Museum G.O.R.A. Zone IV Aviation location. Airplanes.
The aviation location may not be the largest, but it is clearly the most noticeable, since it is almost entirely located under a huge canopy, clearly visible from afar.
Starting post: Poklonnaya Hill. Introduction.
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Behind the series of previously shown land surprises for the aggressors, an airborne one can also be seen – the Il-2 attack aircraft, nicknamed by the Germans “Schwarzer Tod”,
and we called it a “flying tank” because it had something previously unthinkable in aviation – an armored hull.
Here you can also see its engine.
Further on, the exhibits go in two rows, one could say along the walls, if there were walls there.
As you can see, these are not only planes, but also the accompanying equipment. And the planes themselves, for the most part, are not original products, but are full-size mock-ups. Since there are more models, I will separately warn about the originality of the exhibit.
Let’s start with domestic pre-war machines. As expected according to chronology – from biplanes and sesquiplanes. Then monoplanes and those produced during the war years.
And here’s what’s interesting: these small planes are mock-ups, but the huge Il-4 is real!
Next up are full-size mockups.
Not only Soviet aircraft are on display, but also Allied aircraft.
There is information that the latter, if not exactly real, because it was restored from several, is still very close to the original.
The enemy is also presented.
And if the fighter is presented as a model, but in its entirety, then from the bomber only the cockpit is present. But the original.
The location ends with the largest exhibit, so large that it did not fit under the roof.
To be continued: Museum G.O.R.A. Zone IV Aviation location. Not planes.