“SEA SERPENT” FOR INDIA

Antisubmarine warfare in the postwar years in the Soviet Union has always paid great attention. This goal was created not only surface ships, but also planes, it is Sufficient to recall the seaplane Be-unmanned, equipped with sonobuoys buoys, aeromagnetic, anti-submarine bombs and mines. With the advent of U.S. nuclear submarines armed with ballistic missiles “Polaris”, significantly increased the role of anti-submarine aircraft, which is now required not only discovery and destruction of submarines of the enemy, but also constant monitoring of their movements in the waters of the World ocean, the clarification of the anticipated areas of their combat duty Be-6, as established later, the amphibian be-12, were not suitable for patrolling in the remote areas of the oceans, and established on them equipment is not allowed to solve such a complex task.

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AVIATION ROCKET PC-2-US

AIRCRAFT ROCKET PC-2-USIn the late 1940’s-early 1950-ies in the Soviet Union developed several aircraft guided missile of class “air—air”. The actual results achieved by the designers who created the missile RS-1-U. Their work culminated in the adoption of the interceptor MiG-17ПФУ, armed with brand new weapons. (For more on this rocket in “M-K” No. 4, 2006).

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“COUNTER FIRE”

In the summer of 1970, US spy satellites have recorded the emergence of a new aircraft on the airfield Flight research Institute. This information reached the command of NATO, and NATO has assigned him a codename “Betfair”, which translated to English means “backfire”.

NATIONAL AIRLINER

NATIONAL AIRLINERThe Il-18. When you create a turboprop airliner Il-18 took its predecessor with the same designation, but piston engines. Special attention in the design of the aircraft, the designers paid more than the full security of the flight and the high economic and operational performance. Unlike the An-10 and Tu-104, Il-18 produced according to the rules of civil aircraft — the rejection of the two-storey cabin crew has significantly reduced its volume.

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BOMBER-UNIVERSAL

BOMBER-UNIVERSALGerman medium bomber AEG G. IV. On the eve of the First world war in Germany great attention has been paid to the development of the airship. Thanks to the work of count Ferdinand Zeppelin, the Germans had at its disposal a huge fleet of aircraft specially designed for carrying out bombing operations with a flight range of 8000 km and a bomb load in 9 — 10 tons. The presence of such forces determined the whole concept of the development of German aviation, which was to be the fighters, designed to protect the airships and their bases.

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HAPPY “SEVEN”

HAPPY The eleventh June 1956, came a joint resolution of the CPSU Central Committee and the USSR Council of Ministers about the beginning of serial production of aircraft “C” under the designation su-7. 24 June-1 demonstrated at air parade in Tushino. The prototype was piloted by Nikolai Korovushkin. Structure of the planes was headed by Mikoyan E-2, because his design was still considered “the first fighter CB” of the country. But the real leadership was in the Dry – after all, the speed of 2M fighter Mikoyan not yet released.

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FIGHTER “THE BUZZARD”

FIGHTER The British firm “Martinsyde limited” received its name from the surnames of the founders — Martin and Handasyde and at first was called. Later the name for simplicity shortened. This company is interested in us because in the 1920-ies in the red Army was released it fighter F. 4 “Buzzard” (“Owl”). It was called MF-4 or simply “Martinsyde”, as other aircraft of this company in Russia is not there. The design of the vehicle began in 1916, when designers “Martinsyde” led by Hendecagon undertook the creation of a single-seat fighter-biplane. First they made an attempt to modernize the serial biplane “elephant”, but gradually withdrew from him further and further away. The new RG plane fuselage made shorter and higher, the wingspan is significantly reduced, the pilot’s seat moved backwards to improve visibility. Changed chassis and tail. The fighter was expected to feature a 12-cylinder engine liquid cooling “Falcon” power of 275 HP company “rolls-Royce” and arm 7,69-mm machine gun “Vickers”, mounted above the upper wing on the left, and a machine gun, “Lewis”, standing on the right side.