Updated 30th June 2020 DIN POBEDA is Russian for Victory Day and normally is held on May 9th each year, when there is a massive celebration, in all major Russian Cities, of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. The reason we in the West celebrate VE Day on May 8th and Russia is […]
Posted on behalf and with the kind permission of Gavin Maxwell. This is when I first see them approach over Sokol. The large white building is the Aerostar Hotel and the old buildings at the forefront are the old MiG factory which contains a few preserved aircraft that no one has even seen. The bases […]
Updated 16th June 2020 POBEDA is Russian For Victory and on May 9th each year there is a massive celebration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. The reason we celebrate VE Day on May 8th and Russia is May 9th is due to the time difference between Moscow and the UK. It […]
Hello all, Due to a couple of people dropping out, I have two spaces going on the August Moscow Tour 2019. Have a read of the below and if you are interested, please get in touch by replying to this email. The tour advert can be seen at; http://www.oxfordaviationgroup.co.uk/future-tours/ The format of this tour will […]
Moscow tour – Saturday 18th to Monday 27th August 2018 This will be a re-run of the successful tour we did this year which improved the yield when compared to the shorter 2015 version – 10 days enabled us to fit in as much as possible around this huge city. John Tomlinson will soon be whetting […]
So, as I have done before, no log, just some basic information and a photograph link. As mentioned previously, this will give you an excellent understanding of the nature of the trip and what can be seen. John Trip Airfield Albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums Country Folders https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/collections Oxford Aviation Group http://www.oxfordaviationgroup.co.uk/future-tours/ So today was our final full […]
Noted as driving towards Domodedevo Airport VP-BSY Airbus A321231(SL) C/n 7375 Ural Airlines EW-457PA Boeing 737800 C/n 61423 Belavia Belarusian Airlines VP-BHI Airbus A319114 C/n 2028 S7 Airlines VP-BDR Boeing 777212(ER) C/n 28532 VIM Airlines VQ-BCY Airbus A320214 C/n 1484 Ural Airlines VP-BTV Airbus A319114 C/n 1078 S7 Airlines VP-BHK Airbus A319114 C/n 2373 S7 […]
Noted as driving towards Domodedevo Airport VP-BHV Airbus A319114 C/n 2474 S7 Airlines JA838J Boeing 7878 C/n 34849 Japan Airlines VP-BTV Airbus A319114 C/n 1078 S7 Airlines VQ-BRC Airbus A320214 C/n 5106 S7 Airlines EZ-A778 Boeing 77722K(LR) C/n 42296 Turkmenistan Airlines Noted from hotel room 911 VP-BNK Canadair Regional-Jet100ER C/n 7301 Rusline EW-341PO Embraer Emb-175200LR […]
Before our final full day in the Moscow area, we visited a number of locations with just a few exhibits, however they were mainly military. So, as I have done before, no log, just some basic information and a photograph link. As mentioned previously, this will give you an excellent understanding of the nature of […]
So on to Moscow-Myachkovo and an excited team as we were going to be flying in a Yakovlev Yak-18T. However first a look at the An-30 sat above a cafe on the outskirts of the aerodrome. When the first team (myself, Ben and Garry) went for our flight, we also saw an Aero L-29 Delfin […]