Warbird Information Exchange

Abandoned Russain a/c and Shuttle.

http://englishrussia.com/?p=533

http://englishrussia.com/?p=361#more-361

Regards,
Mike

_________________
The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. - Gus Grissom

With regards to that shuttle,

was it just a coincedence that it looks a lot like the American built shuttle, or was it like a contract built shuttle? It seems a lot like the American version, but it seems "different" And if it's actually a US built shuttle, how'd it get there?

Let me know, I'm curious.


Cheers,

David

In classic Soviet fashion, it was more than likely reverse-engineered for the most part using smuggled blue prints, or at least a fair bit of hijacked intel and some good photos.

_________________
Rob Mears
'Surviving Corsairs' Historian
robcmears@yahoo.com
http://www.robmears.com

a sad commentary. they have been trying to hack it ever since the fall of the berlin wall. thank god for that event!! look at the military hardware rotting away. the russians have been selling everything since the early 90's to cover their asskies following the fall of their regime. they are selling their national treasures, faberge eggs, art works, civilian offered space flights which a number of mega wealthy people have taken the opportunity. they are rife with crime, corruption, etc. they just can't get any internal control. not that the u.s. is so great an example, but we some how muddle through it all with our governing checks & balances.

_________________
tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I was about to ask if they ever actually orbited the thing, but the video answered my question. I seem to remember it was flown unmanned, though.

As for the Former Soviet Union, it seems that a Representitive Democracy (or more accuruately a Republic) is much easier to establish if you start out that way like the U.S. Getting people to embrace the idea after generations of dictatorship or totalitarian government is much harder..as Dubbya is finding out in Iraq.

SN

Did the Russian shuttle ever make more than just airdrops?

no

_________________
tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

The NMUSAF is supposed ot be getting a bear bomber form somewhere, I jsut heard that the other day.

_________________
Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

All the info on Buran can be found at this site:

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/buran.html

Man,

Imagine if somebody wealthy got one of those Bear's over here, restored it, and toured the country with it? Another dream of mine!

...and this is not a B-29.

PeterA

Legend has it that when the Russians built the Tu-4, they copied the B-29 so exactly that they included the flak damage patches. It may be apocryphal, but it makes a good story...


SN

It was my understanding that the Buran that actually went into orbit was destroyed a few years ago when the roof of the enormous hangar it was stored in collapsed under the weight of stuff stored on top...waste

_________________
"Everyone wants to live here (New Jersey), evidenced by the fact that it has the highest population per capita in the U.S..."

Here's a good link to the status of the Buran Shuttles...

http://k26.com/buran/Future/energia_-_b ... re_th.html

_________________
"Everyone wants to live here (New Jersey), evidenced by the fact that it has the highest population per capita in the U.S..."