Image by Creative Commons license The Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bomber, designed under the leadership of aircraft designer Vladimir Petlyakov, became one of the most iconic aircraft of the Great Patriotic […]
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Category: History of Russian aviation
Yak-38M Carrier-Based Strike Fighter
Image by Creative Commons license On 10th February 1983, test pilot Yuri Mitikov made the first full-profile flight in the Yak-38M vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. This strike fighter […]
A monument to Valery Chkalov is unveiled in Moscow on Khodynskoye Pole
Photo by © Russian Aviation On 2 December 2024, the monument to Soviet test pilot Valery Chkalov was unveiled in Khodynskoye Pole park. The monument was created by Salavat Shcherbakov, […]
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MiG-31 remains the backbone of Russia’s air defence aviation. To the anniversary of the first flight
Photo by © Sergey Ablogin / russianplanes.net The development of the MiG-31 fighter-interceptor began at the Mikoyan Design Bureau in 1968. The MiG-31 was built according to the scheme of […]
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To the 90th anniversary of the record-breaking flight of Mikhail Gromov’s crew on the ANT-25 aeroplane on a closed route
12 September 2024 will mark the 90th anniversary of the completion of the ANT-25 crew flight consisting of commander Mikhail Gromov, co-pilot Andrey Yumashev and navigator Sergey Danilin, which set […]
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TsAGI’s full-scale wind tunnels celebrate their 85th anniversary
Photo by © TsAGI Press Service The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky (TsAGI) is celebrating the 85th anniversary of its large subsonic wind tunnels (ADTs). The T-101 […]
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Yak-25RV. High-altitude reconnaissance and target aircraft
Yak-25RV – high-altitude reconnaissance and target aircraft / Photo by © Yakovlev Design Bureau archives In the late 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was […]
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How a Yak-25 fighter (1947) flew on a tether behind a B-25 bomber
Docking of a Yak-25 fighter (1947) with an I-25 bomber / Photo by © from the archives of the A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau Director General of Belavia Igor Cherginets said […]
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13 May 1989: first flight of An-225 Mriya with Buran
Photo by Creative Commons license 35 years ago, the first flight of the unique transport aircraft, created by Antonov Design Bureau, with the Soviet reusable spacecraft on the external mount, […]
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A restored I-16 fighter takes to the skies in Novosibirsk
Photo: © TsAGI press service An I-16 fighter jet, which took part in the battles of the Great Patriotic War and was restored for the 79th anniversary of the Victory […]
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