MAQUETTE À MONTER - I-16 Type 24 ProfiPack Edition Eduard | N° 8149 | 1:48 **LIKE NEW INSIDE UNOPENED**
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Prix régulier 30,00 € TTC 6%
Nikolai Polikarpov designed the I-16, the world's first operational cantilever wing monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear. It was a key aircraft for the Soviet Air Force in early WWII.
Characteristics
| Condition | Like New Inside Unopened - Intérieur non ouvert |
| Scale | 1:48 |
| Manufacturer | Eduard |
| Size of the box | 30 x 20 x 5 cm |
| EAN | 8591437081493 |
Description
Nikolai Polikarpov, born in 1892 in Oryol Oblast, was a key Soviet aircraft designer. Originally studying engineering after seminary, he began his aviation career during WWI. In the 1920s, he designed the USSR's first indigenous fighter, the I-1, and the famous Po-2 trainer. Arrested in 1928, he continued designing while imprisoned, creating the I-5. Fully rehabilitated in 1929, he later designed the revolutionary I-16 monoplane fighter. His I-15 and I-16 were vital to Soviet air power in the 1930s and early WWII. Polikarpov received multiple state honors before his death from cancer in 1944.
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