Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov
Russian aerospace engineer
Died when: 52 years 22 days (624 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (Russian: ??????´? ??????´???? ??????´????; 9 June [O.S. 28 May] 1892 – 30 July 1944) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer, known as the "King of Fighters".
He designed the I-15 series of fighters, and the I-16 Ishak (Russian: ????, lit. 'donkey' phonetically close to its Russian: ?-16 or Russian: ?-???????????, romanized: I-shestnadtsat', lit. 'I-sixteen' designation) "Little Donkey" fighter.
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