Mig-3, movies and other Russian warbird questions

[Michel Lemieux]

Mig-3, movies and other Russian warbird questions

First is it seems those 4 videos are for a movie. Anyone knows the movie name or seen the film? Pretty curious to see it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCTIgL8Me8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyhgn7yHtTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik6XBvfRP_0
Looks like a T-6 in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhPHHqIy1Ow

The others are just plain cool! Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOqfR8A-SUQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq84KS-1wJI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j7N8XGR-z0

[Michel Lemieux]

Other cool IL-2 videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2WIm2Y3jx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOCNYWrPepQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1FVR5qexQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMnqD0Bjry4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jhFNeh4B00

Po-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u0PGDR6KD0

[Michel Lemieux]

Nice video on a 109 recovery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4ZEB1oSd0

[Michel Lemieux]

Nice winter flying section on the Mig-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wTZjYGyl-4

[airnutz]

Nice winter flying section on the Mig-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wTZjYGyl-4

Nice pilot report on the Mig-3 vs I-16, with a bit about dueling with the Bf-109. His views on the -3 mirror some of the purported reasons the Virginia Mig-3 is not flown...or rarely so.

[Chris Brame]

First is it seems those 4 videos are for a movie. Anyone knows the movie name or seen the film? Pretty curious to see it!

From the restorers' Facebook page, this appears to be Mosfilm's site for the movie; I can't open it because I'm still running XP:
https://kinofilmpro.ru/letchik.html?fbc ... 1KMW-kZJv8

[Chris Brame]

Also from that page: Some things are the same around the world.

Friends! Your reproaches regarding the mismatch of the modifications of the attack aircraft to the year of events are quite understandable and obvious. The film crew knew about this initially no worse than you and me. But here a conflict arose between historical truth and the desire to make a film using a real flying attack aircraft, which so far is only double. The director decided to sacrifice the truth, but to make a more realistic film with a minimum of computer graphics, with real airplanes and firing, which by the way forced to put on the attack aircraft DShK instead of UBT. It’s not the fault of the filmmakers that there are no operational drills and flying single IL-2s in Russia. In our opinion, such inaccuracies in this case are completely excusable, since in the film the image of the pilot and the events are collective in nature and are not tied to someone or something specifically. https://kinofilmpro.ru/letchik.html As you know, our planes are used in the film.

[JohnTerrell]

The warbirds featured in these videos are said to owned by Vadim Zadorozhny, but are operated through the Wings of Victory Foundation headed by Boris Osyatinsky, which seeks donors/sponsors to keep the aircraft flying. At the time the 2018 Bf-109G-2 recovery was made, it was reported by Wings of Victory that it was going to be assessed for possible restoration to flight. There is also another Il-2 (an early single-seat version) and a Tupolev TU-2 at Aviarestoration, that Wings of Victory have undergoing restoration to fly and which should be flying in the not so distant future.

The T-6 seen in some of these videos is the same one that Jerry Yagen/Military Aviation Museum used to own/operate (I believe it went as part of a trade deal).

Another video you may be interested in, featuring some great details and footage of the Il-2 in Russia, including the history, recovery, restoration and flying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJLGkjQ68A

Last edited by JohnTerrell on Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Michel Lemieux]

Thank you John! It looks like this will be a fine movie.

[Kyleb]

Nice winter flying section on the Mig-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wTZjYGyl-4

Nice pilot report on the Mig-3 vs I-16, with a bit about dueling with the Bf-109. His views on the -3 mirror some of the purported reasons the Virginia Mig-3 is not flown...or rarely so.

I must have missed something. The only video I watched was in Russian with no subtitles. Is there a subtitled or English version?

[airnutz]

Nice winter flying section on the Mig-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wTZjYGyl-4

Nice pilot report on the Mig-3 vs I-16, with a bit about dueling with the Bf-109. His views on the -3 mirror some of the purported reasons the Virginia Mig-3 is not flown...or rarely so.

I must have missed something. The only video I watched was in Russian with no subtitles. Is there a subtitled or English version?

Sorry for the slow reply Ky. Select the CC option at the bottom of the screen and you'll get an english subtitle translation of pilot Vladimir Barsuk's experiences with the Mig-3, I-16, and a wee bit about the I-153.