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Polikarpov I-17
Country	Soviet Union
Type	Single-seat fighter prototype
First flight	1 September 1934
Built	3

The Polikarpov I-17 was a Soviet single-seat fighter prototype designed and built by a team headed by Polikarpov at the Central Design Bureau (TsKB). The I-17 was a lightweight single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane. Developed under the design bureau designation TsKB-15 it first flew on 1 September 1934 powered by a 567 kW (760 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12 Ybrs engine. The second prototype designated the TsKB-19 had a revised inward retracting wide-track main landing gear and a Soviet M-100 engine. This second prototype was displayed at the 1936 Salon de l’Aeronautique in Paris. The third prototype designated the TsKB-33 had reduced armament to save weight and a revised engine cooling system, but the further development was abandoned in 1936.

Source: Polikarpov I-17 on Wiki

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Myasishchev M-4 Bison
Country	Soviet Union
Type	Strategic bomber
First flight	20 January 1953
Built	91+2

Photo gallery of a M-4 Bison, The Myasishchev M-4 Molot (Russian: Молот (Hammer), USAF/DoD reporting name “Type 37”, NATO reporting name Bison) is a four-engined strategic bomber designed by Vladimir Myasishchev and manufactured by the Soviet Union in the 1950s to provide a Long Range Aviation bomber capable of attacking targets in North America. The Myasishchev design bureau was formed to build such a bomber.

Source: M-4 Bison on Wiki

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Mil Mi-4
Country	Soviet Union
Type	Transport helicopter
Photographer	Andrey Zinchuk
Description	Album of 13 photos walk-around of a «Mil Mi-4»

Photo gallery of a Mil Mi-4, The Mil Mi-4 (USAF/DoD reporting name “Type 36”, NATO reporting name “Hound”) was a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles.

Source: Mil Mi-4 on Wiki

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MiG-3
Country	Soviet Union
Type	Interceptor and fighter aircraft
Photographer	Sergey Turchin
Description	Album of 15 photos walk-around of a «MiG-3»

Photo gallery of a MiG-3, The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-3) was a Soviet interceptor and fighter aircraft used during World War II. It was a development of the MiG-1 by the OKO (opytno-konstruktorskij otdel — Experimental Design Department) of Zavod (Factory) No. 1 to remedy problems that had been found during the MiG-1’s development and operations. It replaced the MiG-1 on the production line at Factory No. 1 on 20 December 1940 and was built in large numbers during 1941 before Factory No. 1 was converted to build the Ilyushin Il-2.

Source: MiG-3 on Wiki

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Ka-25PL Hormone
Country	Soviet Union / Russia
Type	Anti-submarine / Multi-purpose shipboard helicopter
First flight	26 April 1963
Built	460

Photo gallery of a Ka-25PL Hormone, The Kamov Ka-25 (NATO reporting name ‘Hormone’) was a naval helicopter, developed for the Soviet Navy in the USSR from 1958.

Source: Ka-25PL Hormone on Wiki

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Kamov Ka-50 Hokum
Country	Soviet Union / Russia
Type	Attack helicopter
First flight	17 June 198
Built	32 & 100+

Photo gallery of a Kamov Ka-50 Hokum, The Kamov Ka-50 “Black Shark” (Russian: Чёрная акула; Chornaya Akula, NATO reporting name: Hokum A) is a single-seat Russian attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995. It is currently manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev. It is being used as a heavily armed scout helicopter.

Source: Kamov Ka-50 Hokum on Wiki

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Zlin XII
Country	Czechoslovakia
Type	Sports aircraft
Photographer	Petr Koliba
Description	Album of 60 photos walk-around of a «Zlin XII»

Photo gallery of a Zlin XII, The Zlín Z-XII was a Czechoslovak twin-seat sports aircraft and the first major design success by the Zlínská Letecká Akciová Společnost (Zlín) aircraft manufacturing company after its founding in Otrokovice after the takeover by the Bata Group.

Source: Zlin XII on Wiki

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Vickers Valiant B.1
Country	UK
Type	Four-jet high-altitude bomber
Photographer	Ondrej Skarka
Description	Album of 71 photos walk-around of a «Vickers Valiant B.1»

Photo gallery of a Vickers Valiant B.1, The Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant was a British four-jet high-altitude bomber, once part of the Royal Air Force’s V bomber nuclear force in the 1950s and 1960s. It was developed by Vickers in response to Specification B.35/46 issued by the Air Ministry for a nuclear-armed jet-powered bomber. The Valiant was the first of the V bombers to become operational, and was followed by the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan; it was noticeably less advanced than its counterparts. The Valiant has the distinction of being the only V bomber to drop live nuclear weapons.

Source: Vickers Valiant B.1 on Wikipedia

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Tupolev Tu-4 Bull
Country	Soviet Union
Role	Strategic bomber
First flight	19 May 1947
Built	847

Photo gallery of a Tupolev Tu-4 Bull, The Tupolev Tu-4 (NATO reporting name: Bull) was a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to mid-1960s. It was a reverse-engineered copy of the American-made Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

Source: Tupolev Tu-4 Bull on Wiki

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Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
Country	Soviet Union
Type	Twin-engined jet strategic bomber
First flight	27 April 1952
Built	1509

Photo gallery of a Tupolev Tu-16 Badger, The Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting name: Badger) was a twin-engined jet strategic bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has flown for more than 60 years, and the Chinese licence-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.