
The Be-12 "Chayka"( in English “Seagull”) was an anti-submarine amphibious aircraft, successor to the obsolescent Be-6. The turboprop plane enter...

The Sukhoi Su-17M (NATO reporting name: “Fitter- C”) was a Soviet ground attack aircraft with variable wing geometry, developed in 1970. The plan...

The Sukhoi Su-7 was a swept wing, supersonic fighter, developed in USSR in mid in 1950s. It was the first Soviet aircraft in which have been impe...

The Yak-140 was a Soviet experimental light-weight supersonic fighter developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau in the middle 1950s. The prototype...


The Yak-1000 was experimental fighter, built in 1951, following Soviet intention to create supersonic fighter with the rhomboid wing, having maxi...


During development of the firefighting variant of a new Be-200 amphibious multipurpose aircraft, designers had to solve a wide range of technica...


The passenger aircraft An-10 was developed by Antonov bureau in the early 1950s. The plane was based on the An-12 “Cub” transport military aircra...

The Sukhoi Su-17 was the first Soviet fighter-bomber with a variable-sweep wing. The plane was based on the Su-7U, having a wing of the S-22I pro...

The Myasishchev M-17 was designed in the mid-1970's as a high altitude interceptor of the reconnaissance balloons, which USA were then launching...

The Mirage III V-01 was a French vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) prototype fighter aircraft, developed in the mid-1960s. It was fitted with...

The Su-17 is a Soviet fighter-bomber with variable-sweep wing, further development of Su-7 by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Apart from the new wing,...

The Su20 was an export version of the Sukhoi Su17M, developed for sales to the Third World countries. It differed from its predecessor by the c...

The I-3U ( or I-420) was a prototype of Soviet interceptor, designed in mid 1950s. The plane was equipped with innovated flight system "Uragan-1”...

In 1970s, the USSR had a strong demand of a new fighter, being highly efficient against F-15, F-14, Mirage-F.1, F-111B and B-1 strategic bomber,...


Tupolev Tu-144 was the first world’s supersonic passenger airliner. His prototype first flew on 31 December 1968 near Moscow, almost two months b...





(3 camo schemes including Yak-9T of Normandy regiment, pilot. Pierre Pouyade)

The Mirage IV was a French jet-propelled supersonic strategic bomber and deep-reconnaissance aircraft. It entered service with the French Air Fo...

passenger commuter airliner

The Beriev Be-8 (USAF/DoD reporting name “Type 33”, NATO reporting name “Mole”), was built by the Soviet Beriev OKB in 1947. It was a passenger/l...


German WWII fighter

This original plane was designed in late 50-s by consortium between Bolkow, Heinkel and Messerschmitt named EWR iaw requirments of the German def...

The P.1HH HammerHead is a full-sized, medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) derived from the P.180 Avanti II comm...

The S-52 fighter-bomber entered service in the USSR Air Forces in June 1981 as Sukhoi Su-17M3.It had been produced in different modifications, in...


The I-75 was a re-engined and radar-equipped version of the experimental I-7 Mach 2 class aircraft. Work on the I-7U started in early 1956, as a...

Two-seat training version of Yak-23 with longer fuselage and lighter armament, three built.

Bf-109 was developed in early 30’s, after Luftwaffe command initiated a tender for designing of fighter, having contemporary monoplane aerodyn...

The Ilyushin IL-102 was an experimental jet-powered ground-attack aircraft designed by Ilyushin. This aircraft was never chosen for production, being surpassed by the Su-25, and only a few development prototypes were built.



medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS)

The F-82 Twin Mustang was an American two-seat long-range fighter. It was the last piston type of attack airplane, used by the USAF (United Sta...

By early 1954, the MiG OKB was involved in a design programme with the objective of developing a comparatively lightweight interceptor fighter ca...

In late ‘30s, US Army Air Corp announced tender for aircraft with improved performance, armament, and pilot visibility over existing fighters. Al...

The HFB 320 is a mid-wing monoplane of conventional layout, with rear-mounted twin jet engines beneath a T-tail. Constructed entirely of metal, i...

The Beriev Be-8 (USAF/DoD reporting name “Type 33”, NATO reporting name “Mole”), was built by the Soviet Beriev OKB in 1947. It was a passenger/l...

racing experimental aircraft