Just Plane Noise > wrote in
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> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:23:34 GMT, Bob Harrington
> > wrote:
>
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>>Nice set; sad image of the P-51...
>>
>><Pedantic mode>
>>the back three birds in the righthand (as the birds are flying) diamond
>>appear to be Chinese CJ-6. And I'm kinda wondering if the Dak might
>>actually be a Lisunov Li-2, a Russian copy of the Immortal Douglas?
>></pedantic mode>
>>
>>Bob ^,,^
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> What are the spotting features that lead you to identify them as
> CJ-6's? Again, I'm unfamiliar with that plane, and so I'd really like
> to know.
Not real obvious in your photo, but the Yak (-50 and -52) has a very curvy
vertical stabilizer while the CJ-6 has a rather angular fin. The wings
are also quite different,which you can get a sense of in your photo.
> I examined my other images, but none had the "Dak" close enough to
> give you any more info. Are there any telltale features,
> spotter-wise?
More a semi-educated wild-arse guess... One, what would a C-47 be doing
in a formation of eastern block aircraft; and two, I seem to recall an
actual Li-2 has visited Oshkosh on at least one occasion in the past
couple years - perhaps it is back?
Depending on the model of Li-2, very little to fairly obvious differences
were visible - different engines, window arrangements, gun turret on top -
that kind of stuff. This web site has some useful information:
http://www.dc3history.org/russia.htm
Bob ^,,^