The Sukhoi Su-26 is a single-seater

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from the former

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, powered by a single radial

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. The Su-26 has mid-mounted straight wings and fixed landing gear, the main gear mounted on a solid

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arc. The Su-26 made its first flight in June 1984, the original four having a two-bladed propeller. The production switched to the Su-26M, with refined tail surfaces and a German-made MTV-9 3-blade composite propeller. Further refinements were made, and the model won both the men's and women's team prizes at the 1986 World Aerobatics Championships. The modified Su-26M3 with the new M9F engine dominated the 2003 and 2005 Aerobatic World Championships as well as the 2004 European Championships. The Su-26 has fully metric instruments, except for the

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'' IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover'' is a combat flight simulation video game mainly set in the

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in 1940. Nevertheless, when the game was still under development, the Sukhoi Su-26 had been promised as a bonus flyable aircraft for all players, but was not included in the game upon release in March 2011.C6 Hellcat and C6 Barda,
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover, la préview. Bienvenue au mini test de la version "pré-béta" Euro de IL2 Cliffs of Dover
, ''Checksix'', 2 April 2011 (in French). It was finally included as downloadable content with the adjunction of the Steam patch 1.11.20362 on 19 October 2012.Donster,
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Patch 1.11.20362 Released
, ''combatsim.com'', 19 October 2012.

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