Mil V-12

Mil V12 Engine

Mil V-12 could lift more than a An-22

Mil V-12 cockpit

Mil V-12

Mig 29 Fulcrum sheltered by the massive helicopter

Mig 29 squeezed into the corner

Sukhoi Su-35 Prototype

Su-35 sits under the massive Mil V-12's engine

Tupolev Tu-4 "Bull"

Tu-4 "Bull"

The Tu-4 is a copy of the Boeing B-29

A line of cold war bombers

The massive "Badger A" with it's bombs on the grass to the right

Tupolev Tu-16 "Badger A"

The later Tu-16K "Badger G"

Close up of the Tu-16 "Badger A"

Tu-16 K "Badger G" with underwing "Kingfish" missiles

Tupolev Tu-16 "Badger A"

Tupolev Tu-22M-O "Backfire A"

Tu-22M with Tu-22 behind

Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder"

Tu-22 supersonic cold war bomber

Il-28 "Beagle" 1950's tactical bomber

The Myasishchyev M50 "Bounder" points it's nose skyward

This M50 was the only one ever flown and could reach Mach 1.2 (1961)

Sukhoi T-4/100

This titanium bomber was aiming for Mach 3 in the early 1970's before it was cancelled

My Dad and I in front of the T-4

It has four RD-36-41 engines which took it to nearly 2000mph

Tupolev tries his hand at an interceptor with the Tu-128A "fiddler"

ANT-25 flew non stop from Moscow to California in July 1937

Russia's first all metal plane the ANT-2

Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik Second World War fighter bomber

British Sopworth Triplane which was delivered in 1917

Ilya Mouromets bomber designed by Igor Sikorsky for the first world war before he left for America

Yak-9. Thanks to Tim Larkham for identifying this one.

Yakovlev Yak-24 "Horse" from the 1950's

Hidden at the back is an American Vertol 44 "flying Banana"

A helicopter with wings the Mil Mi-6 "Hook"

Mil Mi-8 "Hip" painted in Soviet green and fitted with rocket launchers

Mil Mi-24 "Hind" with a square nose

The square nose version is also fully tooled up

Mil Mi-24P "Hind E" This later version is more recognisable

The "Hind E" is the type used in Afghanistan

At the back is an Mil Mi-10 "Harke" first flown in 1960 and still in use today

Mil Mi-6 "Hook"

My Dad with camera in hand!

Mil Mi-26 "Halo" is currently the world's largest operational helicopter

The firefighting version of the Mil Mi-6 "Hook"

Monino in the August sunshine

Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear A"

The "Bear" sits in the middle surrounded by other aircraft

Yakovlev Yak-25 "Flashlight" twin jet bomber

A development of the Yak-25 the Yak-25RV "Mandrake" had a new wing and was used as an ultra-high-altitude reconnaisance aircraft

Yakovlev Yak-27R "Mangrove" reconnaissance aircraft is missing an engine cover

The "mangrove" from the side

Yakovlev Yak-28B "Brewer A" two seat bomber

This odd looking thing is the VTOL Yak-36 "Freehand"

The "Freehand" lead to the Yak-36 "Forger"

Yak-38 "Forger" and Yak 141 in the background. The Yak 141 was Identified thanks to Alex Papadopoullos

Yak-38 "Forger" with four rocket launchers

The Yak-38 was used onboard aircraft carriers

Yak-141 Freestyle. Thanks to Joe and Jake for identifying this.

Rear end of the supersonic Yak-141 Freestyle VTOL

A line of Russian hardware with the "Concordski" at the back

Lavochkin La-250 experimental jet for early airborne missiles

Not a Mig-15 but a Lavochkin La-15 "Fantail"

The " Fantail" head on

Mig-17 "Fresco"

Mig-19 "Farmer" including missiles and fuel tanks

Trainer version Mig-15UTI "Midget"

Mikoyan and Guryevich Mig-9 "Fargo"

Mig-21 "Fishbed" the most famous of the Mig fighters and still in service with airforces around the world

The "Fishbed" head on

Mig-23 "Flogger"

Mig-23 "Flogger" Swing Wing fighter bomber

This is an experimental Mig-21. It was intended as a heavy fighter but was abandoned

Product 105-11 is an air launched data collecting aircraft for the ill faited "Buran" Russian space shuttle now found in Gorky Park , Moscow.

Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot"

Me and my Dad! not actually believing that we are really here

Sukhoi Su-25 is still in service as we saw later in the week at the MAKS airshow later that week

You don't want to be on the ground with this above you. The Russian "Concord" behind

One of the few signs written in English

The back of the Tu-144 "Charger"

Bigger than Concord and they say faster!

This is a Mig-21 with "Charger" wing. Used to gather data for the SST (super sonic transport)

Mig-29K "Fulcrum" Sits beside the SST

The K is the naval variant. The arrester hook is between the engines

Mig-25P "Foxbat A"

Mig-31 "Foxhound" is similar to the "Foxbat" but newer and has different main wheels and cockpit

Mig-31 front on

The massive twin engines of the "Foxhound"

"Foxhound" once again

Both the "Foxbat" and the "Foxhound" are huge in the flesh

The "Foxbat" has seen better days and is listing a bit

They pack um in at Monino

Mig-21 and Mig-23 hiding under the wing of a "Mail"

Tupolev Tu-114 "Cleat"

The "Cleat" was based on the Tu-95 "Bear" bomber

This Tu-114 is called Rossiya and clocked up 32 records in the 60's

It is also the plane that N.Khrushchev flew to New York in on 15th September 1959

Ilyushin Il-62 "Classic" four jet airliner. Similar to the VC10

Li-2 Transport

Antonov An-22 Antei "Cock" not sure if I should decribe it as gigantic with the code name that NATO gave it!

It is very huge though

The military transport Antonov An-12 "Cub" and the nose of an An-24 "Coke"

A better picture of the An-24 "Coke"

Hiding at the back is the wreck of a Bartini VVA-14 "Ekranoplan" . They fly just just a few feet above the Caspian Sea at high speed

Theres my Dad again

Tupolev Tu-104A "Camel" the civilian version of the "Badger" bomber

Li-2 Military transport is a licence built Douglas DC-3 Dakota , but I did not need to tell you that

Sukhoi Su-7B "Fitter"

Look closely and you can see the skids instead of wheels on the "Fitter"

A line os Sukhois

Another Su-7 "Fitter"

Sukhoi Su-17 "Fitter" swing wing fighter bomber

Well armed Su-17M-3 "Fitter H"

The continuing line of Sukhois

Sukhoi Su-11 "Fishpot" with missiles and drop tanks

Sukhoi Su-15 "Flagon" interceptor

Sukhoi Su-24 "Fencer" is another swing wing Sukhoi and similar to the American F111

Another view of the "Fencer"

American B-25 . Thousands were used by the Russians in the Great Patriotic War

Petlyakov Pe-2 from the second world war

More than 1600 Pe-2's were produced

Tupolev SB-2 this served in Spain where it could out run the fighters sent to shoot it down

Tupolev Tu-2 series variant

Ilyushin DB-3 began in 1936 and ended up with 5250 of them produced

American Douglas A-20 Boston was another US bomber used by the Russians in the Great Patriotic War

Out of 3303 American Bell P-63 Kingcobras made 2400 were sent to Russia in the war

IL-18 Coot flew over while at Monino. Thanks to Joe again for identifying this one.

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