The Polikarpov I-5 was a single-seat biplane which became the primary Soviet fighter between its introduction in 1931 through 1936, after which it became...
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The Polikarpov I-15 (Russian: И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika (Russian: Чайка, "Seagull") because of its gulled...
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The Polikarpov I-16 (Russian: Поликарпов И-16) is a Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world's first...
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Polikarpov Design Bureau was a Soviet OKB (design bureau) for aircraft, led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov. Dux Factory was acquired by the USSR and...
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The Polikarpov I-180 (Russian: И-180) was a 1938 Soviet fighter prototype. It was the last attempt to extract performance from the basic Polikarpov I-16...
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The Polikarpov I-153 Chaika (Russian Чайка, "Seagull") is a late 1930s Soviet sesquiplane fighter. Developed from the I-15 with a retractable undercarriage...
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The Polikarpov I-185 was a Soviet fighter aircraft designed in 1940. It was flown with three engines but all of them were either insufficiently developed...
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The Polikarpov R-5 (Russian: Р-5) was a Soviet reconnaissance bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was the standard light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft...
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and steel tube construction Polikarpov I-5. Its development took longer than planned and the lead designer, Nikolai Polikarpov, was arrested for industrial...
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The Polikarpov I-17 was a Soviet single-seat fighter prototype designed and built by a team headed by Nikolai Polikarpov at the Central Design Bureau (TsKB)...
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The Polikarpov I-3 (Russian: Поликарпов И-3) was a Soviet fighter designed during the late 1920s. It entered service in 1929, but was retired in 1935 with...
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The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2 before 1944, for its initial uchebnyy, 'training', role as a flight instruction aircraft) was an all-weather multirole Soviet...
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Zveno project (redirect from Vakhmistrov Z-5)
refuel from the bomber. The definitive Zveno-SPB using a TB-3 and two Polikarpov I-16s, each armed with two 250 kg (550 lb) bombs, was used operationally...
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Полика́рпов; 9 June [O.S. 28 May] 1892 – 30 July 1944) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer...
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The Polikarpov I-1 was the first indigenous Soviet monoplane fighter. It had to be redesigned after the crash of the first prototype, and was eventually...
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for service. The PV-1 armed the Polikarpov I-3 and Tupolev I-4 fighters and the Tupolev TB-1 bomber. The Polikarpov I-5 fighter was first armed with a...
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Twin-hulled flying boat project, 1929. ANT-12/I-5: Biplane fighter prototype, 1930. Later built as Polikarpov I-5. ANT-13/I-8: Fighter/interceptor prototype, developed...
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The Polikarpov R-Z was a Soviet reconnaissance bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was a revised version of the Polikarpov R-5 which was built in large numbers...
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sea cutter Volga-2 WIG aircraft Polikarpov I-5 (1932-1934), I-16, (since 1934, 22 modifications) Lavochkin LaGG-3, La-5, La-7, La-15 (1948-1949) Mikoyan-Gurevich...
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the Early Birds Man's first decade of flight from Kitty Hawk to World War I. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. "Aeroplanes in Collision". Popular Mechanics. January...
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model. Polikarpov I-1 35 - n/a not used Polikarpov I-3 389 1929–1935 n/a Polikarpov I-5 803 1931–1942 n/a Polikarpov I-6 2 - n/a prototype for I-5 Polikarpov...
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Bristol Jupiter (redirect from Cosmos Jupiter I)
Wibault Wib.220 Denhaut Hy.479 Kalinin K-5 Kalinin K-12 Polikarpov I-5 Polikarpov I-15 Polikarpov I-16 Tupolev I-4 Yakovlev AIR-7 A Bristol Jupiter VI is...
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Shvetsov ASh-62 (redirect from ZEF HS-5)
redline. Antonov An-2 Antonov An-6 Lisunov Li-2 Kharkiv KhAI-5 Polikarpov I-153 Polikarpov I-16 PZL-106 Kruk (some variants) PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader PZL...
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from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. List of bomber aircraft List of attack aircraft...
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Heinkel HD 37 (redirect from Polikarpov I-7)
experiencing a crisis with the obsolescence of its main fighter, the Polikarpov I-5, with no replacement apparently forthcoming from domestic manufacturers...
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from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2020. "Mráz Zobor I". Slovakaf (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved...
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Polikarpov I-153 fighter Polikarpov I-16 fighter Polikarpov P-2 trainer Polikarpov Po-2 trainer Polikarpov R-5 light reconnaissance bomber Polikarpov...
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List of aircraft (Pi–Pz) (section Polikarpov)
Polikarpov ED-1 Polikarpov I-1 Polikarpov I-3 Polikarpov I-5 Polikarpov I-6 Polikarpov I-7 Polikarpov I-11 Polikarpov I-13 Polikarpov I-15 Polikarpov...
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Although initial tests demonstrated flight characteristics comparable to Polikarpov I-5, the addition of armament and operational equipment caused significant...
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