WOW243 Polikarpov Chaika Winter

Name: WOW243 Polikarpov Chaika Winter
SKU: 48552
Availability: OutOfStock

£461.23

Out of stock

Category: mothballed

Description

One of Nikolai Polikarpov’s finest Biplane designs the I-153 Chaika was built in large numbers and was an Improvement on his earlier I-15 design and was the predecessor to the successful I16 series of monoplane fighters.

The name Chaika is Russian for Seagull and is derived from its gull wing upper wing design. It was developed from the I-15 fighter and was improved with the fitting of retracting landing gear.

Over 3000 examples of the Chaika were built and served with the Soviet and Nationalist Chinese air forces. they did Sterling service in this theatre with the Chinese using them extensively in their war against the Japanese. The Russians also used them against the Japanese in the short lived Japanese offensive at Khalkhin Gol, where they performed well.

This version depicts the Chaika in its winter scheme of white distemper, the price is $399 plus $100 postage. There is no free postage on warbirds due to their size.

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