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read about the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine today?

if so, what better way to complement this than some amazing footage of the Domodedovo Air Show of the 9th July, 1967. Rivaling any of the massive May Day parades in Red Square - this was a massive public propaganda display from a secretive society, probably the greatest single display of Soviet air power, and a field day for Western intelligence - the high point for me being the flypast of a single, menacing, completely black Sukhoi Su-15 - (bottom-left in the picture)

the footage can be watched in five parts online, starting here, or can be downloaded here

read about the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine today?

if so, what better way to complement this than some amazing footage of the Domodedovo Air Show of the 9th July, 1967. Rivaling any of the massive May Day parades in Red Square - this was a massive public propaganda display from a secretive society, probably the greatest single display of Soviet air power, and a field day for Western intelligence - the high point for me being the flypast of a single, menacing, completely black Sukhoi Su-15 - (bottom-left in the picture)

the footage can be watched in five parts online, starting here, or can be downloaded here



September 23, 2009, 8:48pm

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“A Russian Mig-29 fighter jet flies in front of the sun during the MAKS air show outside Moscow on August 22, 2009”

“A Russian Mig-29 fighter jet flies in front of the sun during the MAKS air show outside Moscow on August 22, 2009”



August 25, 2009, 4:45pm

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“Eurocopter EC120 Colibri helicopters from the Spanish Air Force’s aerobatic team Patrulla Aspa perform during an aerial exhibition over San Lorenzo beach in Gijon, northern Spain July 26, 2009”
(thanks for the link, Tal Yellin)

“Eurocopter EC120 Colibri helicopters from the Spanish Air Force’s aerobatic team Patrulla Aspa perform during an aerial exhibition over San Lorenzo beach in Gijon, northern Spain July 26, 2009”
(thanks for the link, Tal Yellin)



August 25, 2009, 1:59pm

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Fouga CM-170 Magister, Yeovilton, 1997
(photo by Gerhard Plomitzer)

Fouga CM-170 Magister, Yeovilton, 1997
(photo by Gerhard Plomitzer)



August 21, 2009, 9:13am

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De Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixens of the Royal Navy demonstrate flight refuelling, while a Supermarine Scimitar passes in the opposite direction. Farnborough, UK, 1962
(photo by John Hamlin)

De Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixens of the Royal Navy demonstrate flight refuelling, while a Supermarine Scimitar passes in the opposite direction. Farnborough, UK, 1962
(photo by John Hamlin)



August 17, 2009, 7:44am

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talizmatik: An Alpi Pioneer 300 airplane from the Italian aerobatic team “Pioneer Team” performed during an aerial exhibition over Samil Beach in Vigo, Spain, Sunday. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

talizmatik: An Alpi Pioneer 300 airplane from the Italian aerobatic team “Pioneer Team” performed during an aerial exhibition over Samil Beach in Vigo, Spain, Sunday. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)



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July 21, 2009, 3:34am

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photo by Chris Adolor, March 2009

photo by Chris Adolor, March 2009



July 20, 2009, 11:58pm

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“F. F. Frakes, about to pilot his plane through a house on the third annual Thrill Day, 1935”

“F. F. Frakes, about to pilot his plane through a house on the third annual Thrill Day, 1935”



July 20, 2009, 8:21pm

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