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minus-squareSynapse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOnce dismantled and analyzed, it was discovered the airframe of the MiG was mostly made of steel and the avionics entirely based on vacuum tubes.
minus-squareJohnmannesca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSo it was practically a brick on wings?
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoA very fast brick with wings, but yes.
Once dismantled and analyzed, it was discovered the airframe of the MiG was mostly made of steel and the avionics entirely based on vacuum tubes.
So it was practically a brick on wings?
A very fast brick with wings, but yes.