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Penzija za Breguet Br1050
Citat:Sad news has been announced by the board of the Association Alizé Marine, owner/operator of the world’s last remaining airworthy Breguet Br1050: as of 30 April 2023 Alizé No.59 (F-AZYI) will be grounded. The reason lies within the expiration of the lease with by Nîmes Métropole, manager of the Nîmes Grande Provence Méditerranée airport where the collection plane is parked. Unfortunately none of the steps taken by the association to secure the operation of this aircraft on the airport have seen results and is therefore unable to continue its activity.
https://scramble.nl/military-news/last-alize-will-be-grounded
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 Citat:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 c/n 3872 (RA-1563G) from Vadim Zadorozhny´s collection...
MiG-3 with serial number 3872 was shot down near Chichakovo village on 15th August 1942 (during the Battle of Rzhev / the First Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation) after a short combat between six MiG-3s and a pair of Me 109. The Soviet pilots were surprised by Germans who suddenly appeared from the clouds, fire several rounds and disappeared again without engaging in the dogfight.
As a result of sudden German attack, two MiG-3 fighters have been hit. The aircraft flown by the Senior Lieutenant Korobkov, the leader of formation, was significantly damaged but Korobkov made it to the home airfield. The second fighter, piloted by Lieutenant Alekseev, was shot down and crashed, killing the pilot.
Alekseev crash site was identified in 2005. Shortly thereafter it was decided to use the ´3872´ as a base for the MiG-3 restoration project carried out by the Winged Memory of Victory (Крылатая память победы) foundation and the Vadim Zadorozhny´s Museum of Vehicles. The works were performed in Novosibirsk at Boris Osetinsky’s Aviarestoration company.
As there were no blueprints of MiG-3 survived, the restoration was long and laborious. Finally, in December 2009 the restored aircraft took-off for its maiden flight, flown by Vladimir Barsuk – test pilot and general director of SibNIA. Due to the lack of original Mikulin engines, the aircraft was powered (similarly as other restored MiG-3s) by Allison V-1710 with 1475 hp.
The remains of Lt. Alekseev were buried at the military cemetery in Zubcov and in 2017 a memorial was erected at the crash site. Some sources claim, that during this short combat he managed to position himself between the Me 109s and Korobkov, therefore saving his formation leader. Alekseev was, yet in 1942, posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Star. By the time of his death, Alekseev flew 154 combat sorties and shot down two German fighters. https://afterburner.com.pl/mikoyan-gurevich-mig-3-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3-3/
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