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Post by chrisb on May 27, 2020 11:05:52 GMT
I have just unearthed a set of prints which I must have got made from the original slides after this visit to Moscow in 1993. These photos are taken from the top of the Myasishchev Design Bureau building on the southern side of the airfield and show the huge variety of aircraft kept away from the public side of the airshow then. Some are test/development airframes and some are withdrawn from use but I distinctly recall it being a genuine "Wow" moment when we first looked down on them. If anyone is interested, I will dig out a few more of the flying display, also taken from the top of this building.  img051 by CJBospix, on Flickr  img050 by CJBospix, on Flickr  img049 by CJBospix, on Flickr  img048 by CJBospix, on Flickr |
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Post by alisdairmclean on May 29, 2020 8:45:17 GMT
Wow indeed! Certainly more, please. My recognition of Russian bombers is not great, are those Tu-16s in two of the shots?
It reminds me of a trip to northern Russia back in 2010, where we were allowed to rummage around an airfield with stored Mi-6 and Mi-26 helicopters, to the bemusement of mechanics maintaining a fleet of Mi-8s in the open air. Huge numbers of derelict An-2s. The only aircraft we were not allowed to photograph was a restored An-2. Bizarre.
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Post by bobs on May 30, 2020 14:20:24 GMT
Makes you think: Do they throw nothing away?
In the UK they don't just turn them into garage doors, but the tooling as well, just to make sure it can't be resurrected and show the politicians it could have worked!
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Post by chrisb on Jun 1, 2020 11:17:25 GMT
The bombers are Myasishchev M-4 Bisons. Will add a few more when I get around to it!
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Post by chrisb on Jun 6, 2020 10:48:23 GMT
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Post by steve on Jun 9, 2020 10:17:51 GMT
I remember the show well, I was there with Alpha Mike Tours. One oddity was the "ladies of the night" that we drank with in the hotel bar, for some reason they kept disappearing for a short while. The day at Zhukovsky was very cold and wet, especially on the top of the hangar. These photos taken from negatives that I had professionally scanned onto Kodak CDs.
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