Category: Aircraft
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Yakolev Yak-15 Soviet Jet Fighter
Yakolev Yak-15 Soviet Jet Fighter The Yakovlev Yak-15 (NATO reporting name: Feather) was one of the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighters and represented an important stepping stone between the piston-engine fighters of the Second World War and the sophisticated swept-wing jets that followed. Although quickly rendered obsolete by more advanced designs, the Yak-15 played… Read more
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Dornier Do 24 in Norwegian Service
Dornier Do 24 in Norwegian Service The Dornier Do 24 saw limited post-war use in Norway after the German surrender in 1945. Two aircraft were taken over by the Royal Norwegian Air Force from former Luftwaffe stocks. They were not acquired as part of a planned long-term equipment programme, but were retained because they were… Read more
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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