The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

This is a list of variants and specifications for variants of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, which differed considerably between models. All information in this section adapted from MiG-21 (2008). [1] Preliminary swept-wing design around the Mikulin AM-5A non-reheated turbojet. Instead of building it, the design was quickly reworked into the Ye-2.

Flying test-bed for research and development of Tu-144 passenger airplane wing. Two prototypes were built. First was used to develop elevon control system for tailless aircraft. All four elevon sections were based all over wingspan. The second was tested at …

May 22, 2023 · The MiG-21I was a specialised tailless version of the Fishbed and was constructed with a double-delta wing similar to the SAAB Draken, and this wing configuration was envisaged to be suitable for the supersonic passenger aircraft project known as the Tu-144.

Nov 21, 2022 · The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21I Analog (Russian: Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-21и Аналог; also know as the A-144 and 21-11) was a Soviet experimental aircraft modified from the MiG-21 airframe.

Mar 28, 2011 · The Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 is truly one of the most remarkable aircraft of the Cold War and perhaps the most widely-built plane since World War II. In its career, the MiG-21 has seen service with some 47 different nations throughout Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Eastern Europe since the late 1950s.

The MiG-21 was the first successful Soviet aircraft combining fighter and interceptor characteristics in a single aircraft. It was a lightweight fighter, achieving Mach 2 with a relatively low-powered afterburning turbojet.

MiG-21I Izdeliye 21-11 “Analog”: The Weirdest MiG-21 of Them All! Back in the 1960s, Tupolev was hard at work designing the Tu-144, using the good old pencil and paper method as well as testing prototypes in a giant wind tunnel and in a no less gigantic hyperbaric chamber.

Jan 17, 2025 · As 2 flying examples were manufactured, the first one was eventually identified MIG-21I/1. From the book “Mikoyan MIG-21” (by Yefim Gordon, Keith Dexter and Dmitry Komissarov) we learn that: “… the machine was based on the production MIG-21S.

The MiG-21I was the first and only MiG jet design with no tail plane and had a complete new wing with the part ahead of the main spar easy replaceable so different shapes could be tested. The -21S R-11F2S-300 engine was replaced by the higher-powered R-13-300 and the -21I had 17% more fuel capacity, up to 5,985 lb (2,715 kg).