The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft, in service from 1952. The MiG-17 design was generally based on the Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-15. The major novelty was its introduction of a swept wing with a "compound sweep" configuration: a 45° angle near the fuselage, and a 42° angle for the outboard part of the wings. Other easily visible differences to its predecessor were the three wing-fences on each wing, instead of the MiG-15's two, and the addition of a ventral fin. The MiG-17 shared the same Klimov VK-1 engine and the rest of its construction was similar. The first prototype, designated "SI" by the construction bureau, was flown on the 14 January 1950, piloted by Ivan Ivashchenko. The second prototype variant, "SP-2", was an interceptor equipped with a radar. Despite the SI prototype's crash on March 17 1950, tests of another 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 the 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, and serial production started in August 1951. The basic MiG-17 was a general-purpose day fighter, armed with three cannons and considered to be most effective in action against enemy aircraft. The next mass-produced variant with afterburner and radar was the MiG-17PF. In 1956 a ...
Keywords: Mikoyan-Gurevich, mig-17
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