Category: Aircraft
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Pashinin I-21 Fighter Prototype
Pashinin I-21 Fighter Prototype The Pashinin I-21 was an experimental Soviet fighter developed in 1939–1941 as a potential successor to the aging Polikarpov I-16. Designed by Mikhail M. Pashinin, formerly a deputy to Nikolai Polikarpov, the aircraft reflected lessons learned from Soviet air combat during the Spanish Civil War and the Nomonhan clashes against Japan.… Read more
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Tupolev MTB-2 Flying Boat
Tupolev MTB-2 The Tupolev MTB-2 (ANT-44) was a large four-engine flying boat developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau during the mid-1930s for the Soviet Naval Aviation. Its designation, MTB-2 (Morskoi Tyazhely Bombardirovshchik – Heavy Naval Bomber), reflected its intended role as a long-range maritime bomber and reconnaissance aircraft capable of striking enemy naval forces far… Read more
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Tupolev ANT-22 Flying Boat
Tupolev ANT-22 Flying Boat The Tupolev ANT-22 (also designated MK-1, or Morskoi Kreiser – “Sea Cruiser”) was the largest flying boat built in the Soviet Union during the 1930s and one of the most ambitious seaplane projects of its era. Designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau under the leadership of Andrei Tupolev, the prototype first… Read more