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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Category: History of Russian aviation
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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Fuselage of the next Il-96-300 handed over for final assembly
Photo by © UAC In accordance with the aircraft production schedule for the Il-96-300, the fuselage and wing consoles of the next serial aircraft have been delivered from the assembly […]
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Tu-144D – history and development of supersonic aviation
Photo by Creative Commons license On 30 November 1974, the modernised supersonic passenger aircraft Tu-144D made its maiden flight. The machine was lifted into the sky by the crew of […]
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Energia-Buran – the last triumph of Soviet cosmonautics
Photo by Creative Commons license The Buran spacecraft left an indelible mark in people’s hearts and a feeling of bitterness, disappointment and dissatisfaction that the Energia-Buran programme was stopped at […]
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To the anniversary of the first flight of the Tu-95 strategic missile carrier
Photo by © UAC On November 12, 1952, the first flight of the prototype of the Tu-95 strategic bomber took place. The machine was lifted into the sky by the […]
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Tu-104: the last flight to the Museum of Civil Aviation
Photo by © Frank Manke / skybird-ev.de In November 1986, the Tu-104 airplane with the flight number USSR-42322 made its last officially registered flight. On November 11, the airliner made […]
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MiG-25PU twin cockpit training aircraft
Aviation of Russia collage/ Photo by © Sergey Chaikovsky, airliners.net 28 October 1969, the first flight of the experimental combat trainer aircraft E-155PU, which received the name MiG-25PU in serial […]
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On 22 October 1910, New Style, an intercity flight took place
Collage by © Aviation of Russia The military pilot Evgeny Vladimirovich Rudnev, who had learnt to fly at the Gatchina aerodrome, made the first flight between two cities in the […]
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