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Soviet Shorty — Wolfram Donalies’ Polikarpov I-16

I enjoy attending the annual Warbirds and Classics over the Midwest RC event held in Fond du Lac, WI, as there's always a bunch of great-looking scale airplanes to photograph. There was one airplane that looked so interesting, that I couldn't help but be drawn toward it. Looking like a cross between a WW II fighter and a Gee Bee racer, this unusual Soviet aircraft was a Polikarpov I-16, and it is the work of...

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