Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twinjet fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. A comparable
MiG-19S in the National Museum of the United States Air Force
MiG-19 in Tiraspol
MiG-19PM with drop tanks.
MiG-19PM shows the nose inlet housing the radar.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: "Balalaika", because its pl
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
…excellent fighter, "like the MiG-17, it could easily out-turn the Phantom...and could out-accelerate the F-4 out to Mach 1.2, but was slower than the MiG-21.". However, the MiG-19's greatest fault was its extremely short range, as one U.S. test pilot remarked, "after going in full after-burner at low altitude…
A Croatian MiG-21bis-D in flight
Retired Finnish MiG-21bis on top of Verkkokauppa store in Helsinki (Tyynenmerenkatu 11)
MiG-21bis rear
Close-up of the landing gear bay