The esteemed General Designer of the MiG and outstanding Russian aeronautical engineer died on February 28, 2014, aged 95. He played an active part in creating the very first MiG fighters.
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The esteemed General Designer of the MiG and outstanding Russian aeronautical engineer died on February 28, 2014, aged 95. Rostislav Apollosovich Belyakov was born on March 4, 1919, in Murom ( distance between Moscow and Murom is 277.7 km ). After graduating in 1941 from the Moscow Aviation Institute, he was assigned to the Special Design Unit at Aviakhim Aircraft Plant № 1 under Chief Designer Artem Mikoyan.
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In a short time, Belyakov became a top specialist in aircraft control systems and landing aids. He played an active part in creating the very first MiG fighters. // MiG-3 was a Soviet fighter aircraft used during World War II.
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MiG-9 was the first turbojet fighter developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich in the years immediately after World War II. It used reverse-engineered German BMW 003 engines.
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MiG-15 is a jet fighter developed for the Soviet Union by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters it outclassed all straight-winged enemy fighters in most applications.
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MiG-17 is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants.
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MiG-19 is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, twin jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight.
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MiG-21 s a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "Balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument.
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MiG-25 is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that was among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. It was designed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau. The first prototype flew in 1964, and the aircraft entered into service in 1970.
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MiG-29 is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter new American fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. The MiG-29 entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983.
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MiG-31 is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed to replace the MiG-25 "Foxbat". The MiG-31 was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau based on the MiG-25.
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MiG-AT is a Russian trainer aircraft that first flew in 1996, designed to replace Aero L-29 and L-39 for the Russian Air Force.
