Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3: Our Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 model aircraft is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen. Our Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 model aircraft is uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures. The model airplane’s parts including the fuselage, wings and glass cockpit are extremely accurate and precise based on the original. This model aircraft will fascinate anyone, aviation enthusiast and model aircraft collectors alike for its remarkable and exceptional quality. This elegant Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 model aircraft is definitely the perfect gift and collectible you would want to give to your friends and family. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 History: The Russian MiG-3 was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a development of the MiG-1 by the OKO (opytno-konstrooktorskiy otdel - Experimental Design Department) of zavod (factory) No.1 to fix the issues that had been encountered seen over its development and deployment cycle. The first production of MiG-3 rolled off the assembly line on December 20, 1940. By March 1941, 10 of these aircrafts were coming off the production line every day. It was not long before the type would see combat, claiming a pair of German Junkers Ju 86 reconnaissance aircraft even before the start of hostilities between Germany and the Soviet Union. By the time of Operation Barbarossa, over 1,200 MiG-3's had been delivered. During initial testing of production aircraft was found to be inferior to the MiG-1 due to its weight increase, and fuel consumption was well over what Mikoyan and Gurevich were promised by the manufacturer (zavod No.24), but the fuel consumption was actually found to be an issue with the testing of the aircraft and the failure to take into account altitude correction. Mikoyan and Gurevich went as far as arranging for two more flights between Leningrad and Moscow to prove the MiG-3 could fly 1000 km. Several MiG-3s produced were found to have unacceptable performance at altitude due to oil and fuel pressure and there have been many several attempts to re-engine the MiG-3. Throughout the rest of the war, Mikoyan and Gurevich continued to develop the MiG-3 along the high-altitude interceptor lines that it had originally been designed for, which led to a series of ever-larger and more powerful prototypes, serially designated from the I-220 to the I-225. While promising enough, the air war over Germany was demonstrating that the heyday of the piston-engined fighter was over, and no production order followed. In May 2007, a restored MiG-3 flew at Novosibirsk, Siberia. As of July 2007, the aircraft had completed twelve flights. In August 2007, the restored plane (number white 17 painted in green-brown camouflage) flew a six-minute aerobatics routine on the third day of MAKS 2007 airshow.