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model kits 1/72 Description This listing is for the rare / vintage / hard to fine 1/72 model kit as shown in the photos above all checked and complete will post world wide will comdine postage for multiple purchases. If you have a collection to sell or are looking for a particular kits please get in touch I have 100s still to list. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Mig 21 ) Jump to: navigation , search MiG-21 Romanian MiG-21 Role Fighter Manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB Designer Artem Mikoyan First flight 14 February 1955 (Ye-2) Introduction 1959 (MiG-21F) Retired 1990s (Russia) Status In active service (see list ) Primary users Soviet Air Force Polish Air Force Indian Air Force Romanian Air Force Produced 1959 (MiG-21F) to 1985 (MiG-21bis) Number built 11,496 [1 ] (10,645 produced in the USSR, 194 in Czechoslovakia , 657 in India ) Variants Chengdu J-7 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ( Russian : ?????? ? ??????? ???-21 ; NATO reporting name : Fishbed ) is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft , designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union . It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or olówek (English: pencil) by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage .[ 2] Early versions are considered second-generation jet fighters , while later versions are considered to be third-generation jet fighters . Some 50 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations a half-century after its maiden flight. The fighter made aviation records. At least by name, it is the most-produced supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history and the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War , and it had the longest production run of a combat aircraft (1959 to 1985 over all variants). [1 ] Contents 1 Development 2 Design 3 Operational history 4 Variants 5 Operators 6 Specifications (Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13) 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Development Origins The MiG-21 jet fighter was a continuation of Soviet jet fighters, starting with the subsonic MiG-15 and MiG-17 , and the supersonic MiG-19 . A number of experimental Mach 2 Soviet designs were based on nose intakes with either swept-back wings, such as the Sukhoi Su-7 , or tailed deltas , of which the MiG-21 would be the most successful. Development of what would become the MiG-21 began in the early 1950s, when Mikoyan OKB finished a preliminary design study for a prototype designated Ye-1 in 1954. This project was very quickly reworked when it was determined that the planned engine was underpowered; the redesign led to the second prototype, the Ye-2. Both these and other early prototypes featured swept wings—the first prototype with delta wings as found on production variants was the Ye-4. The Ye-4 made its maiden flight on 16 June 1955 and made its first public appearance during the Soviet Aviation Day display at Moscow's Tushino airfield in July 1956. In the West, due to the lack of available information, early details of the MiG-21 often were confused with those of similar Soviet fighters of the era. In one instance, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1960–1961 listed the "Fishbed" as a Sukhoi design and used an illustration of the Su-9 'Fishpot' . Design MiG-21 at the Aviation Museum of Central Finland in Jyväskylä . The MiG-21 was the first successful Soviet aircraft combining fighter and interceptor characteristics in a single aircraft. It was a lightweight fighter, achieving Mach 2 with a relatively low-powered afterburning turbojet , and is thus comparable to the American Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter and the French Dassault Mirage III .[ 1] Its basic layout was used for numerous other Soviet designs; delta-winged aircraft included Su-9 interceptor and the fast E-150 prototype from MiG bureau while the mass-produced successful front fighter Su-7 and Mikoyan's I-75 experimental interceptor com... read more

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