Vietnam - Air Force PZL Lim-5 0327
Image ID: 332787
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Operator: Vietnam - Air Force - 0327
Aircraft: PZL - Lim-5
Airport: USA - New York - New York - Intrepid Sea Air Museum
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2013-9-20 by Ivan Sanz [Contact]
Camera setting: NIKON D90, 1/800s, f/9.0 at 24mm ISO 200
Photographer's remark
(10.11.2013, 01:02 CET)
Building upon the Korean War (1950-53) success of the Soviet Mig-15, the single-seat MiG-17 fighter had thinner wings that were more sharply swept back and a longer fuselage with a somewhat redesigned tail. The Klimov VK-1 engine also had an afterburner, which allowed greater speed and improved handling.
Variants of the MiG-17 served in approximately 30 air forces worldwide. More than 6000 examples were fabricated by the Soviet Union alone until production ended in 1958.
The MiG-17's maneuverability and cannon-armament proved legendary in dogfights of the Vietnam War(1964-75). It could out-maneuver American missiles and out-fly larger, faster American jet fighters. Four north Vietnamese pilots became aces flying the Mig-17.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gave the code name "Fresco" to the MiG-17, but the North Vietnamese called the unpainted ones "Silver Swallows" and camouflaged ones "Snakes". This Polish-built aircraft is painted as a camouflaged example in the North Vietnamese Air Force.
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