The last of my Moscow threads is (finally?) here.
After spending half a day at Monino I spend the afternoon and evening at Domodedovo. This was not airside, just at the short term parking lot. There was no problem spotting here. Although several of our group where asked, repeatedly, not to climb the guard rail in front of the fences.
FWIW, the Monino photos are mostly military and won’t be uploaded to this forum. If you are interested, feel free to visit my website.
This plane and the next plane where awesome! When they took of, it sounded like a F-16 taking of with full afterburn. I have not heard as many car alarms since I last saw Concorde take off with reheat!
By: tenthije - 26th September 2010 at 11:37
Coming to the ‘eastern block’, its sad to say the least that Russian airlines are choosing Airbus and Boeing over Russian aircraft,
It does depend very much on the airport you’re going to. At Sheremetyevo the bulk of the airliners are Airbus and Boeing. The Russian equipment mainly used as biz-jet and by local ‘Flots (Don, Nord).
At Vnukovo the Russian airliners is still the majority. Both UT Air and Rossiya are based here.
Rossiya, being the government flight, obviously favours Russian equipment. I would expect this to stay until such a time that Russia does not make planes. I believe Rossiya took delivery of the newest IL-96 only a few months ago, so that should say something.
UT Air is a bit different. They have started a fleet renewal with various models of 737 from the 300 series and newer. Also ATRs and CRJ2s are part of their fleet. However, it is a slow process. The largest part of their fleet seen at Vnukovo are still Tu-134s, Tu-154s and An-24s (in that order).
Other bits of interest at Vnukovo are a lot of Tu-134s, Yak-40s and Yak-42 operating as biz-jets. Red Wings´s Tu-204 are cool as well.
Domodedovo is a real mix. Most of it western, S7/Sibir with Airbusses and Transaero with pretty much every type Boeing made since the 737 except for the 757. But there are also a lot of very interesting airlines from the former soviet republics. About half of those flying western, and half of those flying proper equipment.
By: MSR777 - 26th September 2010 at 10:39
I totally agree. Hopefully the Sukhoi Superjet will be a sign of things to come from the Russian/CIS civil aviation industry. But I fear they will all look as generic as the present ‘western’ designs.:(
By: KabirT - 25th September 2010 at 21:41
Coming to the ‘eastern block’, its sad to say the least that Russian airlines are choosing Airbus and Boeing over Russian aircraft, although true that not enough developments have happened in the Russian civil aviation industry for Russian airlines to look forward to.
By: FLY.BUY - 25th September 2010 at 21:19
Lovely photos, long live the glass nosed TU-134!
They are sorely missed from EU airports~!
By: MSR777 - 23rd September 2010 at 09:34
Peter, thanks for yet another batch of stunning images. Leaving aside all the ‘western twin podded dross’;) How can anyone not appreciate, and in my case admire, the beautiful lines of those Tupolevs, especially the Tu134As?:) Great pics.
By: KabirT - 23rd September 2010 at 08:37
stunning! Love the eastern block aircraft!
By: steve rowell - 23rd September 2010 at 04:47
Fascinating shots Peter..
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