Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105

MiG-105
MiG 105-11 test vehicle at the Central Air Force Museum.
General information
TypeTest vehicle
National originSoviet Union
ManufacturerMikoyan
StatusCancelled
Primary userSoviet Air Forces
History
First flight1976

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, part of the Spiral program, was a crewed test vehicle to explore low-speed handling and landing. It was a visible result of a Soviet project to create an orbital spaceplane. The MiG 105 was nicknamed "Lapot" (Russian: лапоть, or bast shoe; the word is also used as a slang for "shoe"), for the shape of its nose.

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