Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

what is it?

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a transonic fighter aircraft that was produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and in Poland as the PZL-Mielec Lim-6. The MiG-17 is still being used by North Korea's air force in the present day and has seen combat in the Middle East and Asia.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · mid wing · retractable tricycle gear · 9.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,100 km/htop speed
• range 2,020 kmwithout refuelling
• size 6,069 kgmax take-off weight
• built 10,649made 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 76 years ago, in 1950.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.6 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,020 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.9× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1950-01-14

introduced

1951

retired

1970

status

still flying

number built

10,649

role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

People's Republic of China, Novosibirsk, Samara, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center, Tbilisi, Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, AERO Vodochody Aerospace, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association, Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing, PZL, Sokol

engines

1× Klimov VK-1F / Klimov VK-1

crew

1

length

11.3 m

wingspan

9.6 m

height

3.8 m

max take-off weight

6,069 kg

top speed

1,100 km/h

range

2,020 km

ceiling

16,600 m

wings

mid wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

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

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