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Polish Yak-18
Polish Air Force
Credit:
Łukasz Golowanow
, Maciej Hypś,
Konflikty.pl
Yak-18
is a Soviet-made two-seat military
trainer aircraft
designed by
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev
. This plane bears the white-and-red
Air Force checkerboard
, a
national marking
indicating that it belongs to the
Polish Air Force
. Yak-18 planes were used in Poland for military training purposes throughout the 1950s. This photograph was taken at the International Air Picnic in
Góraszka
near
Warsaw
.
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