(all photos copyright Ken Duffey)
View of VDNK Park from our window at the Cosmos Hotel - note the Ostankono TV tower still shrouded in low cloud.
Cosmos hotel - with its statue of Charles De Gaulle.
The 'Space Needle' and Ostankino TV tower.
Inside VDNK Park......
Yak-42.
Vostok rocket.
The fountains were switched on as we walked back...
The main entrance to VDNK.
Newly painted entrance.
Il-2.
BI-1 rocket fighter.
The mighty Mil V-12 - in the wrong colours!
Another mis-painted exhibit - the prototype T10 Flanker.
The B-25 Mitchell has a new paint finish.
Su-17UM.
MiG-21 'Analog' - testbed for the Tu-144 wing shape.
Tu-22M3 - still with the concrete blocks holding the nose down.
MiG-25
A new arrival - the prototype Yak-130.
It looks totally different to the production version.
Ka-25 ASW helicopter.
Yak-38 ..........
Yak-38M - note the differences.
The Yak-23 has a fresh coat of paint.
.... as has the Mi-24 'Hind-A'.
Newly unwrapped - Sukhoi Su-31 aerobatic machine.
The Kamov 'Sever-2' aerosleigh now has its skis fitted.
Scale replica of the ANT-25.
Sopwith Triplane.
Voisin.
Ilyushin Il-10 awaiting restoration.
Neat looking MiG-9.
Yak-141 Supersonic VTOL design.
Lavochkin's last fighter - the La-250 'Anakonda'.
Slightly more successful - the La-15 'Fantail'.
MiG Ye-152M painted as the record-breaking Ye-166.
Obligatory photo of the Sukhoi T4 'Sotka'.
Another wrongly-painted Flanker - the T10M prototype of the Su-35.
Tucked away in a corner - the Be-32 has had a lick of paint.
Recently finished main building at Monino.
Departing from nearby Chkalovsky - an Il-76 of the PLAAF - presumably the 1st August display team support aircraft.
© Ken Duffey September 2013