The first prototype has started from the Buffalo airdrome on December 7th 1942 and on April 23th 1943 the test of the third prototype has been finished. In summer 1944 an official denomination has appeared - Kingcobra. In the first place P-63A were a...
At the end of the WW2 the new planes begin to enter for the armoury of the restored military air forces of France (Armee de l'Air). The first five planes have been adopted to the armament on July 26th 1945. A part of machines has been at once sent to...
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In 1944 the society Bell has put into production a special version of the plane P-63 Kingcobra RP-63 Pinball which was used as the piloted flying target. The armour was to 5-10 times thicker than in usual P-63, the maximum was ...
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter was WWI RFC plane, designed by Sopwith Aviation Co in 1915. One was two-seat single-engined wooden biplane powered with French Clerget or Le Rhone engine. It was the first British plane equipped with the synchronized forward-fi...
Il-2 - WWII Soviet attacker, is the first armored low-flying attack aircraft in the world practice, effectively used for direct support of ground troops, successfully defeated various targets, including armored tank's groups.
Sopwith Snipe was WW1 Royal Air Force fighter. The prototype Snipe first fly was at the end of 1917, and in summer 1918 the serial production of aircrafts was started. Untill 1926 Snipe was in service as standard fighter of the RAF. Four Snipes were ...
Il-2m - WWII Soviet attacker. In July 1942 Il-2m powered by 1750h.p. AM-38F engine had gone through general test flights. This version had the wings with former angle of sweep. The construction of armored rear of fuselage was changed conformabl...
The appearance of high-speed and maneuverable Allies planes on the Front and in the Quadruple Union countries caused the withdrawn from service Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter. But its service was not finished, some planes were converted to the trainers: the ...
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter was WWI RFC plane, designed by Sopwith Aviation Co in 1915. These planes were used by RNAS for th anti-submarine patrol and as a carrier-based plane. The observer's cockpit was covered and the free place was used as a bomb sect...
On the early 1917 some Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter received a new role - interceptor plane. Raids of the Zeppelins and Gotha bombers was serious problem for Britain military leaders and different attempts to oppose it realized. Pilots dubbed these planes ...
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