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is that thing a leftover Russian from the cold war
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You got it. The world's heaviest fighter - TU-128 Fiddler. That picture is a trainer version with the pelican nose and extra windows.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/8/19/1232235/-Cold-War-Relics-Tupolev-TU-128
allied copy of the fw190
the real deal
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Well, it does have a radial engine. But Hawker had been working on the Tempest well before a captured FW-190 was available to study. Despite different engine designs and radiator placements, the Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury had a lot of common heritage.
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