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The Polikarpov I-180 (Russian: И-180) was a 1938 Soviet fighter aircraft prototype. It was the last attempt to extract performance from the basic Polikarpov I-16 design. The development cycle was plagued with problems and the death of the Soviet hero pilot Valery Chkalov in one of the prototypes effectively ended Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov’s career as an aircraft designer.

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designer
Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov
manufacturer
Polikarpov
number built
10
predecessor
Polikarpov I-16
production end year
1940-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
production start year
1938-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

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