Tag: airplane
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Avia 534 in German Service
Avia 534 in German Service Germany confiscated a large number of Avia B-534 fighters from Czechoslovakia, subsequently using them as fighter trainers in several fighter pilot training schools. They were also used as glider tugs and target tugs. Three aircraft were fitted with arrester hooks and had their structure strengthened for evaluation as a carrier… 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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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