhombus" In , an article of the aircraft designer Mikoyan on diamond-shaped or delta-shaped wings came to the Western press. The article was published in several magazines and caused quite an interesting reaction. Many journalists decided that the USSR had already built a fighter with a similar wing. For the first time the reconstruction appeared in the "French Journal of Aviation" in In it the plane is called simply and unpretentiously - the MiG. According to the description, this was a supersonic interceptor, armed with two guns, without any additional details. Since that moment the procession of this aircraft begins in magazines, and soon it got the name MiG-X. The description of the aircraft also changed. In the Italian "Journal of Aviation" they wrote that this interceptor was already in mass production. The Spanish aviation almanac already reported the presence of guided missiles in the armament of the aircraft. And in the French magazine "Avion" suddenly became a combat training subsonic fighter. So in different images MiG-X surfaced in various articles almost until the late 's. Helge Bergander is a profound expert on Soviet aircraft and very familiar with original newspapers and magazines from the s and s. The parade itself was totally uninteresting. The article was also published in British and US magazines e. They contained two misinterpretations. Mikoyan doesn't write about MiGs, but about the whole Soviet aviation industry. MiG The design of the MiG was undertaken to correct the deficiencies that the earlier MiG had at higher speeds. Production began in late , but the aircraft were not available in sufficient quantities to take part in the Korean War. Deliveries to the Soviet Air Force began in In April-May in "L'Ala D'Italia" under the title "Rassegna dell'aviazione sovietica" ["Soviet Aviation Review"] an aircraft of this designation was reported, but each and every detail was in error. The main engine is an air-cooled piston motor. At the tail of the aircraft was a rocket engine used as a booster. Where American journalists have taken such a plane is not clear. Supposed to be the successor of Mig, the MiG should have found not a few difficulties in the set-up process, since the Mig has been chosen instead as standard. After the clamorous apparition occurred in Tushino in , anything new has been heard about the new jetplane, up to a couple of years later, when news came about the introduction in the first line of a certain amount of models. A possible failure. According to some sources entered in service by but in very limited numbers. The Fresco was prefered for mass- production. But that didn't stop the then-nascent Aurora Models company from kitting a so-called Russian fighter "inspired" by Nazi Germany's experimental TA Definitely one of the stranger selections in Aurora's stable of airplane kits was the fictitious aircraft they chose to first call the "Yak" then later "MiG". Of course it was neither, looking more than a stylized interpretation of a late-war Luftwaffe drawing board concept. First released as the YAK in , the simple model was retooled with missiles, landing gear and surface detail and re-released in metallic green plastic as the MIG a year later [Revell's issuing a more accurate kit of the real Yak may have had something to do with that]. Although the TA did lead to the development of an actual Soviet Fighter -- the MIG 15 -- this particular design was purely fanciful. Aurora made this kit based on a fuzzy picture in an avaiation magazine, a common source of subjects in the 50s. MiG Air Trail was a magazine for aircraft enthusiasts and modelers very popular in the US during the 50s. This article presented an aircraft with a similar general shape of the Aurora model but with a completely different tail, and with two engines instead of only one. The I was a dual-seat, twin-engine prototype of a fighter with a radar in the nose that flew in and We can imagine that some pictures of the I were transferred to the West in the beginning of the 50s, willingly or not. We can completely think that it was done willingly because at this time the I had no interest for the Soviets, but it was a good card to play in the propaganda domain. It mentions a centre-line pylon for fuel tanks and a rocket pack as well. Die Deutsche Wissenschaftlich Technische Fachzeitschrift Fur Die Zivile Verteidigung for February noted "Mig "Flipper", a heavy- duty fighter-bomber with a maximum speed of Mach 2 is the fastest attack weapon of the Soviet air force. The air-to-air missiles are easily recognizable It should not go unmentioned in the list of jet-tactical bomber the Mig "Flipper", probably the most modern single-seated aircraft of the Red Air Force. Here is the Russian aircraft also as in the"Fiddler" on the line of Western air arms has realized a unitary aircraft looking for both interceptor hunting and reconnaissance as well as the attack on ground targetscan. In contrast to earlier hunting aircraft of the Mig-Series, it is expected to be in service only in small numbers. Flipper was the NATO code name given to an experimental twin-engined interceptor which briefly appeared during the Tushino flyby. It had the familiar delta-wing configuration of the MiG fighter, but was appreciably larger and more powerful. Since it was assumed at the time that this aircraft was the intended successor to the MiG in Soviet Air Force service, it was thought in the West that the designation of this aircraft was MiG, and many publications used this designation for the aircraft. However, the actual designation of this aircraft was YeA, a Mikoyan design bureau number. Since the aircraft never achieved production status, it was never assigned an official MiG designation. The MiG designation was later given to the swing-wing Flogger design. Su The Su airplane appeared in the Spanish arms encyclopedia in the mid The aircraft was able to develop a speed of Mach 2 and carry on external suspensions up to 10 missiles. It is unknown where this plane came to the Spaniards. It is clear that it was created under the influence of rumors about the experimental Soviet aircraft of the fourth generation, but the real Su is the last thing it looks like. The logic of the Spaniards in the choice of designation was also interesting. In December the ever imaginative "L'Ala D'Italia" under the title "Rassegna dell'aviazione sovietica" ["Soviet Aviation Review"] reported the two aircraft separately. Side note: the Soviet Air Force has always been obsessed with providing all aircraft with a rear gun if there was any possible way to jam one in. This devotion to blazing away at tail-gators extends to present day military transports. Another Tu was a Tu It was described as a Soviet twin-engine supersonic interceptor, armed with three mm guns, developed on the basis of captured German technology. 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