What is Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19?
[[File:Mig-19.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A MiG-19P Farmer Airplane]] The '''MiG-19 Farmer''' was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[fighter aircraft]] made by [[Mikoyan]]. It first flew in 1953 and was introduced in 1955. It was meant to replace the older [[MiG-17|MiG-17 Fresco]]. During the [[Vietnam War]], it was used a little by the [[North Vietnam]]ese but not as much as the MiG-17 or [[MiG-21|MiG 21 Fishbed]].<ref>http://home.comcast.net/~anneled/usvictor.html</ref> It had 3 30mm [[cannon]], and could carry 4 [[bomb|bombs]]or [[rocket|rockets]]. It weighed 11,397 pounds (5,170 kilograms) empty and could weigh up to 19,621 pounds (8,900 kilograms) at the heaviest. It was powered by 2 [[Tumansky]] RD-9 [[jet engine|jet]] engines, each had 7,165 pounds (3250 kilograms) of thrust with [[afterburner]]. It was 12 feet (3.6576 meters) high, had a [[wingspan]] of 29.5 feet (9 meters), and was 42 feet 11 in (13.1 meters) long. It could go 903 miles per hour (1,450 kilometers per hour), and was the first [[supersonic]] Soviet fighter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/mig-19_farmer.pl|title=Global Aircraft -- MiG-19 Farmer|website=www.globalaircraft.org}}</ref> Eventually, it was replaced by the newer MiG-21. ==Related pages== * [[MiG-17 Fresco]] * [[MiG-21 Fishbed]] * [[F-8 Crusader]] * [[F-4 Phantom II]] == References == <references/> {{mikoyan}} [[Category:Soviet military aircraft]] [[Category:Polish military aircraft]] [[Category:Vietnamese military aircraft]] [[Category:Cold War]] [[Category:Vietnam War aircraft]]