Monino Aviation Museum, Russia
 

Not really a trip report but I thought i'd share some pics with you guys, some of you might be interested. I took these photos when I went to Russia in mid April.

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More:

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Buran @ Gorky Park, Moscow:

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I've got some more, I'll upload them soon. :)

DOH! ;)

Holy carp the russians make some weird looking aircraft !

Thanks for sharing, some great shots there! .... and some weird looking contraptions!

Russia is great! Every airport is like a museum! :)

Some more:
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great stuff, just out of interest whats the cost of entry?

Monino
 

Great photos.

Very interesting.

I'm not sure exactly, but it's not much. (Around 350 rubles/$10-11AUD) The price for Russians & foreigners is different. My girlfriend did all the talking to the old lady at the gate, she thought I was Russian also, so we paid the local price. :D I think they need require foreigners to call in advance before visiting, though I don't know how that would go without knowing how to speak Russian.

And the last few:
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Wow! Really great photos! I love Russian aviation design, if I'm ever over there for whatever reason this looks like the place to visit :)

Dan

Wes was there any of those Ekranoplanes there?

Great photos by the way love the Su-27 Demonstrater

I didn't see any there. I originally though there was one, but unfortunately no.

Here's some more info: http://www.moninoaviation.com/

Good pics on this guys website as well: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircra...no/Highlights/

Just did some searching the Ekranoplane is at one of the old Naval bases (forgotten where), interestingly the info provided said that Bereiv was developing one that will be used for carrying cargo across water will be four times heavier and ant two and a half times bigger than the AN-225.... Anyway back too subject again good photos...

That would depend on the Ekranoplan in question, the sole Lun class is sitting somewhere in a dock in Kaspiysk in the Caspian Sea. It looks like there is only one A-90 Orlyonok left, docked next to a Tango Class submarine in Moscow.

Love that Il-62; ostensibly a civilian airplane, adorned with Aeroflot titles, that SHF satcom antenna at the base of the tail betrays its identity as a government/VIP transport.

Also, next to the Tu-22 Blinder, there's a jet with bort number Yellow 33 and an AS-4 Kitchen missile under its wing. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that's the Tu-22M Backfire prototype. Anyone able to identify it?

Monino is home to many prototypes. The Tu-22M is the Backfire A model. I think it is the prototype. Also, the Tu-95N is the sole prototype built to carry a parasitic strike aircraft.

Was thinking of the Lun class James, thanks for that info

Wow, so it is a Backfire. Quite a radical redesign then, to get to the final production version!

Sorry I completely forgot about it, there is actually an Ekranoplane there but I didn't get a photo of it. It's the Beriev VVA-14.

The wiki page has a photo of it at Monino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartini_Beriev_VVA-14

excellent, you should take a trip to Beijing and head out to Datangshan and see the museum there.

How far is it from Beijing? I went to Russia on Air China via Beijing & had an 8 layover there on the way over & 9 hours on the way back. If I got on them again, maybe I can check it out.