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Old 01-24-2008, 01:35 PM   #1
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Question Soviet aircraft manufacturers....

Mig, Sukhoi, Tupovlev, and the rest... Does any know how they compared to each other? Which was the better manufacturer? Any favorites?


SU-9


SU-15


MiG-19


MiG-21


TU-16
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Old 01-28-2008, 04:41 PM   #2
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it's a difficult question to answer. what do you mean by "better manufacturer"? they all made some decent planes
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Purely based on 'diversity' I'd select Tupolev.



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My favorite is Tupolev...........I liked Tu-95 "Bear"
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I've worked a MiG-15 a MiG-21 and an An-2. As far as over-all quality, the 3 were about the same - "very good." The MiG-15 was a UTI converted - the quality of the conversion was very poor, but that was done in Poland. I don't know if the MiG-15 was built in Poland or not.. The 21 and AN-2 were both from Russia.

In a comparison I have found the L-29 and L-39 built a little better. I recently worked on on an Iskra and was very impressed by the aircraft - both in quality and simplicity of maintenance....
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