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    Airframe Family: Polikarpov I-16
    Latest Model:I-16-24 Rata
    Last Military Serial:39 Russian AF
    Construction Number:2421039
    Last Civil Registration:EC-JRK
    Compressed ID:Polikarpov I-16-24 sn 39 Russian AF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fundacion Infante de Orleans

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an I-16-24.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Russia Air Force with s/n 39.

    To Fundacion Infante de Orleans with new c/r EC-JRK (Polikarpov I-16 Type 24, 2421039).

    From By 1994 to By 1998

    To Aeronautical Research Bureau/Aviarestavratsiya, Novosibirsk, Siberia.

    From By 1994 to By 1997

    To Sir Tim Wallace/Alpine Fighter Collection NZ.

    Restored to flying condition at Novosibirsk.

    1997

    First post-restoration Flight.

    1998

    Transported by ship.
    Moved from Russia to NZ.

    From 25 March 1998 to By 2005

    To Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka with new c/r ZK-JJC.

    Markings Applied: white 39

    First post-reassembly Flight.

    February 2005

    To Fundacion Infante de Orleans, Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid, Madrid.
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    Markings Applied: CM-249

    Flew at Wanaka prior to be sent to Spain.

    Transported by ship.
    Moved from New Zealand to Spain.

    October 2005

    Reassembled.
    Reassembled at Cuatro Vientos, Spain.

    29 May 2006

    First flight.
    Flown at Cuatro Vientos.

    29 May 2006

    First flight.
    Flown at Cuatro Vientos.

    2006


    Photographer: Andy West

    10 October 2007

    Damaged.
    Foradada del Tosar Huesca.

    27 February 2008

    To Fundacion Infante de Orleans with new c/r EC-JRK.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
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