Photo © Atlas-LTA In Russia’s Arctic regions, transport access remains constrained by limited infrastructure and extreme climate conditions. For decades, helicopters — notably Mil Mi‑8 variants — have formed the […]
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Category: Special aircrafts
Soviet “Lun” Ekranoplan Undergoing Restoration on Caspian Coast
Image by Creative Commons license Restoration work has begun on the Soviet “Lun” ekranoplan on the Caspian coast near Derbent, Dagestan. The project aims to return this unique ground-effect vehicle […]
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Decision on Serial Production of AWACS Aircraft to Follow Completion of Testing
Photo © Department of Mass Communications of the Defense Ministry of Russia The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will determine the launch of serial production for the A-50U Airborne Warning and […]
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Be-200: When There Truly Is No Analogue or Alternative
Photo by © Sotiris Dimitropoulos / Global Look Press At the “Aviation of Russia” website editorial office, we don’t like or use the hackneyed phrase “there are no analogues.” However, […]
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Roscosmos airfleet has been expanded with a Tu-204-100V aircraft
Photo by © UAC Press Service The Cosmonaut Training Centre of the Roscosmos State Corporation has received a Tu-204-100V aircraft, registration number RA-64053, becoming the third member of this family […]
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Algeria received the second Be-200ES amphibious aircraft
Photo by © Rostov-on-Don Region Government Press Service On December 12, 2024, Yury Slyusar, acting governor of the Rostov region, announced in his TG channel the flight of the second […]
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines completed the second season of aerial monitoring of forest fires
Photo by © Volga-Dnepr Airlines press service In October 2024, Volga-Dnepr Airlines completed its second season of forest fire patrol and suppression operations in the Central Federal District. The work […]
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Partizan demonstrator unmanned airplane performed the first flight
February 16, 2024 First flight of the Partizan UAV, Novosibirsk, Yeltsovka airfield / Photo: © TsAGI press service On February 16, 2024 in Novosibirsk at the Yeltsovka experimental aviation airfield, […]
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The combination of the S-400 airborne radar and air defence systems allows mass destruction of Ukrainian aviation
Photo by © Department of Mass Communications of the Defense Ministry of Russia On 22 October, Rostec’s press service announced that the Russian Armed Forces had received another upgraded A-50U […]
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Hard times of Russian light aviation
© Alexander Markin / russianplanes.net / The SP-30 short take-off and landing aircraft. Archive photo How many domestic types of light aircrafts – up to nine passengers – can you […]
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