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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8 Utka ((Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-8 «Утка») duck) was a Soviet experimental aircraft. Built of wood the aircraft wasdesigned and built in 1945 to test the novel canard configuration. It also used a tricycle undercarriage the first used by the design bureau (OKB). It was modified to test a variety of vertical stabilizer and wing tip configurations and later used as a liaison aircraft for many years by the design bureau.