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Old 18th December 2012, 11:30
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Re: Hannes Trautloft and Karl Fuchs' victories 9.3.42

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Originally Posted by Nick Hector View Post
...Does anyone know if the fact that the I-16 had skis would change its type-designation in any way? i.e. I-16 type x or something?

Nick
To my knowledge, no. The skis wereused only at winter, so it was only an alternative landing gear, on other times these planes used normal landing gear with wheels. All captions I recall only says e.g. "I-16 Type 17 with ski undercarriage"

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