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08 Feb 08 - 03:46 AM (#2256590) Subject: Lyr Add: The Yak Fighter Plane (Russ) From: GUEST,Volgadon A Vladimir Vysotsky piece again. Inspired by the airplane thread to post this. All I can say about it is that it's intense. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWy0NASC-B0&feature=related "Peace to your home" (mir vashyemu domu) is an old Russian greeting, which happens to make a sound a bit like an engine failure! The dead man's button is the Russian for a loop, first performed by Pyotr Nesterov in 1913. A button, because it looks like you are stitching one, dead man's because it could be fatal. Lyrics and music: Vladimir Vysotsky. ßê - Èñòðåáèòåëü ß "ÿê" - èñòðåáèòåëü, ìîòîð ìîé çâåíèò Íåáî - ìîÿ îáèòåëü. À òîò, êîòîðûé âî ìíå ñèäèò, Ñ÷èòàåò, ÷òî îí - èñòðåáèòåëü.  ýòîì áîþ ìíîþ "þíêåðñ" ñáèò, ß ñäåëàë ñ íèì ÷òî õîòåë, À òîò, êîòîðûé âî ìíå ñèäèò, Èçðÿäíî ìíå íàäîåë. ß â ïðîøëîì áîþ íàâûëåò ïðîøèò, Ìåíÿ ìåõàíèê çàøòîïàë. À òîò, êîòîðûé âî ìíå ñèäèò, Îïÿòü çàñòàâëÿåò â øòîïîð. Èç áîìáàðäèðîâùèêà áîìáà íåñåò Ñìåðòü àýðîäðîìó. À, êàæåòñÿ, ñòàáèëèçàòîð ïîåò: "Ìèð âàøåìó äîìó!" Âîò ñçàäè çàõîäèò êî ìíå "ìåññåðøìèòò", Óéäó, ÿ óñòàë îò ðàí. Íî òîò, êîòîðûé âî ìíå ñèäèò, ß âèæó, ðåøèë íà òàðàí. ×òî äåëàåò îí?! Âîò ñåé÷àñ áóäåò âçðûâ! Íî ìíå íå ãîðåòü íà ïåñêå. Çàïðåòû è ñêîðîñòè âñå ïåðåêðûâ ß âûõîæó èç ïèêå. ß ãëàâíûé, à ñçàäè, íó, ÷òîá ÿ ñãîðåë, Ãäå æå îí, ìîé âåäîìûé? Âîò îí çàäûìèëñÿ, êèâíóë è çàïåë: "Ìèð âàøåìó äîìó!" È òîò, êîòîðûé â ìîåì ÷åðåïêå, Îñòàëñÿ îäèí è âëèï. Ìåíÿ â çàáëóæäåíüå îí ââåë è â ïèêå Ïðÿìî èç ìåðòâîé ïåòëè. Îí ðâåò íà ñåáÿ è íàãðóçêè âäâîéíå, Ýõ, òîæå ìíå, ëåò÷èê-àññ! Íî ñíîâà ïðèõîäèòñÿ ñëóøàòüñÿ ìíå È ýòî â ïîñëåäíèé ðàç. ß áîëüøå íå áóäó ïîêîðíûì, êëÿíóñü, Óæ ëó÷øå ëåæàòü íà çåìëå. Íî ÷òî æ îí íå ñëûøèò êàê áåñèòñÿ ïóëüñ? Áåíçèí, ìîÿ êðîâü íà íóëå! Òåðïåíüþ ìàøèíû áûâàåò ïðåäåë, È âðåìÿ åãî èñòåêëî. È òîò, êîòîðûé âî ìíå ñèäåë, Âäðóã òêíóëñÿ ëèöîì â ñòåêëî. Óáèò, íàêîíåö-òî ëå÷ó íàëåãêå, Ïîñëåäíèå ñèëû æãó, Íî ÷òî ýòî, ÷òî?! ß â ãëóáîêîì ïèêå È âûéòè íèêàê íå ìîãó! Äîñàäíî, ÷òî ñàì ÿ íåìíîãî óñïåë, Íî ïóñòü ïîâåçåò äðóãîìó. Âûõîäèò, è ÿ íàïîñëåäîê ñïåë: " Ìèð âàøåìó äîìó! Ìèð âàøåìó äîìó!!!" Yak - Istryebityel Ya "yak" - istryebityel, mator moy zvyenit nyeba - maya abityel. a tot, katory va mnye sidit, shitayet, shto on - istryebityel. V etam bayu mnoyu "yunkers" zbit, ya zdyelal s nim shto khatyel, a tot, katory va mnye sidit, izryadna mnye nadayel. Ya v proshlam bayu navylyet prashit, menya myekhanik zashtopal. a tot, katory va mnye sidit, apyat zastavlyayet v shtapor. Iz bomardirovshika bomba nesyot smyert aeradromu. a, kazhyetsa, stabilizator payot: "miiiiir vashyemu domu!" Vot s'zadi zakhodit ka mnye "mesyershmit", uidu, ya ustal at ran. no tot, katory va mnye sidit, ya vizhu, ryeshil na taran. Shto dyelayet on?! Vot seychas budyet vzryv! no mnye nye garyet na peskye. zapryety i skorosti vsye pyerekryv ya vykhazhu iz pikye. Ya glavny, a s'zadi, nu, shtob ya zgaryel, gdye zhe on, moy vyedomy? vot on zadymilsa, kivnul i zapyel: "miiiir vashyemu domu!" I tot, katory v mayom chyerepkye, astalsa adin i vlip. menya v zabluzhdenye on vyol i v pikye pryama iz myortvoy pyetli. On rvyot na sebya i nagruzki vdvoynye, ekh, tozhye mnye, lyotchik-ass! no snova prikhoditsa slushatsa mnye i eta v paslyedny raz. ya bolshye nye budu pakornym, klyanus, uzh luchshe lyezhat na zemlye. no shto'zh on nye slyshit kak byesitsa puls? byenzin, maya krof na nulye! Tyerpyenyu mashiny byvayet predyel, i vryemya yevo istyeklo. i tot, katory va mnye sidyel, vdrug tknulsa litzom v styeklo. Ubit, nakanyetz-ta lyechu nalyekhkye, paslyedniye sily zhgu, no shto eta, shto?! ya v glubakom pikye i vyti nikak nye magu! Dasadna, shto sam ya nyemnoga uspyel, no pust pavezyot drugomu. vyxodit, i ya napaslyedak spyel" "Miiiir bashyemu domu! miiiir vashyemu domu!!!" The Yak Fighter Plane I am a "yak" fighter, my engine rings the sky - my habitation. but he who sits inside me, considers himself - the fighter (lit. destroyer). In this battle a "junkers" is knocked out by me, I had my way with him, but as for the one who sits inside of me, I'm quite fed up with him. In the last battle I took a hit in midflight, the mechanic has stitched me up. But he who sits inside me, forces me to go into another spin. From a bomber the bomb brings death to the airfield. it seems as if the tailplane (or stabiliser) sings: "peeeeace to your home!" Behold, from the