By: Arthur - 6th December 2002 at 20:57
RE: Pic: Crocodile
It´s the only Krokodil-mod of the Tupolev/Komarov PS.9 (itself a modified ANT-9 with M-17 engines). It served with the Maksim Gorkii Agitprop-squadron as a propaganda bird. Actually, the ANT-9 was the first all-metal passenger plane to be mass-produced (some 60 were built, the bulk of which was delivered by 1930).
By: Ant.H - 6th December 2002 at 19:04
RE: Pic: Crocodile
Well this one’s got me!My best guess is that it’s something from the Russian division of Junkers,this guess being based on the corrugated construction and the Russian lettering.Although it was originally set up to licence build German Junkers designs,the Russian division started designing thier own rather obscure types,some of which were only produced in ones and twos.Perhaps it’s one of these?I’ve had a sift through Bill Gunston’s Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft and can’t find any diagrams or pics which match this machine,so if it is a Russian Junkers,it must’ve been a pretty obscure one,even by thier standards.
By: EHVB - 6th December 2002 at 18:33
RE: Pic: Crocodile
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By: SADSACK - 6th December 2002 at 17:10
RE: Pic: Crocodile
What is it? It seems to be Russian?
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