Название: Okb Mig: A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft
Автор(ы): Piotr Butowski, Jay Miller
Издательство: Aerofax, Inc. for Midland
Год: 2000
ISBN: 978-0904597806
Страниц: 246
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 51 MB

Following the formal birth of their design bureau in 1939, the Mikoyan and Gurevich design team ascended with extraordinary rapidity into the ranks of the aerospace elite. This meteoric rise was not without justification, as their perseverance had resulted in the development of a number of truly exceptional fighters in an environment that would have defeated a less tenacious pair in short order. Beginning with the MiG-1 and MiG-3 piston engine fighters, their work consistently represented the state-of-the art in the Soviet Union for some four decades and did not end with their respective deaths in 1970 and 1976. Talented engineers such as Rostislav Belyakov were quick to fill the voids left by their mentors, and as result, the legacy of excellence continues.