Russian Airshow 2007

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powerpoint slide show attached - some amazing looking planes!
 

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Sweet Pictures!

I've never read anything on counter-rotating propellers. It seems like the first prop would create distorted airflow for the second prop. Anyone know about them?

Then, I'd be very curious about how that VM-T Atlant overcomes the dang drag by that blimp-type carrier. I see only two ever ever made from a previous bomber and are now replaced by the An-225. Only one appears to still be in operation.
 
wonderful Greg, thanks!
OK if I post on Slideshare for some friends to see?
(Check out the Be12's....each has props clocked differently.....but matching the other aircrafts'!)
 
WOW, great pictures!

Lets see if I got these translations -

Tu-204 = 757ski
Tu-334 = DC-9ski (plus winglets)
Tu-160 = B-1Bski

:)
 
Dave - I got it via email with no attibution to the author, so I ass-u-me it's fair game for repost

Ken - The TU-79 Bear bomber flew contra-rotating props way back when I was still in the Navy ... dang ... 30 gulp years ago
 
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Think of the drag on the AN-70 in OEI ops. I sure hope they have autofeather!

-Skip
 
Great pics! Thanks Greg. I especially like the Beriev flying boats.
 
Minor nit:

Counter-rotating props are the ones that rotate in opposite directions on two engines on a twin-engine plane so as to minimize turning tendencies and eliminate the critical engine. For example, a Seneca or Seminole, or the PA-39 Twin Comanches (the PA30's were not counter-rotating, the PA39's were.)

Contra-rotating props are where you have two props on one engine turning in opposite directions.
 
Very nice photos. I particularly like the low pass by the SU-27B. I think the guy in back is bracing for impact!

I have a video of a past Zhukovsy airshow. During the course of the airshow a Yak-38 VTOL is doing a hover demo and then flies out of camera frame. The narrator reported the pilot ejected just before it crashed at the airport boundary due to engine failure.


Anthony said:
Great pics! Thanks Greg. I especially like the Beriev flying boats.
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I have always loved the AN225. Its the one thing the Russians did right during their communist era!
 
cool Greg nice slide show. I too like the flying boats. I have always thought however that Russian planes were built to fall apart. While the pax planes look like a typical boeing or airbus I dunno if I'd feel warm and fuzzie about getting on one.
 
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