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1944 Super-Rata "I-16C" Russian USSR fighter plane identification poster WW2
1944

Name: 1944 Super-Rata "I-16C" Russian USSR fighter plane identification poster WW2
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Price: 447.06 USD
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To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". 1944 Polikarpov Super-Rata "I-16C" World War II Russian USSR fighter aeroplane Original aeroplane recognition poster (1944) 63x47cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes; this series - and we have many in this series - takes a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. The Polikarpov I-16 (Russian: Поликарпов И-16) was a Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world's first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status. The I-16 was introduced in the mid-1930s and formed the backbone of the Soviet Air Force at the beginning of World War II. The diminutive fighter, nicknamed "Ishak" or "Ishachok" ("donkey" or "burro") by Soviet pilots, figured prominently in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, the Winter War and the Spanish Civil War, where it was called the Rata ("rat") by the Nationalists or Mosca ("fly") by the Republicans. The I-16 was a difficult fighter to fly. The pilots had poor visibility, the canopy tended to be fouled by engine oil, and the moving portion was prone to slamming shut during hard manoeuvres, which caused many pilots to fix it in the open position. The front section of the fuselage, with the engine, was too close to the centre of gravity, and the pilot's cockpit too far to the rear. The Polikarpov had insufficient longitudinal stability and it was impossible to fly the aircraft "hands off".

Creation Year:

1944

Dimensions:

Height: 26.38 in (67 cm)Width: 16.93 in (43 cm)

Medium:

Lithograph

Movement & Style:

Modern

Period:

1940-1949

Condition:

Some discolouration as visible in photo; occasional handling marks.