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6 July 2008, 10:48 AM
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Ruritania Flieger
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Today I saw a Mosca fly
Wich is the same as saying I saw a fly fly. A Polikarpov I-16 Mosca or Rata, built in 1937, refitted in Gorki in 1939-40 with a 1000 HP engine and 4 machineguns, crashed down in Carelia (Finland) somewhere in 1941-42, recovered in 1992, rebuilt in Russia in 1998, moved to New Zealand, purchased in 2005 for Spain.
It is painted as the airplane of José María Bravo, second chief of the Grupo 21 of Mosca fighters of he Republican Air Force. The code CM means "Caza Mosca" (fighter Mosca type). The emblem of the fin is the double six domino piece of the 3rd Squadron I have better photos from friends cameras and in flight photos but since next week I am going away on holiday don't hold your breath waiting for them     |
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6 July 2008, 11:14 AM
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Wow- I like this small and deadly machine! Just to remind that first Bf109 ever shot down is kill by I-16 in Spain
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6 July 2008, 11:40 AM
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Must have been a hard machine to fly, fast landing speed, longitudinally unstable, and with those pointed wings wich make rolling faster but the stall is vicious. It was arguably superior to the first Messerschmitts, at least below 6.000 meters.
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6 July 2008, 04:02 PM
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My uncle who went with me just sent me a picture taken with his long range lens, behold the fly fly
 
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8 July 2008, 03:34 AM
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Fly flies
I cropped these from the formation shots, enjoy
  
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9 July 2008, 02:13 PM
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Mosca
I've been using a black green I-16 as a screen saver with the thought of painting a 1944 version of the Eduards kit. But a 1/48 Mosca with Republican markings would be great. Would you have a close up of the dominoes on the tail? Thanks for posting! I'm glad there is still at least one still flying.
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9 July 2008, 10:40 PM
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Rata
I have seen and heard the Rata fly at Wanaka New Zealand about 3 years ago and it was great. The noise is really loud and unlike any other warbird I have heard and when you see five of them dogfighting together it is simply amazing. Their power-to-weight ration must be very high, judging by the way they move around the sky. In my opinion the experience of watching these planes fly at Wanaka rivalled that of watching a mustang or spitfire. I really like the look of this stubby little plane, but most of all I LOVE the sound it makes!
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