During the development of the Tu-144 (aka the Concordski) the Tupolev design bureau needed hard data on the performance of the ogival wing intended for their SST. This design was pilfered from the Concorde development project and since they did not design it they new little about it's performance. Enter the MiG-21. Intended as a flying test bed for the wing design it actually got good reviews from pilots. One of the test pilots suggested putting the Analogue into production as a front line aircraft. This was not to be. They built 2 of these if my memory serves me correctly. As an aside I have seen this plane in person at the Monino air museum outside Moscow in 2007. Some place here I have some digital photos of that visit. One of the most interesting planes there is the T-100 Sotka a subject for another day. Like most of these videos the music kind of blows, but, it is some neat footage here. I hope you find it interesting.
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