Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF 'Fresco D' - AMC, McClellan, CA - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF was delivered as an all-weather interceptor version of the MiG-17. The design of the MiG-17 ensured improved high speed performance characteristics as a carry-over from its predecessor, the MiG-15. The prototype first flew on 13 January 1950. It was the first Soviet fighter to have an afterburning engine, the Klimov VK-1F, derived from the British Rolls-Royce Nene. The large wing with the large wing fences allowed the MiG-17 to out turn most adversaries, but the aircraft was limited in its rolling capabilities because it did not have hydraulic boosted control surfaces, as do fighters used by the United States.

The MiG-17PF featured the Izumrud radar and three Mudelmann-Rikhter 23mm cannons. Over 9,000 of all versions of the MiG-17 were built in the Soviet Union, Poland and China. A total of 104 MiG-17s were shot down by American fighters during the Vietnam War.

This MiG-17PF arrived by truck from Ellsworth AFB, SD, on 12 October 1993. How, when and where the USAF obtained it remains classified.

Specifications:
Crew: 1
Power Plant: 1× 5,955 lbf Klimov VK-1F turbojet w/afterburner
Dimensions:
- Span: 31' 7"
- Length: 40' 0"
- Height: 11' 0"
Weight:
- Empty: 8,640 lb
- Maximum: 13,375 lb
Performance:
- Speed:
- - Max: 710 mph @ 10,000 ft
- - Cruise: mph
- Range: 510 miles
- Ceiling: 57,000 ft
- Climb: 12,800 fpm
Armament:
- Guns:
- - 3× 23mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannon or
- - 1x 37mm Nudelman N-37 cannon (40 rounds total) and
- - 2x 23mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons (80 rounds per gun
- Internal:
- External:
- - 2x AA-2 Atoll missiles
- - Up to 1,100 lb of external stores on two pylons, including:
- - - 220 lb bombs
- - - 550 lb bombs
- - - two packs of 8x 55mm air-to-air unguided rockets
- - - external fuel tanks.


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Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF 'Fresco D' - AMC, McClellan, CA Tail Number: (S/N): s/n 4721 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Located at Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan, CA inside / outside: outside Other Information:: Aerospace Museum of California 3200 Freedom Park Drive McClellan, CA 95652 Phone: 916.643.3192 Tuesday-Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday 10:00am to 5:00pm excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day and Easter Sunday. $8.00 Adults $6.00 Senior (65+) $6.00 Youth/Student (13-17) $5.00 Child (6-12) Free Active Military w/ID Free Child 5 & under Free Museum Members Access restrictions: None

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