Best looking WW2 fighter

[special ed]

Actually, Michael Gregor (Gregorashvili) was Georgian, as Kartveli was (Kartvelishvili).
Though, Armenian aviation enthusiasts might disagree, since Gregorashvili's mother was from an Armenian family.

Was this the same Gregor who built the beautiful Canadian biplane?

 

[Dimlee]

Was this the same Gregor who built the beautiful Canadian biplane?

Yes, it was him.

 

[Dimlee]

I understood him to have been born in what is now Dagestan, moving to Georgia after leaving the Russian military during the revolution?

Yes, exactly. In the complex multinational world of Caucasus, nationality was determined by the father, usually. Gregorashvili is the Georgian family name.

 

[special ed]

Yes, it was him.

Thanks for the info

 

[GregP]

Anyone remember "Whirley Birds"?

Yes, I do.

Also, Ripcord with Ken Curtiss who later went on to be Festus in Gunsmoke.

 

[spicmart]

The pinnacles of their respektive design lineage and as beautiful and stylish like Russian women.

The Yakovlev Yak-3

The Lavochkin La-9