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The aircraft was designed by Nikolai Polikarpov to replace the U-1 trainer (a copy of the British Avro 504), which was known as Avrushka to the Soviets. [6]The prototype of the U-2, powered by a 74 kW (99 hp) Shvetsov M-11 air-cooled five-cylinder radial engine, first flew on 7 January 1928 piloted by M.M. Gromov. [6]
Soviet aircraft of the 1920s; Military: Anti-submarine aircraft • Attack • Bomber • Electronic warfare • Experimental • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Trainer • Transport • Utility
A damaged and abandoned Po-2 forced to land in Ukraine, and subsequently captured by German troops, 1941. The Soviet Union had no advanced reconnaissance resources, but emphasized visual observation and reporting over the battle space. Open-cockpit biplanes such as the Polikarpov Po-2 were very useful for this, especially at night. The Soviets ...
The Polikarpov P-2 was a 1920s Soviet two-seat intermediate training biplane. [1] It was a single-bay biplane powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) M-6 water-cooled V-8 engine (Hispano-Suiza 8Fb) with a retractable radiator. [1] The prototype first flew in 1927 and entered production with an order for 55 for use as an intermediate trainer. [1]
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Polikarpov Design Bureau was a Soviet OKB (design bureau) for aircraft, led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov. Dux Factory was acquired by the USSR and became part of Polikarpov. Polikarpov I-5
Category for land-based and shore-based naval Soviet reconnaissance aircraft used by the Red Army Air Forces and Red Navy Fleet Air Forces during World War II Pages in category "World War II Soviet reconnaissance aircraft"
Former aircraft operated by the Mongolian Air Force includes: Lavochkin La-5, Polikarpov I-15 and I-16 fighters, Tupolev TB-3 bombers, Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance bombers, Polikarpov Po-2, Antonov An-2, Ilyushin Il-14, and Lisunov Li-2 transports, Yakovlev Yak-11, and Yak-18 trainers, MiG-15 and MiG-21 jet fighters, Mil Mi-4 and Mi-24 ...