Squadron Signal - Aircraft In Action 1162 Polikarpov Fighters. Part 2
In July of 1935. ihe I-16 Type 4 fighter was assigned to front-line Fighter Aviation Regiments. Simultaneously, it was decided to develop a two seal trainer version of the 1-16 lo assist pilots in conversion from earlier biplane fighters to the new monoplane. The flight characteristics of the 1-16 were demanding and it soon became obvious that novice pilots needed at least a couple of familiarization (lights in a training version. When young pilots transitioned from the Polikarpov U-2 biplane directly to the hot monoplane 1-16 the attrition rale, especially during take offs and landings was quite high.
Polikarpov Fighters in Action (2) (Aircraft No 162)
Автор: Hans-Heiri Stapfer
Publisher: Squadron / Signal Publications Inc
Год издания: 1996
Страниц: 52 Pages
ISBN: 0897473558
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 18 MB
