FAST FACTS:
This aircraft was built
in Europe and flew for Soviet bloc countries
until the early 1980s.
In
2001, a four-year, top-to-bottom restoration was completed.
OPERATIONAL DATA:
Rate of Climb:
30,000 feet in 3 minutes
Service Ceiling:
53,296 feet
Top Speed:
715mph
Engine:
VK-1F afterburning jet engine
Max. Thrust:
7,452lbs.
Max. weight:
13,386lbs.
MiG - 17 L - 29 T - 33 Iskra Solo F - 860
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MiG-17F
Made
famous by the Vietnam War,
the MiG-17F was the primary enemy aircraft engaged in the skies over
Vietnam by U.S. aircraft, such as the A-4,A-7, F-8, B-52, F-100, F-105
and its primary nemesis, the F-4 Phantom II. During that war and up
until the F-16 entered service, it was the tightest-turning fighter in
the world.When production started in the 1950s, its VK-1F engine made
it one of the first production jet fighters in the world with an
afterburner.
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