Museum of the Civil Aviation History. Update.
This is my second visit to this museum. The first was eight years ago.
Previous report: Museum of the Civil Aviation History
I was on a random business trip and managed to squeeze in just a couple of hours to visit. I had a colleague with me who at this point only distracted me from the exhibits.
So this year I visited the museum again, but this time alone and with more time to spare.
At the entrance to the museum there is a poster with a diagram of the location of the aircraft.
In the building itself, in a large and single room, there are several models of an unusual scale of 1:10, made in the model shops of the corresponding design bureaus.
As we exit the building, a magnificent picture opens up before us. It makes you jump with anticipation and delight!
Of course, as in any respectable museum, there are warning signs.
Text: “Do not turn propellers.”
How can you not spin them if they just beg to be picked up!
I examined them in the sequence determined by the laid paths, and you will have to walk with me.
Since there will be a lot of photos now, and the free space on the provider has long since run out, then, please excuse me, but I transferred most of the photos to a free resource.
The very same plane Khrushchev flew on is parked in Monino.
Just a little further away is its skinny twin.
As I warned: we move along the paths,
but we look both ways.
I wasn’t impressed by the Tu-104 and didn’t take a ton of photos..
I ascended his gangway and captured the perspective from that vantage point.
Now it’s clear where to go and what to see.
Not all planes are equally interesting.
He looked better on his last visit.
At this point you can look around a little: admire the planes you have already looked at,
to amuse oneself with the anticipation of the upcoming viewings.
After passing the airfield fire engine, not yet ready for demonstration,
we find ourselves on the helipad.
It’s just tiny compared to the surrounding giants.
For some reason, the Mi-4 is a rather rare representative of this family.
The Mi-6 doesn’t have a nameplate, but everyone knows it anyway.
Although, look, the Mi-8 is known to even more people, but it has a sign!
This is strange.
To be continued: Museum of the Civil Aviation History. More.