New MiG-15 book sighted

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I once saw a pair of those opponents engage in a mock dogfight at an airshow at West Wendover, Nevada. The guy flying the MiG was much the better pilot.

MiG-15: Better climb, bigger guns, less ammo.
F-86: Faster, better armor.

Yeah, I love the MiG, but it has some really bad quirks, such as no defroster in the canopy! Sure you can fly higher than a Saber, but what do you do when the canoy frosts over? The -15 sure was tough though! The Russian pilots would have the plane shot to pieces, then within a week- good as new!

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Yeah, I love the MiG, but it has some really bad quirks...

Or how the eject lever was only on one side of the cockpit. Kind of a bad thing if your in a spin and pined to the other side of the cockpit.

Or how the 30mm (37mm ?) shells would fly over a target while the 20mm shells would fly under a target.

Still a fantastic plane!

I remember reading that Chuck Yeager took a F-86 up against a MiG-15 that had been captured and won then took the MiG up against the F-86 and won. Just goes to show that its the pilot and not the plane that makes the diffrence.

[AntEater]

Funniest thing about Korea is that both sides claimed a 10:1 kill ratio
:rotfl:
This kind of proves that fighter pilots on all sides are pretty much the same...