Yak-25R. A Soviet reconnaissance aircraft from 1959. Flight range – 3000 km, max. speed – 850 km/h, ceiling – 20500 m The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft built…

Yak-25. A soviet combat interceptor from 1952. The first Soviet interceptor with radars in a series. Flight range – 2010 km, max. speed – 1090 km/h The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor…

Yak-130. A Russian training aircraft from 1996. The plane is equipped with a mode simulation system of combat employment. Capable of performing the light strike fight tasks. Flight range – 2000 km, max. speed – 1060 km/h The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting…

Tu-128. A Soviet long-range supersonic interceptor from 1961. Flight range – 2565 km, max. speed – 1910 km/h The Tupolev Tu-28 (NATO reporting name Fiddler) was a long-range interceptor aircraft introduced by the Soviet Union in the 1960s. The official designation…

Po 2 (U 2). Night bomber from WW2. Designed by N. Polikarpov. Flight range – 470 km, max. speed – 145 km/h The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2, for its initial uchebnyy, ‘training’, role as a flight instruction aircraft) served as an all-weather multirole Soviet…

R-5. Reconnaissance aircraft from the 1930s (1928). Designed by N. Polikarpov. Flight range – 1000 km, max. speed – 256 km/h The Polikarpov R-5 (Russian: Р-5) was a Soviet reconnaissance bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was the standard light bomber and reconnaissance…

I 15bis. Fighter from 1930s (1936). Flight range – 530 km, max. speed – 370 km/h The Polikarpov I-15 (Russian: И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika (Russian: Чайка, “Seagull”) because of its gulled upper wings, it was…

La-7. Tactical fighter from WW2 (1944). Flight range – 635 km, max. speed – 680 km/h The Lavochkin La-7 (Russian: Лавочкин Ла-7) was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau. It was…

Il 2. An armoured attack aircraft from WW2 (1939). Flight range – 800 km, max. speed – 400 km/h The Ilyushin Il-2 is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. To Il-2 pilots, the aircraft was…

Yak-9U. Tactical fighter from WW2 (1943). Flight range – 870 km, max. speed – 700 km/h. The Yakovlev Yak-9 (Russian: Яковлев Як-9) is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and…

Combat aviation of the USSR: long-range bomber Il-4 (DB-3F). All-metal twin-engined monoplane with closed cockpit and retractable landing gear. The first flight – 1936. Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow The Ilyushin Il-4 (DB-3F) was a Soviet twin…

Combat aviation of Great Britain: the Hawker Hurricane (Mk. 2B model) is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). Developed in 1935…

Breguet 941S (62-NC): French four-engine turboprop short takeoff and landing In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the French aviation pioneer Louis Charles Bréguet developed a concept for a short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft using four free-turbine turboshaft…

Combat aviation: jet fighter MiG-21 SM. The maximum speed is 2230 km / h. The practical ceiling is 18000 m. The flight range is 1800 km. Crew – 1 person. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic…

The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet attack aircraft originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Air Force in the close air support and nuclear strike role. It is still in service with the Indian Air Force. Originally conceived in the…

Tu-4. Long range heavy bomber. Developed in the USSR in 1947 on the US B-29 bomber. First Russian nuclear carrier. 6200 km flight range with 558 km/h The Tupolev Tu-4 (Russian: Туполев Ту-4; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet strategic…

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle Super 10. Air Toulouse air company The Caravelle belongs to the first generation of passenger aircraft to use newly developed jet propulsion technology, and it was the first jet airliner developed specifically for the short/medium…

ATR 72-600 (F-WWEY): Franco-Italian turboprop regional airliner The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR (Avions de transport régional or Aerei da Trasporto…

The Hirth Hi 27 Acrostar was designed by Arnold Wagner to win aerobatic competitions, in part by having handling independent of orientation, upright or inverted. A single engine, single seat low-wing monoplane, it was built in West Germany by Wolf Hirth GmbH…