MiG-21 FISHBED VARIANTS: PROFILE PUBS #238/ AUGMENTED DOWNLOAD incl. FULLY ANNOTATED CUTAW

Author: John F Brindely + Various

Publisher: Profile Publicatiosn + Various

Pagination: 12+

Format: Digital

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor 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 or ołówek (English: pencil) by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage.