Polikarpov Po-2 - Po-2 in Popular Culture

Po-2 in Popular Culture

Piloted by the fictional Ludmila Gorbunova, the Po-2 is featured (as the U-2) in the Harry Turtledove alternate history series Worldwar as one of the few examples of human machinery that has managed to evade destruction from a technologically superior invading alien force. Because of the Po-2's wooden construction, low altitude, and slow speed, the aliens have an extremely hard time detecting it or shooting it down.

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