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« Reply #390 on: October 25, 2011, 01:35:52 AM » |
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Here's another one from "The Valley"; I don't usually save images of anything but single-engined types; however, I think this one is not only a good photo, it also shows a rarely-seen aircraft. I believe it's a Tupolev USB, the trainer version of the SB 2M-100A; only about 120 were built, according to Gunston's "Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995":  John |
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« Reply #391 on: October 27, 2011, 02:48:45 AM » |
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Possibly useful image of an I-153:  This was taken near Minsk, in what I like to call "The Valley of the Polikarpovs" - a surprising number of photos have been offered on ebay.de over the years showing wrecked aircraft in this small valley, most of them seeming to be I-153's. Very few closeups like this one, though. John Here's another photo of the same I-153, from approximately the same position of the person taking the photo, and yet it's obviously a different picture:  John |
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« Reply #393 on: November 03, 2011, 03:53:00 PM » |
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Nice images - thanks, Massimo! I find the first one very interesting. The photo was taken in 1967 - ignoring the bright blue paint job on the La-5FN, I wonder what happened to this aircraft afterwards, since there are no remaining La-5-series machines today. Likewise the MiG-3 - where did it disappear to? The existing ones are restorations or replicas. John Edit - My mistake (and TJ's, too, in his caption of the photo) - it's not a La-5FN, it's a La-7. Too bad! |
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« Reply #394 on: November 03, 2011, 06:00:46 PM » |
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Hi John,
those planes are of the museum of Monino. The MIG is the known ugly mockup, while the La-7 is their 27. I am surprised to see it in blue, I thought it was dark grey. Perhaps the photo was manipulated before printing.
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« Reply #395 on: December 12, 2011, 12:39:47 AM » |
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Excellent photo showing underside details of I-16 type 29:  John |
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« Reply #396 on: December 12, 2011, 05:52:27 AM » |
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Hi John,
thank you for sharing. Here one can see the correspondance between the inlet and outlet of air of the oil cooler, and the slightly flattened shape of the bay, despite all attempts of soldiers and of the owner to hide them.
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Massimo
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« Reply #397 on: December 18, 2011, 02:52:57 AM » |
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From today's posts (Dec.17/11), a Yak-1 which may be of interest:  A Su-2:  A MiG-3:  John |
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« Reply #398 on: December 18, 2011, 07:56:20 AM » |
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Thank you John. The Yak, in particular, would be good to illustrate some technical description.
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« Reply #399 on: January 29, 2012, 05:55:08 PM » |
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Here's another photo of that I-16 with the VVS "hen" insignia on the tail, which turned up a few days ago on ebay.de:  By the way, this aircraft is included among the options in Begemot's heroic 100 I-16 decal sheet! John |
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« Reply #400 on: January 29, 2012, 07:34:12 PM » |
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Here's something not often seen, from Scalemodels.ru, posted by mmoustaf - a German photo of a captured La-5F:  The handwritten caption on the back seems to suggest it's a "Jak 6" - maybe TISO will be interested...  John |
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« Reply #401 on: January 29, 2012, 07:52:23 PM » |
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Interesting - it apparently crash-landed as evidenced by the bent propeller blades, but they've gotten it back up on its landing gear. I wonder if that hen on the I-16 is related to the Vicious Chicken of Bristol - perhaps the Vicious Hen of Minsk?
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« Reply #403 on: February 17, 2012, 11:57:13 AM » |
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Thank you John.
Massimo
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