July 31, 2009 at 5:59 am
Surfing about I found this interesting listing. 149k doesn’t sound to bad!
http://derkrieg.com/store/element.php?SECTION_ID=3167&ELEMENT_ID=33677
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st July 2009 at 09:09
Ah, me… without my chequebook at hand…. Alas!
Just reading the description, it would seem that the aircraft is restored from various bits. The TBI instrument is said to date from 1942; the engine is an M-11FP (likely ca. 1950s); the air screw from 1954. The original rear cockpit components did not include any secondary controls, which would point towards a military version of some type (recce, photographic, or even a light night bomber). However, these items have been installed into this restored aircraft, causing it to conform to the basic training variant of the U-2/Po-2.
Looks impressive.