Yak-15 - the first Soviet jet fighter
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We've got lots of history about the development of jet aircraft in the West, but not so much from Russia, so this was kind of nice to hear. I am ambivalent about the advances made in Soviet science and technology. On one hand they were very impressive, they beat us into outer space after all. But Stalin was a murderous thug. Could they have done better, or at least without killing as many people, if they had a better leader? And why didn't they have a better leader? Why don't we have a better leader?
P.S. Photo from the 1946 Air Parade:
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| Soviet pilots participating in the air parade on August 18, 1946 in honor of the Day of the Air Fleet of the USSR near Po-2 (U-2) biplane at the Kubinka airfield. In the center – P. Zubarev. |
The Po-2 biplane has appeared here before.
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