Little Russia Moscow tour

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Little Russia Moscow tour

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From may 06 till may 10 we went to Moscow and some airfields in the vicinity. On behalf of 4Aviation this was a recce mission. To research the photographic possibilities during the annual Victory aerial parade in Moscow centre and at airbases near Moscow. We were not disappointed so a trip will be organised by 4Aviation in 2015 when the russians celebrate their 70th victory over Nazi occupation. The only setback was that Ryazan did'nt fly on may 08, a day before victory day.

Kubinka may 07 2014

Part of the helicopter formation practising
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Spare Mi-26 returning
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Kamov's Alligator
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Mil Mi-35M
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SU-25SM from Budyonnovsk
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SU-25UB from Budyonnovsk
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Another SM updated version of the Frogfoot from Budyonnovsk, the updated versions lack the tailstinger
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SU-25BM with rarely seen yellow code from Domna AFB which is about 5000 km from Kubinka.
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Chkalovskaya may 07 2014

Ilyushin Il-18E Coot still going strong
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Ilyushin IL-22 with SLAR
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IL-22M-11 Zebra
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Tupolev TU-134UB-L
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Moscow centre may 09 2014 from the roof of a classy hotel

Faithful Hips
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Big is beautiful
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RA-09341 roaring over our heads
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RA-82035
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Ilyushin IL-76's from Tver
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MIG-29SMT's and MIG-29UB from Kursk
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Little Foxhounds from Savasleyka
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SU-24M Fencers from Lipetsk
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SU-34's from Voronezh-Baltimor, first operational unit with Fullbacks
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IL-78M Midas with TU-160 behind
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The cold war is back!
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In my opinion the most beautiful bomber in the russian inventory
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Face to face with a Backfire
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Lipetsk formation
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Frogfeet from Budyonnovsk
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Finale SU-25BM's and SU-25UB
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Chkalovskaya may 10 2014

c/n 8346101 11 red RF-94211 AN-12BP
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RA-78830 IL-76MD
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Antonov AN-26 02 yellow
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c/n 9346901 15 red AN-12BK
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c/n 01347805 14 red AN-12BK-PPS
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c/n 00347205 14 red AN-12BK-PPS
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RA-85534 c/n 82A534 Tupolev TU-154B-2 Russian Airforce good old B-model
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Re: Little Russia Moscow tour

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berrygood wrote:From may 06 till may 10 we went to Moscow and some airfields in the vicinity. On behalf of 4Aviation this was a recce mission. To research the photographic possibilities during the annual Victory aerial parade in Moscow centre and at airbases near Moscow. We were not disappointed so a trip will be organised by 4Aviation in 2015 when the russians celebrate their 70th victory over Nazi occupation. The only setback was that Ryazan did'nt fly on may 08, a day before victory day.
Nice pictures Berry! I might join the trip next year!

Greetings, Paul
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You had a jolly good time over there it seems.... :shock: 8) :D
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berrygood wrote: The cold war is back!
Luckily it's not, because otherwise you would have been travelling further to the east, instead of west after taking this picture :twisted:

Mind blowing pics! :respect:

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Re: Little Russia Moscow tour

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Wow, very nice! A good way to see quiet a lot of the Russian inventory in a few days!

All from outside? No problem with authorities or informed in front?
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All taken from outside. No problems. At Kubinka there are a lot of Russian aviation enthousiasts and photographers. Near the other bases no one really cared about our presence.
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So beautiful !!! I love so much the Russian aircraft ;)
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Engine #1 trouble on that RF-90785 :?:

Really love those IL18-IL22 shots :!:

What's the reason, a lot of these AF aircraft have civil RF-registrations nowadays :?:
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No engine trouble. Just training approach with one engine shut down.
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very nice pictures!
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MAS017 wrote:Engine #1 trouble on that RF-90785 :?:

Really love those IL18-IL22 shots :!:

What's the reason, a lot of these AF aircraft have civil RF-registrations nowadays :?:
Are you sure RF is CIVIL??? :shock:
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Re: Little Russia Moscow tour

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Funny post Bennie RF = military! But the RF-number doesn't need to be unique....
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