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Mikoyan MIG 17 Fresco Military Aircraft Model From Franklin Mint

Mikoyan MIG 17 Fresco - Scale Model Warbird
Part Number: B11E201
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Approximately 9" (22.9 cm) in length. Wingspan approximately 7 3/4" (19.7 cm). Scale 1:48.

Mikoyan MIG 17 Fresco - Scale Model Warbird - Description

·	Excellent maneuverability and near-invincible armament made this Soviet jet fighter a worthy foe

The MiG-17 design was generally based on a previous successful Mikoyan and Gurevich fighter, the MiG-15. The major novelty was an introduction of a swept wing with a "compound sweep" configuration: 45° angle near fuselage, and 42° angle of outer parts. It shared the same Klimov VK-1 engine and the rest of construction was similar. The first prototype, designated SI in a construction bureau, was flown on the 14th January 1950, piloted by Ivan Ivashchenko. Second prototype variant SP-2 was an interceptor, with a radar. Despite the SI prototype crash on March 17, 1950, tests of other prototype SI-2 and experimental series aircraft SI-02 and SI-01, in 1951, were generally successful, and on September 1, 1951 the aircraft was accepted for production. It was estimated that with the same engine as MiG-15's, the MiG-17's maximum speed is higher by 40-50 km/h, and the fighter has greater maneuverability at high altitude.

The serial production started in August 1951. During production, the aircraft was improved and modified several times. The basic MiG-17 was a general purpose day-fighter, armed with 3 cannons, considered to be most effective in action against enemy aircraft. It could also act as a fighter-bomber, but its bombload was considered light relative to other aircraft of the time, and it usually carried additional fuel tanks instead of bombs.

Soon a number of MiG-17P all-weather fighters were produced with the Izumrud radar and front air intake modifications. In the spring of 1953 the MiG-17F day-fighter entered production. Fitted with the VK-1F engine with an afterburner, which improved its performance, it became the most popular variant of the MiG-17. The next mass-produced variant with afterburner and radar was the MiG-17PF. In 1956 a small series (47 aircraft) was converted to MiG-17PM (also known as PFU) with 4 first-generation air-to-air missiles K-5 (NATO: AA-1). A small series of MiG-17R reconnaissance aircraft were built with VK-1F engine (it was tested with VK-5F engine).

Several thousand MiG-17s were built in the USSR by 1958.

Service

The MiG-17 became a standard fighter in all Warsaw Pact countries in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They were also bought by numerous countries being under political influence of the USSR, and other, mainly African and Asian ones.

MiG-17s were not available for the Korean War but saw considerable service as the main aircraft of the North Vietnamese Air Force during the Vietnam War, when it frequently worked in conjunction with MiG-21s ordinarily flown by Soviet or Chinese pilots. [citation needed] In fact, the pilots preferred the MiG-17 to the MiG-21 in that conflict as the MiG-17 was more agile, though not as fast as the MiG-21. They also flew against Israel in the various Arab-Israeli conflicts.

Twenty countries flew MiG-17's.

Application

The strategic purpose of this, and most other Soviet fighters, was to shoot down U.S. bombers, not engage in dogfights. This subsonic (.93 Mach) fighter was effective against slower (.6-.8 Mach), heavily loaded U.S. fighter-bombers. Even if the target had sufficient warning and time to shed external weight/drag and accelerate to supersonic escape speed, doing so would have inherently forced it to abort its bombing mission. However, the MiG-17 is the only type of jet-powered fighter to have been shot down by a bomber - a B-52 in Vietnam.

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