Russian Polikarpov restoration takes to the air

A Polikarpov Po-2 returned to Russian skies late last year at Drakino airfield, south of Moscow. It’s one of approximately six thought to be airworthy in the country (from some 20-30,000 built), and owner Vladimir Ponomarenko, a Russian TV producer, hopes to fly it in films as well as at airshows. Another of the ‘breed’, Po-2 0094 flies in the UK with the Shuttleworth Collection. Vladimir Ponomarenko’s Polikarpov Po-2 flying from Drakino recently V PONOMARENKO VIA E JANSSONNE The incomplete