"Climax" year of each turning

[Bob Butler 54]

(05-20-2020, 09:16 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: I won't deny that tendency within the elite of Russian society.  I won't deny that the Great Patriotic War still serves as a major cultural and historical milestone (for lack of a better term) in Russia.  Indeed one of the most recent soap operas I've been watching is about the Night Witches.  Soviet Female fighter pilots during the GPW.

Nitpick. The Night Witches flew the Polikarpov Po-2 aircraft, a wood and canvas biplane similar to the American Stearman. It was originally designed in 1928 as a trainer. The planes were simple, reliable, and capable of carrying a couple of bombs for use as a night bomber, assuming they didn't carry luxury items like radios or parachutes. They used to cut the engine down to idle and silently glide in on the attack. The Germans thought the noise no greater than a witch on a broomstick. I'm not trying to diminish their deeds. Indeed they apparently did very well with a minimum of equipment. But they were glide bombing pilots, not fighters.

Just wondered if the TV show switched their roles. Using the Po-2 as a fighter would be very impressive in World War II. Their big thing was that they went so slow that the fighters had trouble making attack runs.