Soviet aircraft manufacturers....

[Lucky13]

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

[Ramirezzz]

it's a difficult question to answer. what do you mean by "better manufacturer"? they all made some decent planes

[Graeme]

Purely based on 'diversity' I'd select Tupolev.



(Bill Gunston's introduction to his book 'Tupolev Aircraft since 1922')

[B-17engineer]

My favorite is Tupolev...........I liked Tu-95 "Bear"

[FLYBOYJ]

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....