OKB named after AI Mikoyan MiG-15 / MiG-15UTI. A photo. Characteristics.

the USSR

A type: Single-engine jet fighter and a double jet training aircraft

CrewOne pilot / two pilots, arranged one behind the other

The first successful Soviet jet fighter MiG-15 virtually no ads appeared in 1950, in the skies over Korea and became an unpleasant surprise for the pilots of the United Nations. With its swept wings and the aerodynamic configuration of the MiG could easily bypass their American and British opponents climb, in a dive, and a maneuvering speed.

Only with the appearance in December 1958 of the F-86 "Saber" aircraft, the UN forces obtained a fighter that corresponded to the MiG-15 in almost everything. The "heart" of the agile fighter from the bureau headed by AI Mikoyan and MI Gurevich was the compact RD-45F engine of Klimov, the direct descendant of the Nin engine of Rolls-Royce. The copies of the Nin engine were bought in the USSR in 1947 by the then allied government of England; this seems to be the answer to the question of problems with power plants, which delayed the development of jet fighters in the USSR. In addition, Soviet designers were under the enormous influence of German data captured in 1945.

After flight testing at the beginning of the year 1947-15 MiG been put into production, and for five years in the USSR was built 8000 * aircraft. During 1950-ies in the operation received subsequent improvement modifications (including double training fighter UTI). Licensed production continued in Poland ** (fighter Lim-1 and two-seater SBLim-2) in the early 1960-ies.

* 10 MiG-633s of various modifications were built in the USSR alone. - Approx. ed.

** MiG-15 built in series and in Czechoslovakia.

Basic data

Dimensions (for MiG-15UTI):

Length: 10,1 m

Wingspan: 10,08 m

Height: 3,7 m

Aircraft performance characteristics:

Maximum speed: 1015 km / h

Flight range: 1054 km with dropable fuel tanks

The weight*:

Empty: 3724 kg

Maximum takeoff: 5400 kg

Date of first flight:

December 30, 1947 (MiG-15 aircraft) and June 23, 1949 (MiG-15UTI aircraft)

Power point: RD-45F designer Klimov

Power: 22,26 kN thrust

The surviving airworthy modifications: MiG-15bis, F-2, Lim-1 and SBLim-2 / 2A