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As it seems, a topic ‘Boeing-727 vs Tu-154′ perfectly fits into the ‘clash thesis‘ actively pursued on this blog, - as a case to explore, of course, - not a pretex for another round of ‘Cold War’ So, I thought it would be worthwhile to continue reviewing some traits of two similar aircraft: Boeing-727, and Tupolev-154. Read the rest of this entry »

Here she is - a proper candidate for our contest ‘FIRST REGISTERED ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD FLYING PLANE’. Although she qualifies, she’s a bit too young yet, - all the data available on the Internet shows this ‘Waco’ Model QCF-2, registered in the USA as ‘NC 1142′ was ‘born’ in 1931. So, she is just 77 year old ‘babe’. Read the rest of this entry »

It is a common knowledge in aviation community all around the world that Canada is a good place for flight training. Maybe, among the best. Training here is recognized for its high quality and availability. Also, there’s a thing that strongly appeals to international students: hourly rates for flight instruction - they are fairly decent compared to those in many other countries, especially, in Europe. Read the rest of this entry »

It is a quick follow-up remark to the previous post. That one was about possibility in the future to see an aircraft which is one hundred years old, - and not on a museum display, but in the air. Read the rest of this entry »

Long timers! Good for them, good for people who still care. ‘Keep them flying!’ - you’ll hear this motto once you get in touch with the world of  ‘Norsemen Festival’ at Red Lake, Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »

Love the look of those vintage trainers from 30s.. Again, browsing through a behemoth image collection taken at the last year’s trip to Oshkosh, I found a few pics deserving to ‘talk about’. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hello, my excuses: it’s been a while until I got things together to finish this ‘piece of memoir on flying with Aeroflot’.

So, taxi-out route at Istanbul from the area where we were parked to the departure RW 18R’s threshold was pretty straightforward. Read the rest of this entry »

Aerial photography goes back to days when the aviation itself had just left its cradle. I can only imagine, as flying was becoming more and more sustainable, how great might be a temptation experienced by some pioneer aviators then, - to lift up a camera, and bring back to Earth some imagery taken right from the ‘eagle’s point of view’. Read the rest of this entry »

If somebody told me many ears ago, that so much stuff associated with the Soviet Union’s achievement in aviation and space could be found in America..  Probably, I wouldn’t have taken it seriously.

Here we go: a very authentic replica of the first artificial object ever launched into outer space has been seen hanging out from a ceiling in the Boeing’s ‘Museum of Flight‘ at Seattle.

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