Mig still in business

[regi]

Despite the Russian civil aviation remains in the dolldrums, its military counterpart announces some success.
Read in :
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2005/11/21/044.html

[earthman]

It's a small 4-seat single-engine low wing aircraft. Actually it's an Ilyushin, but apparently somehow MiG has something to do with it.

[Advisor]

India is an ardent lover of MIG. Numbers speak.

[earthman]

Where airplanes are being sold, there is always politics.

[bigjulie]

It is good that a military 'plane maker can go into civilian mode as well :laugh:

[Rago]

I am always glad to see some smaller manufacturers survive besides the giants Airbus and Boeing.

You call MiG a "small" manufacturer 8O ??? New on this planet or what?

[Rago]

Compared to Boeing and Airbus? Certainly!

Indeed, but that's the same as comparing apples to pears!
They are working in a total different branch of aviation...
Now you'll mention that Boeing and Airbus are also working in the military branch, but that's not the branch that "made" Boeing nor Airbus. MiG in the other way has only it's military know how to make it's name.
And with the number of planes they produced, I think you can hardly call it "one of the smaller manufacturers".
Just compare the military production of Boeing and Airbus, and put it besides the MiG production, and you might be surprised...

[Rago]

Despite the Russian civil aviation remains in the dolldrums, its military counterpart announces some success.
Read in :
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2005/11/21/044.html

Interesting reading! I am always glad to see some smaller manufacturers survive besides the giants Airbus and Boeing.
BTW what is the IL-103 they mention?

As the topic is about MiG, I suppose the "smaller manufacturers" you're talking about also contain MiG? If not, maybe you should rephrase your way of putting it, because one can understand it wrong