MiG-15 Facot

In the years following World War II, many nations made use of captured German technology, and given the pressures of the incipient Cold War, Soviet engineers often had very little time to produce an "answer to the West." As a result, the MiG-15's designers made use of German technologies and a British powerplant, which served to accelerate the fighter's development. The MiG-15 had a long service career and was built in huge numbers both within and outside the Soviet Union. The main factors in the MiG-15's success were a turbojet rated at over 2,000 kg (4,409 lb) of thrust, a new configuration with swept wings and empennage, and new pilot survival aids including an ejection seat. These, together with heavy armament and ease of manufacture and operation, made the MiG-15 a superb fighter jet. In fact, it paved the way for Soviet fighter design for the next decade. WarbirdTech Volume 40.

ISBN 1580070817   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781580070812 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 458 Publisher Specialty Press   Published in North Branch Imprint Specialty Press   Series ISSN 40 Format Paperback   Series title Warbird Tech S. Publication date 03 Mar 2005   Height (mm) 274 Library of Congress UG   Width (mm) 213 DEWEY 623.746   Spine width (mm) 8 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level General, Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education Pages 104

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