5050 x 3360 px | 42,8 x 28,4 cm | 16,8 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
11 agosto 2009
Ubicazione:
Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington 98108
Altre informazioni:
MIG-17 on static display on the North Lawn of the Museum of Flight, Seattle. The MiG-17 was an improved and significantly upgraded derivative of the original post-war MiG-15. Equipped with an afterburning turbojet engine of considerably greater thrust than its predecessor, the MiG-17 was the first Russian aircraft capable of near-sonic velocities in level flight. It could, in fact, fly supersonically in a shallow dive. Numerous versions of the MiG-17 were manufactured in Russia and several satellite countries. The type eventually saw combat in Vietnam, the Middle East, and other parts of the world. The Museum's MiG-17 is an early production version, formerly active with the Moroccan Air Force. It was brought to the U.S. through the efforts of Maj. Gen. "Boots" Blesse, former president of the American Fighter Aces Association, and Col. Maj. Kabbaj, Royal Moroccan Air Force. The transfer to the Champlin Museum was approved formally by His Highness, King Hassan II, in 1983. The MiG-17 was transported by C-130 and truck to Mesa, Arizona following disassembly in Morocco. The MiG-17 now bears the markings of a standard-camouflaged North Vietnamese MiG-17F. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17) (NATO reporting name: Fresco) (China:Shenyang J-5) (Poland: PZL-Mielec Lim-6)[1] is a high-subsonic performance jet fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. It is an advanced development of the very similar appearing MiG-15 of the Korean War, and was used as an effective threat against supersonic fighters of the United States in the Vietnam War. It was also briefly known as the "Type 38", by USAF designation prior to the development of NATO codes.[
