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Old 06-02-2010, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bf-110 View Post
It remembers a scaled down P-47.
Well, the R-2000 was heavily influenced by the Seversky P-35, which was the ancestor of the Republic P-47. Seversky Aircraft renamed themselves "Republic" shortly before the outbreak of WW2.


Seversky P-35
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