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BTS002 Russian airplane replica of Russian shuttle

History, Interesting Facts, Technology, Transport

This what looks as a Russian space shuttle Buran is actually not. This is BTS-002 - a full size replica of Buran space shuttle which is just an airplane. It could fly

manned and unmanned missions (as Soviet Buran shuttle who went to space and landed on its own without a crew involved). Let's see some more pics of this one:

Russian TU-144 supersonic passenger jet in Monino museum Moscow

History, Interesting Facts, Photos, Technology, Transport

Here is a trip to Moscow Monino air museum where is the one of a few

fully surviving TU-144s ultra sonic jets. Let's see it upclose.

Lightning hit a Car in Russia thru Antenna Went Thru the Whole Car into the Ground

Automotive, Interesting Facts, Photos, Russian People, Transport

This man's car was hit by a lightning while he was travelling on the highway. It hit the car thru the antenna, passed thru the

whole car and exited into the ground thru the tire. Let's see all the traces it left on the car and on the road.

Tupolev Legendary Aircrafts

Photos, Russian army, Technology, Transport

Tupolev Experimental Design Bureau has developed more than 300 aircrafts for 95 years of work. About 50 of them went into mass production. Strategic bombers Tu-160 and TU-95, the legend of civil aviation - Tu-144, the massive Soviet passenger jet Tu-154 and its modern replacement

Tu-204/214 became the most popular. 1. In the town of Zhukovsky there is a flight-test and a base PSC "Tupolev". There is an airfield "Ramenskoye" with Europe's largest runway 5500 meters long. Every two years the International Aviation and Space salon MAKS hosts in Zhukovsky.

Centrifuge that Costed Eleven Tons of Gold and Preparation for a Journey to the Stars in a Star City

Interesting Facts, Photos, Russian People, Science, Transport

This posting is devoted to the review of the routines Russian space travellers undergo before they reach for the stars. All the activities are happening in the "Star City" - 25 km

away from Moscow. This place trains space heroes since 1960. They strive to prepare them for all the dangers and possibilities of the space travel. Let's see how it goes.

Photos of a Boeing 747 Crashed on a Village in Kirgizia Today Killing its Inhabitants

Russian People, Society, Transport

Here are the first photos of a Boeing 747 plane crashing into a village in Kirgizia today, January

16 in the morning. Over 32 people living in this village died as a result of this crash.

The Exercises of Engineering Troops

Russian army, Technology, Transport

In late May 2015, engineering troop exercises took place in the city of Murom, in the Vladimir region. A 250-meter wide river named Oka was forded as part of the exercises - quite a spectacular event, and we present here a photo report about how the Oka is crossed not only by the 40-ton tanks but also a 100-ton strategic missile system. The official name of the event was: "Special

tactical exercises with the military engineering units to fulfill the tasks of engineering support in fording water obstacles. Army and attack aircraft were involved to complete the task. The exercise included a crossing of training mobile ground missile complex "Yars" with a test weight using a pontoon bridge of double width PP-2005" Let us explain:

About Real All-Terrain Vehicles in Chukotka.

Photos, Transport

Hello, I’ll tell you not about Gelenvagen, but about the real hard workers who have to carry geologists across the expanses of Chukotka, where there is no civilization,

and about my personal experiences and the all-terrain vehicles that I worked with. So from simple to difficult. UAZik. Here without comments, all is clear.

Experimental Soviet Tank Carrier

Photos, Russian army, Transport

Experimental tractor MAZ / KZKT-545 In the late 60's there was a need to create a wheeled tractor to replace the old MAZ-537 tractor. There were strict

requirements from the USSR Ministry of Defense for the characteristics of the tractor, in particular for the capacity and security of cabins.

How Do they Build Wooden Ships in Karelia

History, Interesting Facts, Russian People, Transport

One of the most interesting places in Petrozavodsk is club "Polar Odyssey". A team of true romanticists who are in love with the sea, work here. The club has its own operating fleet, a big part of which are wooden ships, copies of historical sailboats that sailed centuries ago. It would be very interesting to learn how to build wooden ships and how to sail in

them. "Polar Odyssey" is located in Petrozavodsk, on the shore of Onegskoe Lake. People who are interested in history, or people who want to take pictures, come here. Even if you can’t decide what a shallop is, or what type a boat is, or tell a propeller screw from a propeller, everything there is still very romantic.

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