AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1956

Aircraft hub · 1956 · Cold War

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The most-produced supersonic aircraft in history — the Kalashnikov of the skies, still flying somewhere right now. The gazetteer currently lists it at 3 UK museums.

1956
First flight
~11,500
Built
Mach 2.0
Top speed
3
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 in the UK

The gazetteer records 3 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 3 UK collections, in 2 regions: East of England, Midlands & Lincolnshire.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF 501
Midland Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Coventry Midlands & Lincolnshire Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21SPS 959
Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 Shifnal Midlands & Lincolnshire Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF 503

3D model

The MiG-21PF in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as ‘503’, the RAF Museum’s Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF (c/n 760503), a radar-equipped all-weather interceptor flown by the Hungarian Air Force and later registered in Britain as G-BRAM, now on its wheels in the National Cold War Exhibition at RAF Museum Midlands, Cosford, with its Tumansky R-11F2-300 afterburning turbojet behind the nose intake and its radar shock cone, shown as it is displayed today: dark olive green and sand camouflage, laid out differently on each side, over light blue undersides, a sand band round the nose behind the bare-metal intake lip, a green shock cone with a red tip, a red ‘503’ edged in white on both sides of the nose, the Hungarian red star on the fin, a bare, heat-darkened tail end and brake-chute box, a ventral drop tank, two under-wing pylons with launch rails, the forward airbrakes open and the front-hinged canopy raised. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (863 KB) · Plate 168 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Avro Vulcan, English Electric Lightning, Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 & Flettner Fl 282, Gloster Javelin, Gloster Meteor.

Where the type is thickest

Midlands & Lincolnshire has 2 collections recording the type.

Type notes

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 in brief

TypeMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (PF/SPS/PFM)
UK museums holding one3
Airframes recorded in this survey3

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 3 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 airframes?

IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.