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Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed: Volume 45 (WarbirdTech) Summary:By Yefim Gordon, Peter Davison
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed, a lightweight air-combat fighter, is one of the most famous military aircraft in the world. No other warplane has been manufactured in such large numbers (over 10,000 in the Soviet Union and about 2,000 in China and India) since World War II. Nor has any other fighter served with so many air forces (the current count is 56). This global success was the MiG design bureau’s fourth in succession in the immediate postwar era.
Powered by one Tumansky R-11F-300 rated at 12,675 lb (w/ afterburner), the MiG-21 was easy to maintain, tough in the harshest environments, and very affordable. It was designed to climb fast to high altitudes, at all heights, and to excel in close combat.
This book covers all MiG-21 upgrades and variants, as well as combat and armament specifications. Over 300 photos are used to illustrate the story of the MiG-21. It features technical diagrams and gives a comprehensive development history. Other topics include design, development, structural detail, international production, trials, comparisons, and much more.
Summary: With over 300 photographs, many of them previously unpublished Rating: 5 Volume 45 in the WarbirdTech series, Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed is an extensively detailed examination of the titular MiG-21 lightweight air-combat fighter, manufactured in greater numbers than any other warplane since World War II. Designed to be easy to maintain, reliable in harsh environments, climb fast, and perform superlatively in close combat, the MiG-21's strengths literally made it a global success. Written by a pair of experts in aviation, Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed includes in-depth coverage of all MiG-21 upgrades and variants, information on combat and armament specifications, technical diagrams, an extensive development history, discussion of the plane's structural detail and internal production, and much more. Over 300 photographs, many of them previously unpublished, enhance this in-depth reference and resource for aviation buffs and professionals alike. Summary: B&W photos ???Rating: 3 Great on details. However, 98% photos are black and white - big turn off for me. Summary: Not bad but not great either...Rating: 3 The book is organized in a familiar way: initial development, technical description, versions (MiG-21s but also Chengdu's J/F-7), operational use, a list of the various countries that used the aircraft and technical drawings. Yes the book is organized like most Yefim Gordon's monographies... and just like his MiG-21 Aerofax book in fact. About 70-80% of the text and pictures comes from the Aerofax. Only the chapter about the operational use and the MiG-21 modelling chapter are new. The text update is pretty superficial. The later is particularly poor. The line drawings are drawn by Vladimir Klimov and they're great but a lot of the ones that were in the Aerofax have been removed for some reason.
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