MAKS - From the public side.
This scene greets you as you arrive at the central entrance to Zhukovsky - a line up of airframes by the side of the road.
Unfortunately, you can't get off the coach due to the security checks - so these were taken through the coach window.....
Su-17UM3.
Ilyushin Il-102 in a totally ficticious colour scheme.
Once inside, a stroll down the flightline revealed this Mi-26....
Ka-52.
MiG-29SMT
MiG-31.
Su-25SM - note that all the military aircraft carry the titles 'VVS Rossiya' and have an RF serial plus the new three-coloured star.
New Su-30M2 - ex-PLAAF airframes being refurbished for the RusAF.
Su-30M2 - note the large 'wet' fins on this variant.
Su-27SM3 - another new Flanker upgrade.
Production Su-34.
MiG-35 demonstrator.
Su-34 Bort 48 used by Sukhoi as a development aircraft. Note the new buff-coloured fence just inboard of the wingtip pylon.
An-124 of Volga-Dnepr having its lunch.
An-140-100 - newly inducted into RusAF service.
Ukrainian registered An-158
Part of the large USAF contingent at MAKS - F-16D from Aviano. Note the height of the security fence!!!!
Be-200MChS sporting a new black anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen.
USAFC-5M from Dover AFB.
Mi-8MTV-1 Rescue helicopter in MChS colours.
Mi-2 used by MChS for pilot training.
USAF B-52 from Minot AFB.
KC-10 from McGuire AFB
New upgraded Mi-26T2 from Rosvertol
I think this is the second prototype of the Mi-38 - it has the code 38012 - but it has the same engine grilles as RA-38011 seen at MAKS 09.....
...whereas this one coded 38011 has different grilles and bears the logo 'Mi-382' ???
Mi-28N in a fetching grey camouflage scheme.
Kamov Ka-32A11VS in MChS colours
Kamov Ka-32A 'Fire Attack' variant - with ventral water tank and spray boom.
Ulan-Ude built Mi-8AMT - compare the nose and window shape with.....
.... the Kazan-built Mi-17V5.
Myasishchev M-55 'Geophisica' high-altitude survey platform.
Antonov An-158.
Production Yak-130 trainer nestling in the shade of the Beriev A-50's wings.
Brand new 'Rysachok' (Colt) light turboprop produced by "TsSKB-Progress" and designed by NKF "Technoavia".
Il-76LL used as an engine testbed for the Indian 'Kaveri' fighter engine.
Close up of the Kaveri engine nacelle - destined for the HAL Tejas fighter - on the port inner pylon.
Airbus A-380 being towed out for its display.
From the world's lagest aircraft to the smallest - the electric powered EADS Cri-Cri.
Immaculately restored Polikarpov I-15bis.
Another Polikarpov restoration - the ubiquitous Po-2.
Kamov Ka-226T Air Ambulance.
Buran Space Shuttle awaiting restoration.
A collection of testbeds from the Gromov Flight Test Centre.
Sukhoi Su-24.
Su-15TM
Su-15UM
Tu-155 - testbed for cryogenic fueled engines.
MiG-21UM
Tu-16LL - used to test jet engines underslung from the weapons bay.
Tu-160 'White Swan' - named after Nikolai Kuznetsov.
Mi-28N.
This Police Squirrel helicopter was keeping a disconcerting eye on us!!
MiG 1.44 prototype languishing on the Mikoyan ramp
Ken Duffey
August 2011
All Photos Copyright Ken Duffey