Tuesday, November 25, 2008

MiG-19 (Farmer)


The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19) (NATO reporting name "Farmer") is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. A comparable U.S. "Century Series" fighter was the F-100 Super Sabre, although it would oppose the more modern F-4 Phantom and F-105 Thunderchief over Vietnam.















General characteristics
Crew: One
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,455 km/h (909 mph)
Armament
3x 30 mm NR-30 cannons (70 rounds per gun for wing guns, 55 rounds for fuselage gun)
Up to 250 kg (550 lb) of bombs or unguided rockets on 4 underwing pylons

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