Helicopter-champion B-12 and TU-144 Supersonic

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1. B-12 - the biggest and lifting the helicopter of all time. It developed in the Mil Design Bureau in the years 1963-1968 to move the components of intercontinental missiles in areas without paved roads. When the car went up in the air, thanks to the modernization of missile systems need high-duty disappeared. Essentially-12 remained experimental machine. The second flying prototype of the machine was placed in Monino, but first - put on eternal parking in punk, and only recently turned into a museum.



2. B-12 helicopters holds the record for duty, not beaten till now - lifting 44 tons of cargo to a height of 2255 meters. According to one of the foreign specialists from inside the helicopter like a Gothic cathedral.



3. From the pull rope cab out to control the "Jets" tail car.



4. Then thrust into the distance under the ceiling of the fuselage. Length of cargo area more than 28 meters, width and height - 4, of 4 meters.



5. For the cargo compartment is a small passenger cabin.



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8.Kabina crew was bunk. Downstairs there were two pilot, flight engineer and bortelektrik.



9.Pribornaya the machine.



10.Kreslo pilot.



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12. Controls.



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15. In the upper cabin of the navigator and radio operator sat.



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18. From the top of the cab has a sunroof. Well you can see the overlap screws is 3 meters. Inside the center-passes transmission shaft, the timing rotor rpm. He can transmit torque in the event of failure of one or even two motors on one side.



19. On the wings of a helicopter found two gas turbine engine D-25VF similar to those that bet on the Mi-6 and Mi-10.



20. Let us turn to the unique Tu-144. This aircraft 4-series, built in Voronezh in 1975. Commits a technical flight with mail and goods in Almaty, but passengers carried.



21.V 1977 airplane starred in the film "Mimino", where the destinations mentioned Delhi and San Francisco. Dreams, dreams ... In 1980, the plane was decommissioned and has made the last flight on a snowy lane in Monino.



22. In 2005, the plane was looted by vandals, missing including unique instruments, standing alone on the Tu-144. In the same year began the restoration of the machine by the volunteers. Since 2009, the plane is available for visitors to open days. In 2011, with great difficulty, with the help of a mechanical drive lowered the nose of the machine. Now, every winter he climbs back. The flaps in the bow is not advanced at all.



23. With a high ladder, brought back a few years ago from Domodedovo, you can survey the entire territory of the museum. Directly at the gangway is "rook" Su-25.



24.Samolёt meets merry pink lobby.

ZY Woman killed all the beauty of the plane :)))



25.Dalshe - first-class cabin.



26. Seat belts.



27. ashtrays in the armrests.



28. Above the seats - special panel. The plane survived their bit to make the restoration of the new order.



29. The windows covered with special mesh sun. Cruise ship supersonic flight carried only above the cloud layer.



30. In the second set the cabin all three rows of seats, as much time to recover.



31.Perforirovannaya interior trim was bought from car manufacturer, because a similar was put in the "Zhiguli."



32.Trety room until ready to receive visitors.



33.Pered cockpit is the vestibule to the emergency exit.



34.Zdes same place for flight attendants, the system control panel and all interior cabinets.



35. In the cockpit of the pilot's seat was the place of flight engineer, manage multiple systems. There is even a duplicate control handle engine thrust.



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38.Tak today looks perfectly restored cabin liner.



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40. Details fascinate ...



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42.Kreslo FAC (aircraft commander).



43. The pilots are located on the steering wheel button ACS (automatic control system).



44.Pod wing Tu-144 installed the A-144 (MiG-21I / 2) - a unique aircraft-analogue, tailless, which worked through the wing of the Tu-144. Test flights on him made the legendary pilot Igor Volk.



45. And so the artist has depicted the meeting of the Tu-144 and MiG-21I in 1980.

That's all. Thanks to all. I hope you have been interesting to see the "stprichkov."



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