Homebuilt and Restored Aircraft in Russia

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Workshop in garage No doubt, it is a very interesting topic to explore into. I purposely put this picture here, because it shows the work of building a famous biplane, Polikarpov-2 (Po-2), that was a feature in one of my posts lately. Read the rest of this entry »

Typical Day at Domodedovo, Moscow

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Long Galery with an array of the departure ‘gates’ the at Domodedovo airport, Moscow Perhaps, some know that the Moscow city’s needs in the commercial air transport are mostly being served by the three large airports: Sheremetyevo (UUEE), Vnukovo (UUWW), and Domodedovo (UUDD). There’s also a smaller one called Bykovo (UUBB), that is also a part of the air transportation system and the whole airspace organization in the vicinity of this metropolitan area. Read the rest of this entry »

Americans in BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan

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KC-135s on the ramp of Manas, the Bishkek’s international Airport. It was my first ever sighting of so many American military aircraft flocked together at one spot.  Although they looked quiet, it was obvious that they hadn’t been like that over most of the time, and their presence here were ‘on purpose’.  ‘Here‘ was at Manas, the Kyrgyzstan capital’s (Bishkek) airport.  Read the rest of this entry »

Soviet Bush planes

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Polikarpov-2, a legendary biplane being built in the USSR from late 20s until mid 60s. Before the dawn of ‘helicopter era’ over the ‘bush country’ across the span of the Soviet Union (see the previous post), aviation engaged into exploration, transport, and communication in the country’s remote areas went through more or less the same lot of problems, and was learning the same kind of lessons the bush aviation in North America did. It may sound incredible, but there were far more aircraft types flown across the country than it is now. Read the rest of this entry »

Siberia. Bush. Oil. Helicopters

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Mil-26 over the Siberian tundra If they asked me to find a proper image to convey the most essential  idea of the ‘Bush Flying - Siberian Style“, I would undoubtedly choose this picture (by Misha). Because ‘a flying helicopter’ is a very common sight everywhere in Siberia, - “the bigger machine, the better”. They do everything, and it looks as if they’ve been there forever. Siberia - it is the ‘Mil-country’.

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Vertical Separation Minima. Russia vs ICAO

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You can see both altimeters: showing altitude in meters, and feet. Seems like it was a second picture in a set  taken during the same “photo session” - it shows the time and the date in the lower right corner (the 13th of whatever month..), - a date registering format in the camera is set in such a way that unfortunately there’s no indication of the month and the year. But at least we’ve got the time: it is 9:32.. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bahamas

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Yes, we made it down South to the Caribbeans! (in fact, we’ve got back home already :)

Unproportionally big plane symbol, as if to indicate a lot of excitement and expectation from visiting this place :)

And it seems the water’s color on the map is about to be all right :)

Water changes the color through the day Sea, palms, sand

Hello, Bahama Mama!

Bahama Mama

Bermuda Triangle: Bahamas

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We are going on vacation - to check it out what’s going on in ‘Bermuda Triangle’, at its Western point :)

Freeport, Bahamas Although it is a picture of Freeport, we are going to Nassau. I couldn’t find the Nassau’s picture, anyway, it was taken in the middle of the night, enroute from Montreal to Dominican (right through the Bermuda Triangle!) . Hopefully, I’ll have a break from a constant hanging out in the Internet.

But I’ll be back, in a while :)

Cheers,

Clash

Ken Borek. Renowned Transcontinental Flyer.

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‘Twin Otter’ of ‘Ken Borek’, we hold short of RW 34 in company with them. You never know where this cute, but relatively small and slow going plane would eventually get over at the end of its flying day..

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Networking reached Semipalatinsk

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A week ago I opened an account at the Russian language social networking web-site called ‘Moj Mir’, - which can almost literally be translated as ‘My Space’.

‘My Space’ in Russian There’s no way to be prepared beforehand for all kinds of surprises that may ‘unleash’ upon you once you’ve stepped in this area of virtual universe.

So was my experience with it.

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