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I just went quickly through Pokhrishkin's "To know oneself in combat" online. He flew Yak-1s just after his missions where he flew Bf-109E. It was the baseline model of Yak-1 (1941), as there is reference that they got those from nearby regiment in 1942, and that nearby regiment was to get...

I don't believe they were doing performance tests so late in 1941. Most were done before, maybe there were some comparison flights, but German Bf-109E were already being replaced by the -F models by that time and those were a bigger theat for VVS. However, I know that future ace Pokrishkin flew...

Tried image search by google... interestingly, on two different parts it gave "Cessna flap arm assembly" (the first image in set!) , and for the part marked "SC206" it omniusly spitted Cessna 206 image first (among a ton of other results)...

Hi everyone. I have read Alexadar Pokriskhin's memoirs, and he basically found his "Bucephalus" in P-39 (he flew an all-up P-39N with all weapons wired to one trigger). The true value is that he used its strong points and advanced tactics. Values were above average armament, radio equipment...

This looks like yaw dumpers were x-wired on the ground (so they -augment- instead damp oscillations). I've read it happened on some older Tu. In that case its power supply was switched at higher speed and altitude-aircraft soon disintegrated of g-forces and aerodynamical loads.

Hm... I think it is my 1st (or 2nd?) post here... I am casual Il-2 1946 flyer... :D yes, but mods that make AI aircraft flyable are not supported by O. Maddox, nor new aircraft (like Spit MK I or "Silverplate" B-29). By reading, people are having hard time to "insert" new aircraft. But they look...