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View Poll Results: Which was the best-looking Russian fighter of WWII?
I-15 0 0%
I-153 0 0%
I-16 2 7.41%
Yak-1 (early, high-back) 0 0%
Yak-1M, 360 degree vision, Yak-7 1 3.70%
Yak-3 2 7.41%
Yak-9 6 22.22%
Lavochkin LaGG-3 0 0%
La-5, La-5FN 2 7.41%
La-7 3 11.11%
MiG-1 0 0%
MiG-3 9 33.33%
Pe-2 fighter versions 1 3.70%
Other: please tell us 1 3.70%
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Old 07-27-2008, 03:38 PM   #1
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What's the best-looking Russian fighter?

This is completely subjective, so don't anybody tear each other's hair out, ok? This has nothing to do with its abilities, just looks alone.
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Old 07-27-2008, 04:45 PM   #3
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I like the way the Yak-9 looks. I always thought she had a very nice quality to her, almost Spitfire like. Very beautiful aircraft.
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I've always liked the Yak1b (unofficial designation, but generally accepted rather than the Yak1M name used in this poll which was actually the prototype Yak3)
All the bubble canopy Yaks look pretty much alike, but the Yak1b has the air cooler mounted further back, and it gives it a longer,racier, sleeker look than the 9 and 7. Different wheel covers as well, which also make it look a little nicer when it's parked on the ground. (see attached pic).
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Old 07-27-2008, 07:12 PM   #5
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I always liked the Pe-2. {I think the fighter version was the Pe-3?}


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I had to go with the Yak-9, too. Very attractive aircraft.

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Old 07-27-2008, 10:06 PM   #7
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The Yak-9 would be my second choice though...
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I've always liked the Yak1b (unofficial designation, but generally accepted rather than the Yak1M name used in this poll which was actually the prototype Yak3)
Sorry, my bad. I have still more to learn about subtypes, and books are sometimes inaccurate. But I meant any Yak-1 or Yak-7 with cut-down spine
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I always liked the Pe-2. {I think the fighter version was the Pe-3?}
Sorry, my bad again. Pe-2/Pe-3.
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Old 07-27-2008, 10:49 PM   #10
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Freebird, is that picture of a Yak you showed full-size or scale model ? It sure looks tiny in that picture!
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Old 07-27-2008, 10:50 PM   #11
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For the record, I like the looks of the MiG-3 best, followed by Yak-3.
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Old 07-27-2008, 11:48 PM   #12
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Well, my favorite is the LA-9, but it didn't enter service until 1946.

So I'll go with the Yak-9.
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Old 07-28-2008, 12:12 AM   #13
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MIG-1/3...Like how nose is and the razorback look
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Freebird, is that picture of a Yak you showed full-size or scale model ? It sure looks tiny in that picture!

It looked like the full size, but it was roped off so you couldn't walk right up to it. I saw it in the Aviation Museum in Ukraine.

It had a listing of "Symbolic fighter", i'm not quite sure what they meant by "Symbolic"?
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Old 07-28-2008, 12:52 AM   #15
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Here it is from the front.
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