The Yak-141 'Freestyle was intended as a supersonic, VTOL aircraft for air defence of the Soviet fleet. Four prototypes were produced before the program was cancelled with this example making the first (conventional) flight and the first vertical landing on a carrier. It is now on display at the Central Museum of the Air Forces at Monino.

The Yak-38 (NATO reporting name 'Forger) was the Soviet Navy's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft as well as being its first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. This example is on display at the Central Museum of the Air Forces at Monino.

The Yak-38 (NATO reporting name 'Forger') was the Soviet Union's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft, developed specifically for the Kiev-class aircraft carriers. This upgraded M-version (Forger-A), one of 50 built, is on display at the Central Museum of the Air Forces at Monino.

The standard naval model of the Ka-25 is designated Ka-25BSh. It was known as Hormone-A to the West.

Dwarfed by large helicopters at Monino is the ungainly Ka-25.

Wearing the naval ensign of the Soviet Union on the air intakes.

Rear view of this extraordinary machine

Not sure whether an Ekranoplan really counts as an aircraft, but here is the beast on the Moscow river to form part of a new museum. It is located in Tushino, near the park and metro station 'Schodnenskaya'. Photo taken from a friendly owner's houseboat