OKBs and Designers
Antonov AircraftOleg Konstantinovich Antonov. Early designs were gliders. The An-2 biplane has been produced by the thousand and has been used around he world. The largest… 
Beriev AircraftGeorgy Mikhailovich Beriev. Known primarily for his amphibious aircraft such as the Be-12, this Georgian designer died in 1979 at the age of 76. 
Ilyushin AircraftSergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. He designed the famous Il-2 "Shturmovik" used widely during the Great Patriotic War (WWII). His design bureau now focuses… 
Kamov HelicoptersNikolay Ilyich Kamov became famous for his helicopter designs using coaxial rotors. He died in 1973 at the age of 71. 
Lavochkin AircraftSemyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin was involved with the designer Gorbunov until he became head of the design bureau which was renamed Lavochkin after him. His…
La-9 Walk-AroundWalk-around at the Military Aviation Museum near Virginia Beach, VA, 3 January 2014
Lisunov Li-2Boris Pavlovich Lisunov was the engineer the Russians sent to the U.S. when the USSR purchased a license to build the DC-3 in Russia. He was only 48 when he… MiG AircraftArtem (Artyom) Ivanovich Mikoyan (left) together with Mikhail Iosifovich Gur'evich (right) designed such successful aircraft as the MiG-3, MiG-15 and the…
Cockpits
MiG-15UTI CockpitPhotographed at the War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, New Mexico on 16 May 2014 
MiG-17 cockpitA few cockpit shots taken through a worn canopy at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, Pooler, Georgia 
MiG-21 CockpitsMiG-21M CockpitMiG-21M cockpit at the Stafford Air and Space Museum, Weatherford, Oklahoma. Photos taken 29 May 2014. In addition to Russian, there were some Czech stencils on… 
Walk-Arounds
MiG-21Walk-AroundsMiG-21M Walk-AroundA limited walk-around at the Stafford Air and Space Museum, Weatherford, Oklahoma. Photos taken on 29 May 2014 by myself. 
MiG-21U Walk-AroundIncludes photos taken 3 June 2014 at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation. Original photos are from the early 1990s. I took all of these. 
MiG-23 Walk-AroundCzech AircraftPhotographed in New Jersey with my original Sony Mavica digital camera around 1998 or possibly later. 
Unknown LocationDiscovered in a box recently. It appears to be the Flogger on display at the Armed Forces Museum in Moscow. I do not remember who sent me the photo. 
Mil HelicoptersMikhail Leontyevich Mil was a designer of piston-engine helicopters such as the Mi-4 and the famous Mi-8, still serving around the world in various…
Mi-14Amphibious version of the Mi-8 and Mi-17 
Mi-24 CockpitWayne Novy of the Southern Museum of Flight was kind enough to open hatches for me so I could take these photos on 11 May 2018. 
Miscellaneous DesignersThere were many designers in the early days of the Soviet Union, some of whom had very successful designs that went into full production. Sadly photos of those… 
Myasishchev AircraftVladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev began his career in the Tupolev Design Bureau, eventually forming his own bureau where he designed bombers and eventually the…
BisonAlso see folder "Space Activities" for additional Bison photos. 
Petlyakov AircraftVladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov designed a number of aircraft, the most famous of which was the Pe-2, a dive bomber used during the Great Patriotic War (WWII). … 
Polikarpov AircraftNikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov designed, among other things, the famous I-16 which was used in the Spanish Civil War where it was called the "Rata." He was… 
Sukhoy AircraftPavel Osipovich Sukhoi was a famous fighter designer, the Su-27 and Su-35 of today being evolutions of his works, but his Su-2 used during the Great Patriotic…
Military Aircraft
Su-32The Su-32, also known as the Su-32FN and the Su-34 in operational service. NATO codename is Fullback. 
CockpitsSu-25 CockpitCockpit photos in my collection are not always clearly identified; therefore, some of these photos may be from another aircraft, in particular the Su-27. I am… 
Su-27 CockpitCockpit photos in my collection are not always clearly identified; therefore, some of these photos may be from another aircraft, in particular the Su-25. I am…
Tupolev AircraftAndrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was one of the "grand old men" of Soviet aircraft design, one of the first to turn out acceptable transports and bombers. It was…
Military AircraftTu-2World War II Soviet bomber used by the Chinese at least into the 1980s and probably beyond. 
Tu-95 and Tu-142 BearMany photos in this series were slide copies of original prints in which dust was not removed before copying. Clean-up has been attempted, but often at the… 
Yakovlev AircraftAleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev designed some of everything: transports, bombers, fighters, aerobatic aircraft and even a helicopter. He wrote several books,…
Central Air Force Museum, MoninoThese photos are from various sources, in particular from Rainer Niedree of Germany who provided a large number of Monino slides to me in the mid 1970s. 
ModelsProfessional models displayed at shows 
Non-Russian Aircraft in Soviet…A few photos of non-Russian/non-Soviet designed aircraft used by the Soviet Union/Russia. Only those aircraft in Soviet/Russian markings will be included. 
Novodeveche CemeteryGraves of famous Russians associated with aviation who are buried in this famous cemetery
Photos taken 18 October 2012 (in the rain). 
VideoOlder and small; preserved for historical interest. 
Warsaw Pact AircraftPhotos of aircraft from the former Communist countries that were allied with Russia in the Cold War days, the members of the Warsaw Pact.Czech
CockpitsL-29 CockpitPhotographer's name long forgotten, nothing on the box except that this L-29 was manufactured in Spain and photos were taken in 1991. The photos are from the… 
Walk-AroundsL-29 Walk-AroundThese walk-around photos are from the same photographer as the one who took the cockpit photos. of the Tillamook L-29. 
PolishM-15Designed by Poland for use in the USSR, 3,000 were planned but only 175 were built mainly for Aeroflot. 
M-15 CockpitTwo shots that on the slide were nearly completely washed out. Isn't digital manipulation wonderful for pulling out details previously unseen? 
YugoslavAlthough Yugoslavia was a communist country, it was not a member of the Warsaw Pact. It is included here because it was within the Soviet sphere of influence…
Other
ChkalovValeriy Chkalov and crew were the first to fly non-stop from Moscow to the United States across the North Pole. 
Walk-Arounds
An-225 Walk-AroundWalk-around of An-225 Cossack, the world's largest aircraft, with Buran space shuttle atop
Walk-Arounds
Il-76 Walk-AroundPhotos of several aircraft were used in this series.
Walk-Arounds
Ka-25Ts Walk-AroundTaken by me at the Armed Forces Museum, Moscow, in October 2012.
Mi-24 Walk-AroundOne helicopter in Soviet markings, the other in East German (DDR).
May 2018 Walk-AroundI took these photos at the Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama, on 11 May 2018.
Mystic Walk-AroundPhotos by a friend
Walk-Arounds
Po-2 (U-2) Walk-AroundThere are two aircraft in this walk-around collection.
Su-25TM Walk-AroundSu-25TK Walk-Around
Civil Aircraft
Walk-Arounds
Yak-52 Walk-Around at Airbase…Airbase Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum walk-around on 20 May 2014.
