Category: Airplanes

In 1936, the Soviet delegation left for the US to purchase a passenger aircraft license to be the primary aircraft of the Aeroflot airlines. At that time, Aeroflot used worn-out passenger machines that were reconstructed bomber aircraft. The Soviets chose the Douglas DC-2 (first flight in 1934). However, in December 1935, a larger transport plane…

Even during the hostilities (World War II), a team of designers led by Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin started to develop a new Li-2 class transport aircraft. Naturally, it had to be a more modern design. Attention was paid to the improvement of flight safety and the possibility of operation in various climatic conditions in the CCCP area.…

The PZL TS-16 Grot was to be a supersonic training and assault combat aircraft. The plane was to be intended for the Polish Army, replacing the PZL TS-11 Iskra plane. However, the plane was not built and the plane remained as a design.

Another thing is that, training a combat aircraft pilot must take place in a specific system. The trained pilot is gradually switching to the next types of aircraft. To make it easier, the basic and transition types must have the characteristics of a target (combat) aircraft. For example, in terms of the arrangement of instruments…