Name |
Explanation |
Examples |
P |
Stays for Perekhvatchik (Interceptor) at the end of aircraft designation. |
Yak-28P |
P |
Perekhodnyj, Transitional |
P-2 |
P |
Poplavkovyj, Floatplane |
Like in NIAMI-1P |
P |
Passazhirskij, Passenger, like in PR-5 |
PAK |
Pritsel Aviatsionnij Kollimatormij , Aviation Collimator Gunsight |
Pe |
Initials of
Petlyakov Design Bureau; |
Pe-2, Pe-8 |
Po |
Initials of
Polikarpov
Design Bureau; |
Po-2 |
PB |
Dive bomberPikiruuschij Bombardirivschik |
PB-100 |
PI |
Cannon armed Fighter, Pushechnij Istrebitel |
PI-1 |
Pioneers |
Children's organization (age 10-15) created to grow young men
with proper political orientation. Voluntary labour and fund
raising was highly appreciated. Elements of scout/military
training were included. |
- |
PM |
Passenger aircraft with Maybach engine, Passazhirsky s Maybach'om |
PM-1 |
PM |
R-1 floatplane variant by Munzel, Poplavkovyj Munzelia |
PM-2 |
PP |
Postanocschik Pomech
, 'Obstacle setter', ECM jammer |
see Mi-10PP |
PromVozdukh |
Promushlennost Vozdukhoplavania
, Aviation Industry, one of transitional Trusts in post-Civil War economy of Russia. |
PS |
Passenger, Passagirsky Samoliot |
PS-84 |
PS |
Search & Rescue, "Poiskovo - Spasatelnij |
Be-12PS |
PTA |
Petersburg Brotherhood for Aviation, Peterburgskoe Tovarischestvo Aviatsii |
PTA-1 |
PTsN |
Engine-driven centrifugal charger, Privodnoj Tsentrobezhnij Nagnetatel |
I-16TK |
PVO |
Anti-Aircraft Defence, ProtivoVozdushnaja Oorona |
PVRD |
Ramjet, Straight Flow Jet engine
, Priamotochnyj Vozdushno-Reaktivnyj Dvigatel |