Showing posts with label Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3. Show all posts
Monday, 4 December 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3U

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On 26th February 1943, the OKB received the order of developing an improved version of the MiG-3 for the PVO with the requirements of havi...
Saturday, 2 December 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 with AM-38 engine

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Due to the clumsiness of the MiG-3 at low altittudes, where most of the aerial combat took place, it was decided to test the AM-38F engine...
Thursday, 30 November 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, part seven, Spanish MiG-3 pilots in WW2

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It's not a very known fact, but after the Spanish Civil War ended, the Republican government continued in the exile and so, many of th...
Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, part six captured MiG-3s

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The MiG-3 was captured in great numbers by the Axis countries. Among them, was the Kingdom of Romania, that captured at least two of them....
Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, part five

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The many amounts of flaws detected in the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-1, forced Mikoyan to make many changes to the design. Those testing were ap...
Monday, 27 November 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, part four

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The majority of MiG-3 serving with the VVS were transferred to the PVO, where their flaws at low altittude weren't so important. On 10...
Sunday, 26 November 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, part three

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When Operation Barbarossa began on 21st June 1941, most MiG-3 together with the least advanced version, MiG-1, were assigned to the border...
Friday, 24 November 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, part two

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MiG-3s were delivered to the frontline units in the spring of 1941 and only a handful of pilots were trained to flight them as most of VVS...
Thursday, 23 November 2017

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, part one.

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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 was a Soviet fighter and interceptor aircraft used during the World War II. It was a development of the previou...