I-16 Polikarpov fighter in action

The hero of the Civil War in Spain, famous russian fighterI-16 Polikarpov in action, taken from the "Istrebiteli" - russian blockbuster 1938

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• I-16
• И-16
• Поликарпов
• Polikarpov
• WW2
• fighter
• documentary

[lumiiv]

Really?! Then where for example the I-16's retractable landing gear is copied from? Before you start googling - I-16 was the first ever mass-produced fighter with retractable gear.

[lumiiv]

"I-16 copied from Boeing P-26... "

Wow! What a discovery. How then you'd explaing this discrepancy:

"The [P-26] prototype first flew in 1932"

"Full scale work on the TsKB-12 [i-16] prototype began in June 1933 and the aircraft was accepted into production on 22 November 1933"

Or you think that it's possible to create fully flyable plane just in 6 months? Should I remind you also that P-26 was all-metall and I-16 was not?

They didn't even look similar.

And why copy s* P-26 not for example A6M?

[glup2glup]

How this turkey can fly?

[blanikov7722]

i love this plane

I remember flying it in IL-2 Sturmovik <3

[noonsight2010]

I'd love to see the whole film, with English dubbing or sub-titles.

[micropope]

The sounds of the engines are so soothing.

[unab84]

Haha, the I-16 saved the train lol. Gotta love the propaganda of the time (from all sides)

[tommiatkins]

Whats that you say Polikarpov? Timmys stuck in the well? "Dakka Dakka!!" Good boy Polikarpov

[YofterMofter]

@gewerhmann That, my friend, is what I call rock 'n' roll.

[gewerhmann]

Blooper! One minute we see the l-16 zooming past the train and the next we see the plane through the window going the same speed as the train. Who said movies were perfect anyway!

[christof139]

@lumiiv, In 1923 the XPS-Dayton-Wright 1 was an American single-seat fighter interceptor aircraft built by the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company & it had retractable landing gear like the Dayton Wright RB-1 of 1920. XPS-Dayton-Wright 1 had a speed of 146mph but its performance was poor so it wasn't mass produced. Not bad for 1920 - 1923 though.