Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the first turbojet fighter developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich in the years immediately after World War II. It used reverse-engineered German BMW 003 engines. Categorized as a
Red 01 at the Central Air Force Museum, Monino, Russia
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 at the Chinese Aviation Museum
Yakovlev Yak-15
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The Yakovlev Yak-15 is a first-generation Soviet turbojet fighter developed by the Yakovlev design bureau immediately after World War II. The main fuselage was that of Yakovlev Yak-3 piston-engine fig
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
…and the Yakovlev OKB tossed a coin to determine which aircraft would be the first Soviet jet to fly. (MiG had brought the I-300, and Yakovlev the Yak-(3)-15.) MiG won and the I-300's first flight lasted six minutes. These early flights revealed problems with the stability of the aircraft and vibration…
The only surviving Yak-15, displayed at the Vadim Zadorozhny Technical Museum, Moscow (2012)
Yak-15 forward fuselage and engine