@ Tillamook, OR
July 2019
A Polish built MiG-17 on display at the Tillamook Air Museum. First flown in 1950, the MiG-17 was an advanced development of the very similar looking MiG-15. More than 10,600 have been produced and some are reportedly still in service with the Ugandan Air Force. In 1955, Poland received a license for MiG-17 production, building them in the WSK-Mielec factory under the designations Lim-5 (an abbreviation of licencyjny myśliwiec – license-built fighter). Poland proceeded to develop a light attack aircraft based on the Lim-5, resulting in the first Lim-6 produced in 1961. In the mid-1960’s Lim-5 aircraft, like this example, were rebuilt to the Lim-6 standard. Fuji X-E2s w/18-135mm.
