Posted on 12/13/2012 8:26:18 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
The CCCP on this plane's tail refers to Russia's former regime, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Sat rusting away in a field 555 miles east of Moscow, these relics are all that's left of a bygone era of Soviet innovation in military and civilian aircraft.
Among them are some of the former Communist regime's greatest achievements in air travel, that have since been superseded many times and rendered redundant.
Nine thousand of the hulking Cold War wrecks can be seen at the vast plane and helicopter graveyard at Russia's largest aviation museum in Ulyanovsk, in the Middle Volga region.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Can someone more familiar with Cyrillic confirm what I think that says. Aviaarctica?
My God! Is that monstrosity expected to fly? Did it fly? Battleship turrets on an aircraft seem ridiculous.
I think the turrets are a photoshop.
It was built but crashed after only 7 flights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7
Exactly. Was everything produced by that country just plain crap?
Bttt
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