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The Ruskies are coming!!

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The Ruskies are coming!!

Post by Cessna954 » Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:47 pm

With a slight return to the chill of a cold war with Russia, I thought that I would post some images of the Soviet Union's attendance at the Farnborough Airshow. The appearance of these aircraft, some quite rarely seen in the west, resulted in some noteworthy British test pilots being tasked with getting chummy with their Soviet counterparts, hopeful of getting useful intel. I've long lost my prints of the first appearance at Farnborough in 1984 of the Mil-26, AN-72 and IL-86, so these represent the glasnost and perestroika years.


The biggen, AN-224 CCCP-82060 in 1990
Image19900908-Farnborough-21 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Image19900908-Farnborough-7 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Antonov AN-124 CCCP-82032 in the September evening light of the 1992 show. Actually a Russian Air Force example masquerading in Aeroflot livery.
Image19920905-Farnborough-1 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Tupolev Tu-204 CCCP-64006 arriving at Farnborough in poor weather
Image19920903-Farnborough-27 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

10 days later and repainted at Lasham I believe. Scrapped in 2015.
Image19920913-Farnborough-46 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Ilyushin IL-96M RA-96000 during a display practice at the 1994 show
Image19940901-Farnborough-2 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

in company with IL-114 RA-91002
Image19940901-Farnborough-3 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Ilyushin IL-114 RA-91002 after completing its display validation
Image19940901-Farnborough-12 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Another Tu-204 RA-64011 arriving pre-show
Image19940901-Farnborough-11 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Ilysuhin IL-76 RA-76529 with a D-236T propfan engine fitted
Image19940901-Farnborough-14 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

IL-96 landing over the Swan Pub
Image19940901-Farnborough-4 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Tupolev Tu-214 RA-64501 arriving at the show mid show week of the 1996 show
Image19960904-Farnborough-1 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

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Re: The Ruskies are coming!!

Post by andygolfer » Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:23 pm

very nice Neil, I was there for the 225 in 1990, I was surprised how agile it was.

I also remember the grass shower I got when it landed, engines well beyond the runway and grass going everywhere - didn't do my hay fever much good!

thanks for the nostalgia
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Re: The Ruskies are coming!!

Post by acw367 » Fri Dec 07, 2018 2:20 am

That is one good nostalgic set.
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