New MiG-15 book sighted

[nikimcbee]

I love this series, I can't wait for this to come out.
http://amazon.com/gp/product/1846032...pf_rd_i=507846

[Sailor Steve]

Cool! I was at the Air Force Museum at Dayton, Ohio a few years back. I got to touch the MiG-15 that was used by a defecting pilot during the Korean War.

[nikimcbee]

I have another MiG-15 book, which was written by Russian authors, it has first hand interviews with the Soviet pilots that fought in Korea. It would make a great movie. It's interesting to read pilot accounts of fighting.

I'm curious if China or North Korea had any aces? They seem to be more like cannon fodder, if anything else.

[Chock]

You can read an interesting analysis of the 'defectors' MiG-15 in Chuck Yeager's autobiography: Yeager. It's an interesting read and he goes into quite some detail about the flight testing of the MiG in comparison to the F-86. Certainly recommend that book.

I was at an airshow once in the UK, I'm pretty sure it was the USAF's 50th anniversary show at RAF Fairford, where a MiG 15 put on a display, it looked seriously handy in comparison to the F-86, which also displayed there, and at one point that MiG came screaming over the airfield at such a rate of knots that all the other aircraft in the air got the hell out of its way!

Chock

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Chock

...it looked seriously handy in comparison to the F-86

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.

[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...

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I love this series, I can't wait for this to come out.
http://amazon.com/gp/product/1846032...pf_rd_i=507846

It's out! My copy just arrived 5 minutes ago It looks like a great book. Very detailed.

[STEED]

I would like to add, some years ago in the middle of winter I was visiting Duxford to see then the new American Air Dome, I was outside just at the right time to witness a Mig-15 take off. Well worth freezing my ass off,cool.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by STEED

I would like to add, some years ago in the middle of winter I was visiting Duxford to see then the new American Air Dome, I was outside just at the right time to witness a Mig-15 take off. Well worth freezing my ass off,cool.

I've seen a Mig-17 fly, but not a Mig-15. This whole story would make a great movie someday. (The Soviet units in Korea):hmm:

[nikimcbee]

Great book, but there are no maps! It's hard to track where everybody is at w/o any maps.