Image by Creative Commons license The Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation Museum is currently restoring its Tupolev Tu-144, the world’s first supersonic passenger jet. The project coincides with the 90th anniversary of […]
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Category: History of Russian aviation
On 25 April 1996, the Yak-130 made its first flight
Yak-130 First Flight, 1996. / Photo by © Vladimir Yatsina, TASS The Yak-130 twin-seat advanced jet trainer provides basic and advanced pilot training for modern and future combat aircraft, including […]
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How a Soviet Yak-40 Took Africa by Storm in 1973: A Two-Month Triumph
Yak-40 in Kenya / Image by © Public Joint Stock Company “Yakovlev” Press Office On 20th March 1973, a large-scale demonstration tour of the Yak-40 aircraft around Africa came to […]
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To Mark the 80th Anniversary of Victory: The Petlyakov Pe-2 Bomber
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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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 […]
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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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