Soviet aircraft design bureau
Polikarpov Design Bureau was aSoviet OKB (design bureau) for aircraft, led byNikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov .Dux Factory was acquired by the USSR and became part of Polikarpov.
Polikarpov I-5 After the death of Polikarpov on 30 July 1944 at the age of 52, his OKB was absorbed intoLavochkin , but with some of its engineers going toMikoyan-Gurevich and its production facilities going toSukhoi . For a long time the Polikarpov OKB headquarters were located at Aircraft plant #1 (formerlyDux Factory ) in Moscow, where its purpose-built building still stands.
Polikarpov designs:
TB-2 twin-engined biplane bomber prototype, 1930SPB (D) twin-engined dive bomber developed from the VIT-2, 1940NB (T) medium bomber prototype, 1944I-1 (IL-400) monoplane fighter prototype, 1923DI-1 (2I-N1) twin-seat biplane fighter prototype, 1926I-3 biplane fighter, 1928DI-2 two-seat biplane fighter developed from the I-3, 1929I-6 biplane fighter prototype, 1930I-5 biplane fighter, 1930I-13/ANT-32 fighter project, 1931I-15Chaika biplane fighter, 1933I-16 fighter, 1933I-15-2/I-152 (I-15bis) prototype modernized version of I-15, 1938I-15-3/I-153Chaika biplane fighterI-17 fighter prototype, 1934I-180 prototype fighter developed from the I-16, 1938I-185 prototype fighter developed from the I-180, 1941I-190 biplane fighter prototype developed from I-153, 1939I-200 (MiG-1) fighterTIS (MA) twin-engined heavy fighter prototype, 1941ITP (M) fighter prototype, 1942Malyutka rocket-powered fighter, abandoned incomplete upon Polikarpov's deathVIT-1 twin-engined attack aircraft prototype, 1937VIT-2 development of VIT-1, 1938Ivanov ground attack aircraft prototype, 1938R-1 unlicensed copy of the British Airco DH.9A bomber.MR-1 floatplane version of R-1 with wooden floats. 124 built.MR-2 (PM-2) floatplane version of R-1 with Munzel metal floats. 1 built.[ 1] R-2 biplane reconnaissance aircraft based on R-1.R-4 biplane reconnaissance aircraft (R-1 development, not produced).R-5 biplane reconnaissance aircraft, 1928.SSS light bomber development of R-5.R-Z reconnaissance/light bomber, developed from the R-5, 1935.[ edit ] PM-1 (P-2) biplane airlinerP-5 light transport version of R-5PR-5 airliner developed from R-5PR-12 monoplane airliner development based on the PR-5, 1938P-Z commercial variant of R-ZBDP (S) transport gliderMP powered version of the BDPLimozin (D) light transport aircraft, abandoned incomplete upon Polikarpov's death
Bombers Fighters/Interceptors Reconnaissance/Attack Airliners/Transports Trainers
