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Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby Greg B on Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:17 am

For those of you who enjoyed the Vintage Aircraft PPS in this thread
http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=37288

from the same source (Friday Humour Archives) some outstanding Russian
military aircraft - from an airshow in 2007. Once again, in Powerpoint
format for your viewing pleasure.

http://humour.bluehaze.com.au/files/20090830_russia.pps

WOW. :up:

Many highlights, but check out the Su-27UB flying along at about
15 feet above the runway.

Some of the Russian aircraft don't look so sleek, but they do look
very impressive and intimidating.

Highly recommended for aviation buffs.
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby biggerry on Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:30 am

man i love Russian aircraft, excluding the SU27 these guys have never made an attractive aircraft...and i respect them for that :up:

Nice find..i think there has been some debate about the image of the two sukhois (one on top) - the flyby image is also interesting... :wink:
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby Greg B on Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:41 pm

biggerry wrote:man i love Russian aircraft,



Me too Gerry, they have a definite look to them.

Not quite so sure I want to fly in their commercial aircraft however :wink:
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby Matt. K on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:27 pm

Beautiful machines of destruction. A symbol of mans madness. We will, without doubt, destroy this planet one way or the other.
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby sirhc55 on Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:17 pm

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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby Frankenstein on Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:52 pm

sirhc55 wrote:причудливый

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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby big pix on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:09 pm

sirhc55 wrote:причудливый


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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby biggerry on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:30 pm

We will, without doubt, destroy this planet one way or the other.


yeah...but you might as well have fun doing it :rotfl2:

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whimsical?

I dare you to say that to the russian engineers :shock:. oh ..and all the test pilots they killed over the years :wink:

plus these are real BIF's :cough: :cough:

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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby sirhc55 on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:55 pm

It also means fantastic :up:
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby surenj on Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:27 pm

Thanks for this.

Some of them look like they are deliberately designed to be ugly ?

What's the scoop on the one with the large tank on the top! ? :shock: :shock:
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby sirhc55 on Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:25 pm

surenj wrote:Thanks for this.

Some of them look like they are deliberately designed to be ugly ?

What's the scoop on the one with the large tank on the top! ? :shock: :shock:


The aircraft is a Myasishchev VM-T Atlant and the large bulbulous object on the top was used to transport freight to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The inside of the plane was used for carrying Energiya booster rockets. Only two were ever constructed and there is only one left in Russia at the Zhukovsky airfield and no longer used as the Antonov An-225 Mriya took over the job in 1989.
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby Matt. K on Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:43 pm

Chris
You are to well informed.
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby surenj on Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:15 pm

Chris, thanks for the info! I suppose they build the dome so that it's easier to load and unload? Otherwise it would have been relatively simple to make the airline slightly larger to accomodate the volume? Maybe it was the shape of the load??
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Re: Amazing Russian Airshow Photos

Postby sirhc55 on Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:24 pm

surenj wrote:Chris, thanks for the info! I suppose they build the dome so that it's easier to load and unload? Otherwise it would have been relatively simple to make the airline slightly larger to accomodate the volume? Maybe it was the shape of the load??



That’s why they now use the Antonov An-225 :wink:
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