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Photoreportagé from Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung 98 (ILA 98)
Update on Sukhoi S-37
New entries in Patch and Nose Art Collection
Closeup of Yak-52 front and rear cockpits
Photo tour of The Central Museum of Armed Forces
Aircraft of VDNKh
Brief description of Chkalov museum
Updated list of Russian aircraft nicknames
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Russian aerospace in glossies
Special Focus: Antonov An-70. Joint project with Luc Van Bavel
MiG project 1.42
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Six new generation russian fighters in details
Photoreportagé from Tushino Aviation Day parade
Patch and Nose Art Collection
Russia's Military Aviation Industry: Strategy for Survival
Photoreportagé from Moscow Aerospace 97 (MAKS 97)
Russian Aviation Trivia No.18
Answers for Russian Aviation Trivia No.17
New digital clips from Moscow Aerospace Salon
Notes on aircraft naming
Photoreportagé from Fairford
Review of new Russian aircraft
Photoreportagé from Le Bourget
The Swifts in Oulu International Airshow
Sukhoi Su-37 display at Paris. First ever gear down cobra?
Updated periodicals abstracts
Lot's of new movies: Ka-50, Su-27 and Yak-9U
Champlin Fighter Museum review
Bibliography pages have been updated
Hind. Mi-24 attack!
64 fighter regiment in Korea. Russian
Inside Su-27 cockpit
Beriev's Chaika. Details of the Be-12. Now available in English
Added a list of Soviet aces in 1950-53 Korean war
Rearward firing AAM. Vympel's advertisement for R-73R. Now available in English
Updated List of Russian aerobatics teams.
Pugachev's cobra
Female pilots in today's VVS?
Chronology of the development of the aviation and aviation industry in Russia and Soviet Union (1916-1946)
What does "bis" mean in MiG-21bis?
Details on Il2M3 Shturmovik acquired by National Air and Space Museum
Soviet Version of Top Gun
Western aircraft in Soviet Union
AIRFAX newsletter May 1, 1996 and June 1, 1996
Russian jet technology of 1937-45
Shareware News Bulletin by R-Avis
Soviet Superfortress. The Tu-4 story
Just In! New part of RAP with most recent news
Fishbed MPEGs! MiG-21s takeoff roll (179 Kb), weapon launch (357 Kb)
Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-30 Flanker at your local airshow!
MAKS'95 movies featuring Su-32FN, Su-35, Su-39, MiG-33 and more
Russian Squadron and Regiment Info
Photographs taken at previous MAKS (Mosaeroshow) and Khodynka Museum
Trip to Monino or Can a Foreigner Take the Photographs at Russian Air Force Base
Monino aircraft photos. Nice shots of Sukhoi T-10 and T-6, Lavochkin La-250, Mikoyan Ye-166 and MiG-9
MPEG movie of TAKR "Admiral Kuznetsov" air wing operations (175 Kb)
Yakovlev OKB Museum
Who is who - short bios of the people whose names have some meaning in history of Russian aviation. (A through B only. More to come)
Fatal crash involving Russian Knights show team
Moscow Aerospace Salon took place in August 22-27, 1995 at airport Zhukovsky. More than 145 aircraft were on display. See MAKS'95 report, MPEG movies and photographs
Updated Russian Aviation Bits
MPEG movie of Yakovlev jets (Yak-15s) in service with Soviet air force (105 Kb)
Early Sikorsky aircraft build in Russia
Vakhmistov's Zveno parasite fighter experiments
An article on Gromov Flight Research Center (LII) at Zhukovsky
A letter from a private MiG (and Yak) owner
Vote on NATO codename for Su-34
Artist's impressions of new Mikoyan stealth fighter
Soviet hardware in US Army regiments
Victory Park museum and aerospace attractions in Moscow
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