Russian Tu154

Buttkicker · 23 Oct 2009

seen here on the ramp at Salzburg

Chris

Viper · 24 Oct 2009

ooh thats different!

shame about the harsh lighting in the background

PLuKE · 24 Oct 2009

Never seen one before. Looks diffrent but i good way. Seems as the rear undercarrige is built into the wings with 6 wheels per side. Where abouts is it from?.

Luke

Viper · 24 Oct 2009

i hadnt noticed the undercarriage!

how strange

desantnik · 24 Oct 2009

I like that! Well, apart from clipping the wingtip...

Proper "Jerry Anderson" that design, gotta love those Soviet designers

x777 · 4 Nov 2009

Great catch

heidfirst · 4 Nov 2009

desantnik said:
Proper "Jerry Anderson" that design, gotta love those Soviet designers

it was a Trident/727 copy ...
haven't seen 1 in years myself.

chrispons · 4 Nov 2009

I like that,good work for a nightime shot.

Quite a good looking plane to.
Pons

desantnik · 5 Nov 2009

heidfirst said:
it was a Trident/727 copy ...

How dare you imply that glorious Soviet technology is actually copies of inferior western imperialist junk :LOL:

My favourite Soviet aviation industry story is of the Tu-4 bomber - a reverse engineered copy of an American B29 that was aquired after it landed in the Soviet Union after a bombing raid on Japan.

All Tu-4's had a curious riveted panel on the fuselage... the curious panel was actually a copy of the battle damage repair to the aircraft they were copied from :clap: