Russian Aviation Appreciation

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A group for fans of Russian flying machines.

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Started: 18 Jul 2011

Last updated: 28 Oct 2011

Located: RU

Privacy: Public

Members: 8 members

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  • bgriffiths wrote on Russian Aviation Appreciation 1 year, 11 months ago

    Is there a limit to how much rubbish I can write on this wall?

    The Buran spacecraft (Russian: Бура́н, IPA: [bʊˈran], Snowstorm or Blizzard), GRAU index 11F35 K1 is a Russian (Soviet) orbital vehicle (in Russian terminology: "орбитальный самолет", "orbital airplane") analogous in function and design to the US Space Shuttle and developed by Chief Designer Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy of Energia rocket corporation. To this day, Buran remains the only space shuttle vehicle from the Soviet Buran program that was launched into space before the program closure. The Buran completed one unmanned spaceflight in 1988 before the cancellation of the program in 1993 and was later stored in a hangar at the Baikonur cosmodrome, where a hangar collapse accident in 2002 destroyed the orbital vehicle.

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    • dominicglenn 'I don't like your wall of text; I do like the use of the russian words though!' 1 year, 11 months ago

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    New page devoted to the Mil-V12

    Oct. 28, 2011, 9:35 a.m. by andrewhayes1979:
    Mandatory reading for any group member, subscribe now! http://www.ruaviation.com/

    Oct. 5, 2011, 11:37 a.m. by andrewhayes1979:
    Some nice helicopters in Vietnam: http://www.richard-seaman.c...

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