Category: Aircraft
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Nikitin-Shevchenko IS Polymorphic Fighter
Nikitin-Shevchenko IS Polymorphic Fighter The Nikitin-Shevchenko IS (Istrebitel Skladnoi – “Folding Fighter”) was one of the most unconventional Soviet fighter aircraft projects of the Second World War era. Designed by Vasily Nikitin and test pilot Vladimir Shevchenko, the aircraft was conceived in the late 1930s as a “polymorphic fighter” capable of transforming between a biplane… Read more
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Supermarine Walrus
Supermarine Walrus The Supermarine Walrus was one of the most successful amphibious aircraft of the interwar and Second World War periods. Designed by Reginald Mitchell, the aircraft was developed from the earlier Supermarine Seagull V, a design originally created to meet a requirement from the Royal Australian Navy for a catapult-launched reconnaissance aircraft. The Seagull… Read more
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Focke Wulf Fw 190 in Spanish Service
Focke Wulf Fw 190 in Spanish Service The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was one of the most formidable German fighter aircraft of the Second World War, and among those who flew it were Spanish volunteers serving with the German Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front. Following the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, General Francisco… Read more