rear a "messerschmidt" approaching, I'm leaving, I'm tired and wounded. but he who sits inside me, I can see, has decided to make another attack. What is he doing?! something will blow up! I will not burn to a powder. Puling out all stops I pull up out of the dive. I am the most important one, but behind me, well, burn me (obviously an aircraft's oath), where is he, my wingman? behold he filled with smoke, nodded and sang: "peeeeace to your home!" And he, who is in my little skull, is alone and in a spot. he has decieved me into making a dive straight after a dead man's button. He is forcing on himself twice as much pressure, hey, I'm here too, flying-ace! but again I must obey but it shall be the final time. I won't be submissive any longer, I swear, it's far better to just lie on the ground. can't he hear how the pulse is raging? the gasoline, my blood, is at a zero! There is a limit to a mashine's patience, and that is past. and he, who sits inside me, quite suddenly hit his face against the glass. Now that he's dead, I can fly easy, I use the last of my strength, but what is this, what?! I'm stuck in a sharp dive and can't pull up at all! It's annoying that I haven't accomplished much, but others can have the good luck and fortune. now it's my turn to sing: "peeeeeace to your home! peeeeeeeeeeace to your home!!!" |
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08 Feb 08 - 03:21 PM (#2257106) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Yak Fighter Plane (Russ) From: Charley Noble Volgadon- Wow! No "piece of cake" flying in one of those. Thanks for posting this one, and the translation. Charley Noble |
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08 Feb 08 - 05:27 PM (#2257239) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Yak Fighter Plane (Russ) From: Richard Bridge If I correctly recollect the period when I was interested in warplanes, the Yak was widely regarded as a bit crude, robust, effective, and easy to maintain. A bit like the Kalashnikov. |
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09 Feb 08 - 02:07 PM (#2257839) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Yak Fighter Plane (Russ) From: GUEST,Volgadon Funny, I have a memory of my parents watching "Piece of Cake". One of the planes was struck, the fuel leaked and the whole cabin caught on fire. The Yak-3 was hailed by Soviet textbooks as the best fighter plane of the war. Not quite. It was light and fairly manouverable, but that was because of wartime economies with material!!! They also couldn't arm it as heavily as they would've liked to. Not a bad plane, easy to fly, but yet again, propoganda made it into something it wasn't. |
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09 Feb 08 - 02:19 PM (#2257848) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Yak Fighter Plane (Russ) From: Richard Bridge Best plane of the war? Several contenders Spit (best of teh Brits, much as I love the Defiant) Focke Wolf (IMHO better than the Messerschmidt) Grumman Tiger (or maybe the Mustang) for the Yanks Zero That curious Japanese hybrid (what was its name?) - a radial engine grafted into a fuselage intended for an inline, looked very odd but turned on a sixpence, great dogfighter) Then there are the twins - Mosquito I think beats the Beaufort and Beaufighter I forget the name of the classic Yank twin Maybe the best was the Dutch push-pull Focker - turned equally well both ways which gave it a big advantage in combat. Only one divebomber in it - the Stuka. Best bomber I think I will go for the Lancaster over the Flying Fortress. Best Jet? Me 262. |
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10 Feb 08 - 11:19 PM (#2259112) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Yak Fighter Plane (Russ) From: The Fooles Troupe Oops dropped out before it was sent - lucky I kept it... Actually the Spitfire is unfortunately somewhat overrated - the Hurricane was in far greater numbers and shot down far more, especially during the Battle of Britian, it was gradually overtaken by the Spit, which was gradually outclassed by US models. The 'best' kept changing as new developments kept happening. The 'best fighter' at the end of the European war was the long range drop-tank US job... There were several contenders in the Pacific too. The Zero was great in the beginning, but was eventually outclassed. The Lanc carried far more payload than the B17 - later B models were more used in the Pacific. |