VERSIONS – UTI-MiG-15 ejector seat test airframes
Ejector seat testbed, details
as UTI-MiG-15 unless otherwise
indicated
Rear canopy resembling Su-7 canopy
Large blade
'antenna'
Revised rear fairing to accommodate
longer canopy
UTI-MiG-15
testbed (401 Blue)
Ejector seat testbed, details
as UTI-MiG-15 unless otherwise
indicated
Forward cockpit with MiG-21 one-
piece, forward hinged canopy
Clear curved section bridging canopies
High-speed ciné cameras in teardrop
fairings on upper wing tip
Cockpit stripped of
controls/instruments
with strengthened
floor and bulkheads
SK ejector seat
with parachute
stabilisation
UTI-MiG-15 (c/n 10993401)
modified by LII test facility as
ejector seat testbed for MiG-21 programme and redesignated
as ST-10
UTI-MiG-15 (ST-10)
c/n 10993401
Ejector seat testbed, details as
UTI-MiG-15 unless otherwise indicated
Open rear canopy with metal sides to
reduce turbulence around cockpit, rear
of cockpit faired along spine to fin
High-speed ciné cameras in teardrop
fairings on upper wing tip
Cockpit stripped of
controls/instruments
with strengthened
floor and bulkheads
UTI-MiG-15 (c/n 10101, 10102)
modified by LII test facility as
ejector seat testbed in 1954
and redesignated as ST-10
with ejector seats fired from
front and rear (shown) cockpit
positions during the test
programme
UTI-MiG-15 (ST-10)
c/n 10101, 10102
Ejector seat testbed, details as
UTI-MiG-15 unless otherwise indicated
Open forward canopy with metal sides to
reduce turbulence around cockpit
High-speed ciné cameras in teardrop
fairings on upper wing tip
Cockpit stripped of
controls/instruments
with strengthened
floor and bulkheads
UTI-MiG-15 (c/n 10101) modified
by LII test facility as ejector seat
testbed in 1954 and redesignated
as ST-10 with ejector seats fired
from front (shown) and rear
cockpit positions during the
test programme
UTI-MiG-15 (ST-10)
c/n 10101
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