Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1

what is it?

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.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 10.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 628 km/htop speed
• range 580 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 3,319 kgmax take-off weight
• built 100made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1940-04-05

introduced

1940

retired

1944

status

retired

number built

100

role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG

engines

1× Mikulin AM-35A / Mikulin AM-35

crew

1

passengers

1

length

8.2 m

wingspan

10.2 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

3,319 kg

top speed

628 km/h

range

580 km

ceiling

12,000 m

wings

low wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.