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Originally Posted by BlackSix
Rata - this is a German nickname (and Spanish?) 
In the USSR it was called "Ishak" (donkey). This combination of name pronunciation in Russian aircraft I-16 - " i-shestnadtsat" and highly complex control in the air and on landing. |
Yes, it is Spanish, meaning "rat". The Spanish republicans during the Spanish Civil War called I-16 "Mosca" which means "fly".
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