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"bob" wrote:
There is more information at: http://www.aviamonuments.ru/planes/Rossiya/Taksimo They call it an ???-7 with the onboard number ?11, ANT-7 and Zh-11 and the monument is at Taksimo, close to Lake Baikal. It is one of those planes which in 30 years conducted air photography of the district with the purpose of researching the line of the future railway. Thanks! This source put me on the trail of more information. Apparently the ANT-7 design was a scaled-down version of the ANT-4--Mitchell Holman called that one right. A purpose-built aircraft may seem extravagant, but the Baikal- Amur Mainline had an extravagant Hero-Project name and reputation. (America's recent cold wave, which would be known as a heat wave in Siberia, can give us some appreciation of the conditions there.) The photo on the Aviamonuments site makes it seem that Zh-11 crashed, then was restored and put on display. --Bill Thompson |
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I think the airplane on the Taksimo monument is actually a Tupolev G-1,
which was the cargo-carrying version of the ANT-4. I think it's doubtful that they restored the crashed airplane, which, BTW looks more like an ANT-4 on floats. There's more info on the 1940 crashed airplane and its crew of seven at: http://www.airforce.ru/memorial/russ...simo/index.htm Bob "William R Thompson" wrote in message link.net... "bob" wrote: There is more information at: http://www.aviamonuments.ru/planes/Rossiya/Taksimo They call it an ???-7 with the onboard number ?11, ANT-7 and Zh-11 and the monument is at Taksimo, close to Lake Baikal. It is one of those planes which in 30 years conducted air photography of the district with the purpose of researching the line of the future railway. Thanks! This source put me on the trail of more information. Apparently the ANT-7 design was a scaled-down version of the ANT-4--Mitchell Holman called that one right. A purpose-built aircraft may seem extravagant, but the Baikal- Amur Mainline had an extravagant Hero-Project name and reputation. (America's recent cold wave, which would be known as a heat wave in Siberia, can give us some appreciation of the conditions there.) The photo on the Aviamonuments site makes it seem that Zh-11 crashed, then was restored and put on display. --Bill Thompson |
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Planes On Poles - bam monument.jpg (1/1)
I think the airplane on the Taksimo monument is actually a Tupolev G-1,
which was the cargo-carrying version of the ANT-4. I think it's doubtful that they restored the crashed airplane, which, BTW looks more like an ANT-4 on floats. There's more info on the 1940 crashed airplane and its crew of seven at: http://www.airforce.ru/memorial/russ...simo/index.htm Bob "William R Thompson" wrote in message link.net... "bob" wrote: There is more information at: http://www.aviamonuments.ru/planes/Rossiya/Taksimo They call it an ???-7 with the onboard number ?11, ANT-7 and Zh-11 and the monument is at Taksimo, close to Lake Baikal. It is one of those planes which in 30 years conducted air photography of the district with the purpose of researching the line of the future railway. Thanks! This source put me on the trail of more information. Apparently the ANT-7 design was a scaled-down version of the ANT-4--Mitchell Holman called that one right. A purpose-built aircraft may seem extravagant, but the Baikal- Amur Mainline had an extravagant Hero-Project name and reputation. (America's recent cold wave, which would be known as a heat wave in Siberia, can give us some appreciation of the conditions there.) The photo on the Aviamonuments site makes it seem that Zh-11 crashed, then was restored and put on display. --Bill Thompson |
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