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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Junkers Ju 86 in Bolivian Service
Junkers Ju 86 in Bolivian Service In the late 1930s, Bolivia acquired three Junkers Ju 86 commercial/civil airliners. Unlike the diesel-engine variants used by the German Luftwaffe, the Bolivian aircraft were powered by radial Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet engines. These aircraft were primarily used as transport and mail carriers by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano before… Read more