Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 (Russian: Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-1) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II that was designed to meet a requirement for a high-altitude fighter issued in 1939. To minimize demand on strategic materials such as aluminum, the aircraft was mostly constructed from steel tubing and wood. Flight testing revealed a number of deficiencies, but it was ordered into production before they could be fixed. Although difficult to handle, one hundred were built before the design was modified into the MiG-3. The aircraft was issued to fighter regiments of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) in 1941, but most were destroyed during the opening days of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941.
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- Manufacturer
- Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG
- Category
- Fighters
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- First flight
- 1940-04-05
- Length
- 8.16 m
- Wingspan
- 10.2 m
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 343 kt
- Max speed
- 340 kt
- Range
- 310 nm
- Service ceiling
- 12,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 3,310 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 7,317 lb
- Empty weight
- 5,736 lb
- Powerplant
- 1 × Mikulin AM-35A V-12
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 26.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 33.5 ft
- Height
- 8.7 ft
- Number built
- 103
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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