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Polikarpov Fighters (Pic heavy)

Between the wars 1918-1939 Discuss Polikarpov Fighters (Pic heavy) in the Other Eras forums; Great pics! Love those tiny Polikarpovs!...

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    Great pics! Love those tiny Polikarpovs!


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    I love that I-15bis photo, Gary. Thanks for posting it!

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    I-153.... my favourite WW 2 biplane.

    Nice photos there, excellent job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightwitch View Post
    Hey, that's fantastic! I tried modeling as a kid but I wasn't patient enough for it really. I might try it again, but I have a feeling I'll just end up gluing my fingers together. Still, I'd love to do a Pe-3bis, maybe as a night fighter, as there's a kit that does that. Plus, the Yak-1b in Lily Litvyak's colors is also a nice choice. I'd love an I-16, maybe Pokryshkin's MiG-3, there's just too many to choose from. Nice to see another big fan of the Soviet stuff.

    This museum is running on airshow in May call Warbirds over the Beach. They may (or may not) have the Russian fighters flying for that. They also have a MiG-3 coming in the mail, as I understand it. So I'll definitely drop back by to see their MiG-3.
    The Peshka's on my short list of kits to get. Doing Lily Litvyak's Yak-1b - now there's an idea. I like the later Yaks more (I'm doing a Yak-9M now), but I might just have to do that Yak-1b. You mention a MiG-3 - is that original and/or flyable?!

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    Hope you dont mind but I've added a few shots from the CAF Airsho' last year.

    This one didn't actually leave the ground during the weekend....real shame !...but to give the ground crew credit, they where working flat out on her in the sun !.
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    Cool stuff here.THX for uploading.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Venganza View Post
    The Peshka's on my short list of kits to get. Doing Lily Litvyak's Yak-1b - now there's an idea. I like the later Yaks more (I'm doing a Yak-9M now), but I might just have to do that Yak-1b. You mention a MiG-3 - is that original and/or flyable?!

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    The MiG-3 coming to the museum is, as far as I am aware, both original and flyable. It is, at the very least, flyable. They have some pics of it in flight at the museum but they haven't brought it to the states from Russia just yet. I'm really looking forward to it. The MiG is a beautiful plane and it is also highly underrated. It wasn't the best performer at the beginning of the war, but if aces like Pokryshkin liked it, then there was definitely something to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geedee View Post
    Hope you dont mind but I've added a few shots from the CAF Airsho' last year.

    This one didn't actually leave the ground during the weekend....real shame !...but to give the ground crew credit, they where working flat out on her in the sun !.
    Thanks again for the photos, Gary. I'll take as many I-16 photos as you can throw at me. Besides, I think you've got this warbird photography thing down better than I do.

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    Spanish Polikarpovs

    I would like to contribute to this thread with these pictures; a Polikarpov I-16 Mosca/Rata (Fly/Rat) and a Polikarpov I-153, both of them based in Spain. The first one belongs to "Fundacion Infante de Orleans", Madrid, and the second one is owned by "Fundació Parc Aeronàutic de Catalunya", Sabadell. Both of them were adquired to the New Zealand pilot and entrepreneur Tim Wallis' Alpine Fighter Collection.

    You can find more pictures here: AviationCorner.net - Fotografía aeronáutica - Punto de encuentro para spotters en español

    PD: The Polikarpov I-153 Chaika never took part in the Spanish Civil War
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    What great photos! Thanks to all contributors for sharing them with us.

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    Yes, we had an I-16 visit Camarillo a couple of years ago, but it was a different one. Neat stuff, Nightwitch.





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    Great photos!


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    Nice photos. I like seeing all the upclose detail. I saw that one of the planes had Elena written on it (I can read Russian). Was this plane one of the Night Witches planes?

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    Saw an I-16 in St. Petersburg a couple of years ago at the Naval museum. They had it hanging on the ceiling, I think I have a picture of it somewhere. I'll post it if I can find it.

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