MiG-15. According to the designers, the MiG-15 was an indigenous design, their choice of swept wings (as swept-back wings of any sort on a Soviet-designed aircraft were first flown on the MiG-8 Utka canard light aircraft of 1945) being due to their desire to move ahead of most Western designs which were not intended for the 960 km/h+ (600 mph+) speed range. Like the MiG-9 and MiG-15, the Saab 29 is subject to claims of having been indirectly influenced by the Ta 183. SAAB engineers received German research studies in swept wings in the immediate post-war period via contacts in Switzerland, and incorporated it into the Tunnan design, which was still limited to paper studies at the time. Specifications (Ta 183, as originally designed) See also References Notes Bibliography Ciampaglia, Giuseppe. Il Focke Wulf Ta-183. Il capostipite dei caccia a getto di seconda generazione. Rivista Italiana Difesa, gennaio, 2013. Erichs, Rolph et al. The Saab-Scania Story. Stockholm: Streiffert & Co., 1988. . Gordon, Yefim. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15: The Soviet Union's Long-Lived Korean War Fighter. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd., 2001. . Myhra, David. Focke-Wulf Ta 183 (X Planes of the Third Reich). Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1999. . External links Ta 183 Abandoned military aircraft projects of Germany World War II jet aircraft of Germany Single-engined jet aircraft High-wing aircraft