Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG 15
Model Airplane News Cover Art for March, 1951
by Jo Kotula
Click to Enlarge

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter was developed for the USSR by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich who had a long history of successful designs from the 1930s on. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters. It was the nemesis of the USAF in the Korean War. The MiG-15 led to the more advanced MiG-17 that challenged supersonic American fighters over North Vietnam in the 1960s. The MiG-15 is one of the most numerous jet aircraft ever made, with over 12,000 built in Russia and another 6,000 under foreign license.

  

The MiG -15
(left) a MiG-15 flown to the US by a Soviet defector
(middle) The MiG-15 with its principal adversary, the F-86 Sabre Jet

Click to Enlarge

Here is a historical documentary on the MiG-15:

In addition to the cover of Model Airplane News, this airplane was also featured in the WINGS "Friend or Foe" trading card series of the early 1950s

Trading card representation of the MiG-15
Click Here to see all 200 cards in the series
Click to Enlarge

Cleveland made an "Simplex" kit for the MiG-15, but interest in balsa models was waning during the jet era.

  

Cleveland Model of the MiG-15
Click to Enlarge

You can buy the plans and patterns that will enable you to make this model right now. Click Here to go to the exact location on the Cleveland Website to get them.

  

MiG-15 at the Cleveland Site

Click Here for more information about the Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG 15.

Click to go back and select another cover.

Counter for the Entire Site (not just this page..)