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

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