Aviation
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Continuing the theme of the planes that have done things during the Second World War, answering one of the questions, I want to say just a few words. Well, the Flying Fortresses are not interesting to me as objects of consideration. Well, what a merit: we gathered together in 500-1000 planes, took with them a couple of hundred
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Combat aircraft. Comparisons. Indeed, it is worth thinking about this question: why in different countries did they treat the creation of aircraft so differently? If we take Germany as an example for parsing the flight, then, indeed, there is a certain oddity in the fact that it is in service almost instantly
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Yes, it turned out to be a kind of large-scale transition in a cycle from the European theater of operations to the Pacific Ocean. But what to do, in our history the war in the Pacific Ocean was not given due attention, and the cuttings both in the sea and in the air were terrible. Our today's participant was born just before the war, in 1939, when in the USA
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This aircraft is considered (deservedly) one of the most beautiful combat vehicles of the Second World War. But, besides beautiful forms, in many respects it turned out to be a very interesting car. Who fought, like many comrades-in-arms, from the beginning (almost) to the end of that war.In general, our hero is a deck
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Yes, speaking of Soviet, German, British, American and Japanese cars, sooner or later you want to roll out something like … Romanian, Italian or French. the already mentioned "Dewoatin" D.520) on three fronts at once
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"Flying Dragon" … Quite deservedly, this plane can be called one of the symbols of Japanese resistance to the American military machine that has gained momentum. In 1944, when American bombers regularly began to make visits to the skies over Japanese cities, it was on these aircraft that
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The history of aviation is a complex thing, and sometimes it is very difficult to clearly determine whether an airplane was good or bad. Or it even happened that a plane, which was clearly considered disgusting at first, showed itself in such a way that it left behind a good memory
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The previous material caused the expected confusion. But conclusions at that level were, if not difficult, then clearly premature, although some commentators, as is customary in our country, made them easily and naturally. Although quite a lot still separates us from the true disclosure of the topic and acceptable conclusions
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A necessary preface: Soon, with varying degrees of probability, the country will try to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. We have a definite advantage in this regard, we are all gathering here virtually, and no one will be able to prevent us from doing it
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I must say right away: do not judge by appearance! The plane is both wonderful and remarkable. And in some way - and unique. Not only is it a Japanese naval submarine aircraft, but it also has the honor of being the only aircraft to bomb U.S. territory during the Second
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In the two previous articles, we talked about the number and quality of aircraft on 06/22/1941. In one of my articles, I promised to talk about the human factor. Let's start from the bottom, with pilot training. In our difficult time, people publish just a mountain of information on the topic of how bad everything was in the Red Army Air Force
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Immediately: this is not a myth. This is the most that neither is the story into which the crews of Soviet bombers flew in their cars in the sky over the Berezina River at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War. This is a legend. Probably, many of those who read remember this episode, which he described in his book (and then in
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May 27, 1933 pilot K.A. Popov made the first flight on an I-14 (ANT-31) prototype fighter. The flight was successful and work on the aircraft continued. What is behind this information? Basically, nothing special. But for those who do not know what kind of car it is, now it will be very informative
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A necessary foreword. We are talking about the 30s of the last century, when two ideologies collided in design bureaus around the world: a high-speed and a maneuverable fighter. It just didn't work out right then, and it turned out that I had to work in two directions
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It was not in vain that I remembered about the literary hero. If you compare him with all the other characters of Mrs. Lindgren, then he clearly stands apart from everyone. Yes, there are all a bit rebellious like Pippi and Emil, or very refined ones like Kid or Kalle. But Carlson is a separate phenomenon. They say
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A world war is when almost the whole world is at war. In the First, it so happened that neighbors grabbed each other's throats with and without it. And in the Second World War, there was also a practice when states that pursued their goals entered the war, as happened with Romania. Now I will not judge
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A real "Viking", a controversial hulk, a jock on Teutonic steroids. Controversial, because it could well be called the largest aircraft - a flying boat, but bad luck, this title was retained in those years by Dornier-X. Although, in essence, a loser boat that flew less than
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Bomber from Ju-86 failed. The plane was outdated before it dropped the first bombs from its compartments back in Spain, was sold for export quite normally, but the Luftwaffe “did not enter” for many reasons, which make no sense to disassemble. The fact is that the Ju-86Z (from Zivil - civilian ), 10-seater
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If you open the materials on "Griffin" on the Internet, in 9.5 out of 10 cases we will be able to read something similar to the quote from Nekrasov's poem about the fact that "This groan is called a song for us …" lighter of the Luftwaffe "was about nothing, the plane is rubbish, one continuous
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Another Japanese aircraft that fought in World War II. The conqueror, we will immediately note, is so-so, but here it is really like a proverb about how we will look at dragons without fish. And let's start from the very thirties of the last century, from the very beginning
