| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | CCCP-17401 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Myasishchev M-17 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Myasishchev M-17 |
| Aircraft Version: | Myasishchev M-17 |
| C/n (msn): | N001/04 |
| Operator Titles: | Aeroflot |
| Local Operator Name: | Аэрофлот |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Monino (closed)Map |
| Country: | Russia |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Collection: | Central Museum of the Air Force |
| Photo Date: | 31 August 2013 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 61236 |
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The M-17 Stratosphera (NATO reporting name Mystic-A) was used for investigating the Ozone layer over Antarctica in 1992. The type set a total of 12 FAI world records, 5 of which still stand. On 28th March 1990 this aircraft set an altitude record of 21,830 m (71,620 ft) in class C-1i for landplanes with a take-off weight from 6 000 to 20 000 kg but has unfortunately fallen into disrepair and now languishes on the dump at the Central Museum of the Air Forces at Monino. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 10 May 2018, and has since been viewed 762 times. |