Never knew they had a Polikarpov I153...piccies to follow
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Never knew they had a Polikarpov I153...piccies to follow
Ah thats what it was :-) My recognition is not good on some of those planes :D
Ohhhhhhh Nice piccies :) Makes me wanna fire up IL2 and et Zak to gimmi some lessons in it :)
oh I dont believe it :)
a 153 :)
blimey.....is it staying there? .....
what a plane :)
now THAT makes me smile too ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by [MA]Dak[GSV]
thank you for your kind words Komrade....however I shall try to shoot you down in her instead ;)
i like having battles between that and the gladiator, they are so different to single wing plane fights :)
TiG
TiG's right...its more like Karting than flying ;)
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Originally Posted by Zak33
Well it was such a surprise becasue it's in Hanger 1 where they look like they are preparing for the new museum, yet, it's not on the plans for this development.
Better check the webby.
Perhaps it is actually the Polikarpov 1-15bis from the Flying Legends show. Maybe it didn't make it's way back to Russa?
you mean we STOLE it and they have forgotten it existed!
That gives me hope of keeping the Yak in my garage ;)
Yes - just looked at some photos of Flying Legends and it was what ever was flying there.
Clingy - it is an I-15.... no retractable under carriage and the pilot looks forward UNDER the main plane... the I-153 has the pilot looking over the top - much lower wing... looked proper scary tho, sat next to Concorde :)
AND.. there's a Yak 3 in about 3 bits being restored in one of the hangers.. next to... A GLADIATOR!! You were right about that engine cowling Zak - it IS the exhaust manifold... the engine was sitting in a hoist right next to the wire - got to stick me head in and have a proper look :D there was a mkIIc Hurri sat in the hangar too, with a suspiciously shiny new propellor on it ;)