This is the prototype of the An-72P, converted from a standard aircraft and first flown in November 1984. The airframe was strengthened and it could perform aerobatics. Remained at Gostomel in poor condition after this time and was destroyed during the Russian invasion in March 2022

ex 06 blue, this Mi-8T is seen here restored for preservation with the State Museum of Aviation.

Three Mi-2's, including this one, took part in the World Helicopter Championships. I raced 300 miles to catch these three before dark set in.

Only one An-26 of this version was based in Germany at the time of the drawdown of Russian forces from Germany

To keep collegue Beriev-12s in the air, this 06 yellow was stripped of its propellers.

The Li-2 (NATO reporting name 'Cab') was a licence-built version of the Douglas DC-3. It is often thought to be a straight Soviet reproduction but, in fact, there are over 1,200 changes documented from the Douglas engineering drawings. the most substantial was the use of the Russian Shvetsov ASh-62IR engines in place of the nine-cylinder Wright R-1820. This example is on display at the Central Museum of the Air Force at Monino.

Note the extra cockpit window in the Russian-built DC-3. In addition to building perhaps 5000 Li-2s, the Soviet Union received 700 C-47s during WWII. It also got 870 B-25s, one of which is seen in the background.