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« Reply #435 on: January 03, 2013, 10:25:41 AM » |
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Hi, what is this?  Regards Massimo |
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John Thompson
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« Reply #436 on: January 03, 2013, 03:15:28 PM » |
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Hi,
what is this?
Hi Massimo - it's a Nieman R-10, apparently in some kind of field-applied camouflage, attended by a couple of future HSU's. It looks unfamiliar because the upper fuselage decking between the cockpit and the gunner's position has been cut away. Nice photo, by the way - good clear details of the seat, windscreen, and venturi on the side of the nose. I saved it to My Pictures - thank you! John (One oddity I noticed, though, is the small windscreen in the gunner's position; this wasn't a standard feature of the R-10, as far as I can tell from drawings and the few photos I've saved. Maybe it was added to entertain the kids, or it's a special field-modified version of an R-10 for training purposes, perhaps? Gunston's Osprey Encyclopedia makes no mention of any R-10 or KhAI-5 in this configuration, although his book is about 15 years old now. ) |
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Massimo Tessitori
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« Reply #437 on: January 03, 2013, 08:13:30 PM » |
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Hi John,
this looks likely, it would be interesting to know more on this one.
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Massimo
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John Thompson
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« Reply #438 on: March 19, 2013, 04:02:05 PM » |
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Possibly useful image of MiG-3 with cockpit structure exposed:  Two photos of MiG-3 with unusual or incomplete application of bort number on rudder:   John |
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Massimo Tessitori
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« Reply #439 on: March 19, 2013, 05:24:56 PM » |
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Hi John,
these photos are of two rare MiG-1s. Interesting indeed, this worts a profile when I'll resume the MiG page.
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Massimo
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John Thompson
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« Reply #440 on: March 19, 2013, 05:44:01 PM » |
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Hi John,
these photos are of two rare MiG-1s. Interesting indeed, this worts a profile when I'll resume the MiG page.
Regards
Massimo
Hah - I'm wrong again! MiG-1 it is - I should have looked more closely at the shape of the landing gear doors.  If it's of any interest, the photo caption from ebay.de says "Orig Foto Kowno Kaunas Feldflugplatz Flugzeug Kennung J?ger Russland Litauen". I hope Musa will pick these up for his MiG-1 page; maybe I'll send him a PM. Apparently these aircraft are from 31 IAP. John |
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John Thompson
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« Reply #441 on: March 22, 2013, 12:52:23 AM » |
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Underside view of I-15bis:  John |
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Massimo Tessitori
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« Reply #442 on: March 22, 2013, 06:11:24 AM » |
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Great photo John.
Here the difference between silver fabric surfaces and grey metallic ones is visible. The rear fuselage undersurface looks atipically repainted in grey.
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Massimo
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John Thompson
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« Reply #443 on: March 22, 2013, 02:40:03 PM » |
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The rear fuselage undersurface looks atipically repainted in grey.
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Massimo
Yes, I noticed the same thing - I wonder what the explanation is for that. Also the lighter-coloured area under the right lower wing. John |
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« Reply #444 on: March 22, 2013, 05:14:00 PM » |
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Isn't that underwing area a metal panel where they had flares?
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Jason
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John Thompson
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« Reply #445 on: March 22, 2013, 05:43:53 PM » |
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Isn't that underwing area a metal panel where they had flares?
Regards,
Jason
Yes, I read that in another thread and thought of it. It seemed larger than I expected, but maybe that's only because the two Wehrmacht types make it impossible to see how large (or small) it really is. John |
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« Reply #446 on: March 28, 2013, 10:52:08 AM » |
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« Reply #447 on: March 28, 2013, 12:11:15 PM » |
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Very interesting.
Especialy the last one with the open engine bay.
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John Thompson
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« Reply #448 on: May 21, 2013, 07:01:11 PM » |
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Four high-resolution photos from ebay.de, showing some details of nose area on (unfortunately) wrecked aircraft: MiG-3, two photos of same aircraft:   I-16 type 29, a pair of aircraft side by side, photographed from two directions:   John |
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Massimo Tessitori
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« Reply #449 on: May 21, 2013, 08:26:55 PM » |
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Hi John, thank you for sharing. It could be an idea, when one doesn't know the bort numbers for a model...  Regards Massimo |
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