![]() 05/25/2020 at 15:30 • Filed to: That’s lower-case “w”, Planelopnik | ![]() | ![]() |
Some of the more notorious stolen fighters during the 20th century. I’d never heard the rumors about the bombing of the Chinese embassy.
Between the two Chucks, I’ll take Yeager over Norris
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It ends with an appeal to pre-order what looks like it could be a pretty cool book.
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I’m surprised there’s no mention of Soviet Union building hundreds of full on copies of the B-29 from three that ended up in Russia following attacks on Japan (the USSR was officially neutral in the war against Japan, so said it couldn’t release the aircraft back to the US):
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That was a fun read, complete with about five unread but open Wikipedia rabbit holes primed and ready. Thanks for sharing!
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I know where a captured Mig is rotting away. I was surprised to see it when I was there.
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Bro that is a Tupolev Tu-4!
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It is! But Tupolev didn’t actually do much design work there...
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Pretty sure that’s a MiG-28, bro.
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Was the harrier and A5? there too?
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Not much has changed in a couple decades, they cleaned up a bit but not much is missing. There are other things around if you look.