BERNHARD C.F. KLEIN MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 4860. Bisnovat SK-1
12/31/2005. Remarks by
Bernhard Klein: "SK stands for Skoristnii Kryilo = high-speed
wing. This was a Soviet test aircraft. Only one was built to test a
flush cockpit design. The cockpit was completely ensconced within
fuselage. The front window flipped up and the seat was raised to give
the pilot a better forward view during take off and landing. First
flight January 1940 piloted by test pilot G. M. Shiyanov." View also photo
9447.