Book Review of Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-19P & PM & Mig-21F-13
Authors: Lechoslaw Musialkowski & Janusz Swiatlon
Stratus & Mushroom Model Publications (MMP)
ISBN: 978-83-65958-06-8
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $23.00
ISBN: 978-83-65958-06-8
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $23.00
HISTORY:
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twin jet-engine 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 North American F-100 Super Sabre, although the MiG-19 would primarily oppose the more modern McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and Republic F-105 Thunderchief over North Vietnam.
SPECIFICATIONS
Role: Fighter aircraft
National origin: Soviet Union
Manufacturer: Mikoyan-Gurevich
First flight: 27 May 1952
Introduction to service: March 1955
Status: Retired
Primary users: Soviet Air Forces (historical), People's Liberation Army Air Force (historical)
Number built: 2,172 (excluding production in China)
Developed from: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
Variants: Shenyang J-6, Nanchang Q-5
MiG-21F (1959; Izdeliye 72; NATO "Fishbed-B")
Single-seat day fighter aircraft. It was the first production aircraft, with 93 machines being made (20 in 1959, 73 in 1960).
The MiG-21F carried 2160 liters of fuel in six internal fuel tanks and was powered by an R11F-300 turbojet engine with 5740kgf of thrust.
The earliest units were fitted with one NR-30 and two NR-23 cannon,
subsequent aircraft were armed with two 30-mm NR-30 cannons 60 shells each, it was also capable of carrying two bombs ranging from 50 to 500 kg each.
Avionics included PUS-36D weapons sequencing module, R-800
communications radio, ASP-5NV-U1 computing gun sight, and SRD-5MN Baza-6 radar rangefinder.
THE BOOK:
Stratus is an affiliate of Mushroom Model Publication (MMP) . MMP is based in the UK and Stratus in in Sandomierz. Poland. Stratus prints all off MMP's books in English and their own line of books in both English and Polish. This book is all in English.
It is soft cover of 72 pages in 8 1/2" x 11" page format.
It contains 157 black and white photos ans 7 color ones.
There are 12 color side profiles and one 2-view included.
This is a neat book on these 2 aircraft and will be of interest to both aircraft historians and modelers alike.
I want to thank the folks at Casemate Publishing, the N. American distributor of MMP/Stratus books for this review sample and also the folks at Stratus.
All MMP titles can be viewed on Casemates web site at:
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twin jet-engine 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 North American F-100 Super Sabre, although the MiG-19 would primarily oppose the more modern McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and Republic F-105 Thunderchief over North Vietnam.
SPECIFICATIONS
Role: Fighter aircraft
National origin: Soviet Union
Manufacturer: Mikoyan-Gurevich
First flight: 27 May 1952
Introduction to service: March 1955
Status: Retired
Primary users: Soviet Air Forces (historical), People's Liberation Army Air Force (historical)
Number built: 2,172 (excluding production in China)
Developed from: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
Variants: Shenyang J-6, Nanchang Q-5
MiG-21F (1959; Izdeliye 72; NATO "Fishbed-B")
Single-seat day fighter aircraft. It was the first production aircraft, with 93 machines being made (20 in 1959, 73 in 1960).
The MiG-21F carried 2160 liters of fuel in six internal fuel tanks and was powered by an R11F-300 turbojet engine with 5740kgf of thrust.
The earliest units were fitted with one NR-30 and two NR-23 cannon,
subsequent aircraft were armed with two 30-mm NR-30 cannons 60 shells each, it was also capable of carrying two bombs ranging from 50 to 500 kg each.
Avionics included PUS-36D weapons sequencing module, R-800
communications radio, ASP-5NV-U1 computing gun sight, and SRD-5MN Baza-6 radar rangefinder.
THE BOOK:
Stratus is an affiliate of Mushroom Model Publication (MMP) . MMP is based in the UK and Stratus in in Sandomierz. Poland. Stratus prints all off MMP's books in English and their own line of books in both English and Polish. This book is all in English.
It is soft cover of 72 pages in 8 1/2" x 11" page format.
It contains 157 black and white photos ans 7 color ones.
There are 12 color side profiles and one 2-view included.
This is a neat book on these 2 aircraft and will be of interest to both aircraft historians and modelers alike.
I want to thank the folks at Casemate Publishing, the N. American distributor of MMP/Stratus books for this review sample and also the folks at Stratus.
All MMP titles can be viewed on Casemates web site at: