Yakovlev’s trainer planes
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My friend Alex (a young 737′ pilot from Moscow, I mentioned him in this post) went recently to check out a new ’spot of spotters’ attraction’ in this big city: the ‘Vadim Zadorozhny’s Technical Museum’. Airplanes designed by S. A. Yakovlev are representing the main part of the museum’s aviation exposition.
It is a new (not been around even for three years yet) museum, a privately owned enterprise, and, as they advertise on its site, ‘the team is dedicated to the idea of creating a ‘top-notch, world -class museum of technic and machinery’. And as it seems, they are definitely going to keep with their promises.
Somehow, (though, it is obvious - just via a series of ownership changes 
) a collection of planes once belonged to the Yakovlev Design Bureau
has ended up to be a core of Zadorozhny museum’s aviation exposition. On this old Soviet picture you can see the same bunch of planes lined up for a display, - probably, for some kind of ‘closed event with limited access‘ - otherwise the crowd, I bet, would be much bigger.
It is good then: now all enthusiasts are being able to get in touch with a piece of aviation history. I would love to see those planes by myself, - Yakovlev’s planes, - that inspired so many kids’ dreams of aviation and flying.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Good afternoon (Moscow time)!
As it was mentioned above, this is the newest technical museum in our region.This museum contains not only aviation exhibits but this’s also the machinery museum with tanks,rarity cars,artillery ordnance,engines,models and so on.The work to increase number of equipment and exhibit continuously in progress.And I’ll try to make my best to look after and inform you about museum’s news.
Cheers,
Alex
October 25th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Alex,
good for them, museum guys, and good for you - that you devoted some time for a trip over there - I know what it may take in a city, where the traffic in essence is one ‘chronic holdup’ with intermittent ‘hourly windows’ when you can move around in a car with more or less ease. Good timing!
Yes, we appreciate you will be looking into a topic of interest, and giving us any updates. Thank you.
Next trip, as my suggestion might go - to the Monino museum!
You know, when I’m flying, every once in a while I may end up being together with a guy, a Canadian pilot, who happen to be not only a good professional at what he’s doing as his job, but besides, he may be as a great enthusiast of aviation, its history. You will be surprised, how much they know about the ‘Soviet Aviation’. Some of them sometimes talk of it in such a precise detail, that even me (’experienced ex-Soviet aviator’ 
) would start feeling uncomfortable about my ignorance 
Artillery and cars are neat, but Yakovlev planes are the top! They mean so much for every ‘ex-Soviet aviator’
True! And even you, I believe, made your first ever trip up in the air as a pilot student in the same Yak-18T I used to be trained on, right?
Tell us some stories of flying in your college, or from your current work at modern Russian airline, please. We’ll be looking forward to hearing from you,
Safe flying, Alex,
S
P.S. Synonyms for ‘TRAFFIC JAM’:
gridlock, , tie-up, tailback
October 30th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Actually,I’ve made my trip to that museum when all cottagers were in there houses in country,gazebous and ‘palaces’,you know what I mean because you’ve stewed in this juice,so far:)So I didn’t catch traffic jams!
Perhaps,5-6 years ago I was in Monino when I was a student of Moscow Aviation Institute and certainly I’ve got pictures from there but unfortunatly they aren’t digital.I’ll visit that museum as soon as possible,and try to catch rare exposition and what ‘mother nature’ and wreckers’ve been done!But fortunatly,there are 2 groups of people that repairing,reconstructing exhibits breaking by the time.
There is unlucky museum near my house.It’s situated on ‘Hodynskoe field’.Lygkov U.M. our Mayor is trying to set up the biggest aviation museum in the center of Moscow but the time is running and nothing is in progress only words and wasting money.I’ll try to show you what I mean in nearest future.
Of course,I have some stories and photoes from UHAS 04-07′(Ulyanovsk High Aviation School)from our flights and the life next to them that I want to mention about.Some of them are funny enough :)You’re quite right in determining my first training aircraft Yak-18T,the next one was Yak-40!It was the greatest time when you just touched the sky in early ages in life,and you’re spoiling for a fight,your first independent flight and emotions,gladness and hard working…
Accordinly to Serg words,I’ve been working as a pilot B-737-300,400,500 Transaero airlines.Perhaps you know our company because we’ve perfomed our flights to Toronto,so far.As things go nowadays,we’re the one of the biggest company in our country with a fleet of 747 classic and NG,777,767,737 classic but we’re waiting for NG.It’s hard to work in our country due to often ‘wind of changes’,I think Serg confirms my words…
…to be continued…
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:23 pm
DEAR SIR,
INTERESTED ON ANY INFORMATION ON THE YAK-1 REPLICA ON YOU TUBE. BUTCH FOSTER”S REPLICA AT SPRINGBANK AIRPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK WITH HIM. I FLY FOR USAIR.
THANKS,
ED
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Hi, Ed,
Sure, I’ll pass a word to Butch. The plane hasn’t been flown yet. It is an 86%-of-real-size replica, with an automobile ‘Ford’ 180 hp V-6 motor.
Talk to you soon,
S