Photo by Creative Commons license On 15 October 1940, the first flight of a prototype of the high-speed long-range bomber DB-4 took place. The machine was flown by Ilushin Design […]
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Category: History of Russian aviation
What the F-35 designers were inspired by
Yak-141 – deck plane of vertical take-off and landing. Photo © Yakovlev Design Bureau archive If you compare the Yak-141 vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with the American F-35B, you […]
In 2023, Rolls-Royce achieved what the USSR did in 1988
Photo by Creative Commons license Rolls-Royce has announced that it has reached a major milestone in the development of “cleaner sources of aviation fuel, namely hydrogen”. Tests conducted in partnership […]
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Yak-36 – the birth of Soviet aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing
Photo by Creative Commons license Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft were of great interest to both aircraft designers and potential operators. In 1947, Konstantin Shulikov, an engineer at the […]
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Be-12P-200: from anti-submarine to firefighting aircraft
Photo by © Sergei Popsuevich / airliners.net On 9 August 1996, the first flight of the Be-12P-200 aircraft, a flying laboratory designed to test the fire-fighting system of the Be-200 […]
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Kamov Ka-25 – the first Soviet combat helicopter
Photo by Creative Commons license The Ka-25 helicopter made its first flight on 20 June 1961. It was in service with the Soviet Navy for about 30 years and was […]
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Su-47 – experimental aircraft with forward-swept wing
Photo by Creative Commons license On 25th September 1997, the first flight of the Su-47 Berkut airplane with a forward-swept wing (FSW) took place. The aeroplane was flown by Sukhoi […]
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Tu-155: a plane ahead of its time
April 15, 1988 took place the first flight of the experimental aircraft Tu-155 with an engine running on cryogenic fuel. The crew commander was test pilot Vladimir Sevankaev, co-pilot Andrei […]
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Was b747 sold in the USSR?
Photo by © Boeing In 1978, the Soviet Union and the United States held negotiations on the supply of Boeing 747 aircraft. The planes were planned to be used primarily […]
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March 11, 1957 – first flight of Tu-110
Photo by Creative Commons license March 11, 1957 took place the first flight of a prototype of the passenger plane Tu-110. Tupolev design bureau test pilot Dmitry Vasilievich Zyuzin took […]
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