The high flyer! - Myasishchev M-17
Most people are familiar with the famous Lockheed U-2 'Dragon Lady', but did you know that Russia had also developed a similar type of aircraft within the cold war? My illustration of the M-17 in it's element - FL700! The Myasishchev M-17 "Stratosphera" (NATO code named 'Mystic A') is a soviet high-altitude subsonic jet which was designed with the sole purpose of intercepting drifting spy balloons called ADAs (Automatic Drifting Balloons) made by the USA, which were used for valuable reconnaissance. The USA also already had an aircraft capable of high altitude flying (the U-2) which was constantly used to fly over Russia to gather information about top-secret projects being developed. The Soviet Union was not happy about this within the cold war and on the 1st of May 1960 one was finally shot down. Attempts to recreate the American aircraft were attempted however the venture of copying the aircraft was ceased in 1962... The continuous usage of ADAs p...
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