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Tupolev Tu-104A side view

Tupolev Tu-104A

Tupolev Tu-104A CCCP-42364 tested at GosNII GVF

Tupolev Tu-104A side view

Tupolev Tu-104A

Tupolev Tu-104A CCCP-42356 of the Far Eastern Civil Aviation Directorate/Khabarovsk United Air Detachment

Tupolev Tu-104 side view

Tupolev Tu-104

Tupolev Tu-104 CCCP-L5412 (coded «29») was the first one placed on the Soviet civil register on 9th May 1956

Tupolev Tu-104 side view

Tupolev Tu-104

The Tu-104 prototype, CCCP-L5400

Yakovlev Yak-3 artwork

Yakovlev Yak-3

A personalised Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter with the name of Anna Selivanova inscribed on it is escorting an Il-2 attack aircraft formation. East Prussia, early 1945. The aircraft was given to the Air Force by Anna Selivanova, a female collective farmer. A. Suraveshkin, a squadron leader with the 431st Fighter Regiment flew it

Tupolev Tu-4T side view

Tupolev Tu-4T

Tupolev Tu-4T «23 Red» (c/n 28061702) of Russian Military Transport Aviation, late 1950s


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