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Old 8th Jun 2022, 09:22
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Liffy 1M
 
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Originally Posted by longer ron
Nothing really new here - they have been doing similar since WW2 - they even copied entire aircraft - eg B29 and DC3 off the top of my head + pirate copies of RR Nene engine of course .
The Li-2 was a licence-built version of the DC-3, with changes to meet Soviet requirements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisunov_Li-2
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