Location : Zhulyany airport, Kiev, Ukraine.
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This july I visited Ukraine. In kiev I had already planned to visit the second largest airport in Kiev, Zhulyany airport. I was not going to fly anywhere, as I had already used Borispil Airport for my arrival, but to visit the State Aviation Museum of Ukraine. One of my interests are airplanes, and im especially facinated by the old soviet portofolio of jets. Therefore, combining russian airplanes and photography, I knew I was set for a special one.
9th July 2011
Retired russian passenger planes lined up. (YAK-40)
United Nations Mi-26. Itis a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. The Mi-26 is the largest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production.
Tu-95, NATO reporting name: Bear, is a Russian strategic bomber plane.
“The bear`s” turboprops.
The Antonov An-71 (NATO reporting name: ‘Madcap’) was a Soviet AWACS aircraft.
The Tupolev Tu-22M (NATO reporting name: “Backfire”) is a supersonic long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Soviet Union.
The Sukhoi Su-25 (NATO reporting name: “Frogfoot”) is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft.
The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long-range jet airliner conceived in 1960.
The Ilyushin Il-86 is a medium-range wide-body jet airliner.
Il-86 Engine
Il-86 cocpit
The end of an Soviet era. Part of tail-section of a fighter jet.
The Antonov An-24 (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport plane.
The Ilyushin Il-76 (NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose four-engined strategic airlifter.
The well known soviet Tupolev Tu-154 (NATO reporting name: Careless) is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s. I remember flying from Norway to Bulgaria with one (VIA air) in the 90s.
In the cocpit of an Tu-154.
The Tupolev Tu-134UBL. This is a modified version of the Tu-134 specialized for bomber aircrew training version.
The Tupolev Tu-134A (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined airliner. I flew with one of these aircraft in 2001, Krasair, from Krasnoyarsk (Russia) to Irkutsk (Russia)
The Yakolev Yak-40 (NATO reporting name: Codling) is a small, three-engined airliner that is often called the first regional jet transport aircraft.
The Beriev Be-6 (NATO reporting name “Madge” was a flying boat produced by the Soviet Beriev.
The Beriev Be-12L Chayka (“Seagull”, NATO reporting name: Mail) is a Soviet turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft designed for anti-submarine and maritime patrol duties.
The Yakovlev Yak-38 (NATO reporting name: Forger) was Soviet Naval Aviation’s first and only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft.
An fierce sovjet missile