volunteers was created. Their task
was to restore and repair the exhib-
its. Secondly, they were also tasked
with transforming the airfield into a
full-fledged museum exhibition.
Geofizyka - Miashishchev M-55 "Mystic-B". Soviet counterpart of the Lockheed Martin ER-2 high altitude research aircraft.
Here we can see the "Subject 34" derivative - its purpose was to act against stratospheric reconnaissance balloons. The
aircraft was fitted with GSh-23 cannon on the top of the fuselage. The operational concept pertaining to this jet became
obsolete before it entered service as the balloons were quickly replaced by reconnaissance satellites.
MiG-105, Soviet space plane and a response to the
Boeing's X-20 Dyna Soar design.
Buran space shuttle BOR-5 scale mock-up. The model, 8 times smaller than the
original space shuttle, was used for aerodynamic and atmospheric testing to
define the airframe's aerodynamic coefficients, thermal load and vibration levels.
E-166, record-breaking variant of the MiG-21.
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