USSR Viggen-type fighter, 1974

[famvburg]

I keep wondering about this possible design. Any ideas? I always think of one of the Chinese Chengdu J-9 concepts when I read this.


“Service testing of a new single seat single engine fighter with double delta (a la Viggen) wing, closely resembling the "Faithless", intended as the MiG-21 successor.”

Air International October 1974

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

There's nothing real behind this rumour. Possibly, could be vaguely based on knowledge of the MiG-21I Analog tailless delta (1968) but the successor to the MiG-21 was the MiG-23. It put on weight during development but was always intended as the direct replacement of the MiG-21.

 

[Archibald]

The said Mig was build to flight test the Tu-144 wing, and the later flew in december 1968.
With all the MiG-21 and MiG-23 ancestors, plus the Ye-152, plus the innumerable "Chinese MiGs" it is no surprise such confusions happened.