A mixture of topics for the 50th edition.
The ring fin Vostok photos are quite a find.
The imagery of a troika symbolizing (things) Russian goes back at least to Gogol and Dead Souls. I’m no expert so I don’t want to speak out of turn but I know enough to say that’s laden imagery.
Congratulations on producing 50 posts, Nick.
Q: Do you know what the canoe-like fairings are on the sides of the RE-1 rocket?
R1-E rocket: Чертеж В.И. Минакова https://modelist-konstruktor.com/aviacziya/ot-r-1-do-sputnika
The ring fin Vostok photos are quite a find.
The imagery of a troika symbolizing (things) Russian goes back at least to Gogol and Dead Souls. I’m no expert so I don’t want to speak out of turn but I know enough to say that’s laden imagery.
Congratulations on producing 50 posts, Nick.
Q: Do you know what the canoe-like fairings are on the sides of the RE-1 rocket?
R1-E rocket: Чертеж В.И. Минакова https://modelist-konstruktor.com/aviacziya/ot-r-1-do-sputnika