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Well, yes, here we have a real symbol of the Royal Air Force and at the same time the most massive Italian bomber during the Second World War. A very peculiar creation by Alessandro Marchetti, released in a very decent (for Italy) circulation of almost one and a half thousand units (1458 to be exact)
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I will never tire of expressing my gratitude to those readers who not only read line by line, but also think over what they have read. And they supplement what is written without expressing Their Personal Opinion. Therefore, this reflection is the fruit precisely on the grounds of those who supplemented the article about the IL-10 with their conclusions
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It was called the "flying coffin". On the one hand, it seems to be fair, on the other - it is completely attracted. Let's try to figure it out, because many of the planes that were called coffins, in fact, turned out to be completely different. What about the Devastator. Back in 1912, an American
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Another reflection inspired by questions from readers. What is the Il-10 and how much the Red Army Air Force needed it at all, given the presence of the Il-2, a "flying tank" and so on? It must be said right away that new aircraft in our Air Force after 06/22/1941 were extremely rare. Actually, there were only three of them
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Blame, however, indirectly, that the "Meteor" turned out exactly like that, the aircraft carrier "Taiho". In general, "Ryusei" / "Meteor" quite claims to be one of the most beautiful and graceful aircraft of the Second World War. And at the same time, it is the heaviest carrier-based strike aircraft of Imperial Japan
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Perhaps the format will be somewhat unusual, but the story itself, without the technical details of this aircraft, is worthy of a separate story. Many people mistakenly believe (and I myself have not quite correctly expressed myself several times about this aircraft) that the Tu-2 was adopted by running
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Our "history" and our "historians" are surprising. It is clear that the winners write history, but here the question arises: in general, who won? And where? When did the war end, after which the total census of history began? It is a fact that, despite all attempts to introduce something into the constitution about
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So, as promised, we tried, together with those who came to the stream, to discuss the question of how to build a rating for fighters of the Second World War. Discussed. The picture turned out … original. Let's start with the fact that from the very beginning we set a slightly different way of defining
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Many will be outraged right after the headline. Author, what are you talking about? "Zero" does not get out of the ratings of the same as you, films were made about it and in general … And in general, and in particular especially. I will not tire of repeating that the "rating", where a pre-war carrier-based fighter is adjacent to
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During our broadcast on airplanes, a question was asked about aircraft diesel engines. The topic is not at all ethereal, since there is not much to argue about, but there are interesting moments that have been continued today. Therefore, here it is, aviation diesel
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In contrast to the sea and especially the ocean water expanses, in the air ocean everything is more or less in order. There is everything: interceptors, fighters and bombers. Plus there is also some potential for modifications and (knock-knock, so as not to jinx) new developments. Not very beautiful with
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I really wanted to start with the phrase of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol about "Turn around, son, what you are …" Indeed, they were just like that - neither here nor there. But - the British underdecked fighters "Sea Hurricane" and "Seafire."
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We talked a lot about airplanes in this section. We disassemble, sort out, discuss. Cannons and machine guns were under consideration. Probably the case when it's just time to talk about motors. The very ones that instead of the heart, but very fiery in the truest sense of the word
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We have already raised the topic of twin-engine fighters more than once, today there are a couple more under consideration. It cannot be called sweet in any way, but these planes took to the skies of World War II, respectively, they have the right to be here. The story began somewhere in the mid-thirties, when in many countries the military
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Immediately after this material, a comparison and a long and thoughtful analysis on the topic of who was better: air vents or liquid-cooled motors downright suggests itself. But before that, it is really worth looking at the best representatives of water motors. And then just compare who was better, who was
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So, having considered the best representatives of the motors of the Second World War, the god of motors himself orders to reflect on which of the heroes was more profitable and cooler. There are many opinions here, but let's try to look at the engines impartially and with some lust
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We continue to delve into the thirties of the last century. At this time, a lot of really beautiful cars appeared. Our today's hero is the fruit of a very peculiar experiment, mixed with a passion for twin-engine fighters, imperial ambitions and a war far from our own
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Yes, the sound of the engines of this plane was not supernatural or terrible. This is not the pulsating sound of the Heinkel-111 motors, not the howling of the diving "Stuka", not the low-frequency hum of the IL-2 motor, in general, everything that was associated during the Second World War with the upcoming total
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Perhaps, in the history of that war, there were few such aircraft, the least suitable for the role of combat, but, nevertheless, plowed the whole war. Perhaps, Polikarpovsky Po-2 is beyond competition here, but our hero is from a different weight category. And the question "Who are you?" for him very so topical. For where
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Eric Tegler of Popular Mechanics has done a pretty good job trying to explain to everyone why the F / A-18 is still the main attack aircraft of naval aviation for good reason and will be relevant in this role for a long time to come. a Badass Plane, a bold move considering the F / A-18's