The Air Force Air Defense Museum (Truong Chinh Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi) is storing two MiG-17 fighters with the numbers 2011 and 2047 of the 923th Fighter Air Regiment where the legendary pilot Nguyen Van Bay is located. fought and held the position of Regiment Commander.
The MiG-17 is a fighter jet built by the Soviet Union and put into use in 1952. The fighter was developed based on the previous MiG-15 model, the new point is the application of the swept-back wing. shape 45 degrees near the main fuselage and 42 degrees from the outer part of the wing.
The distinctive concave nose of the MiG-17 is responsible for taking air to supply the turbojet engine mounted inside the fuselage. The MiG-17 has a top speed of 1,120 km/h. In terms of indicators, the MiG-17 is inferior in all aspects from range, ceiling, speed, armament, to fire control radar compared to modern multi-role fighters of the United States. like Ghost F-4 or Thunder God F-105.
The MiG-17 used the VK-1 engine, while the MiG-17F variant was equipped with the VK-1F engine with a second fuel burner that improved the performance that made it known. the most spacious of the MiG-17.
The wings and tail of the MiG-17 were redesigned to increase stability and control the aircraft at speeds close to Mach 1 (the speed of sound).
| No radar, no air-to-air missiles, weapons on the MiG-17 are only 3 cannons, including a 37mm N-37D cannon and two 23mm NR-23 cannons with a total of 160 rounds. . |
