2 PRESIDENT VISITS MILITARY PILOTS by A.Aleksandrov, photo by S.Skrynnikov
During his electioneering tour along Volga river, President Yeltsin visited Chkalov's State Flight Test and Research Centre. He was shown modern aircraft on the ground and in the air. The President appraised the courage and professionalism of the Centre's test-pilots and presented three of them with Russia's highest decoration being the Red Star of Hero of the Russian Federation.
6 INTERNATIONAL ENGINE SHOW IN MOSCOW by V.Belyaev, V.Ilyin, V.Maksimovsky
The Aeroengines'96 was open from June 2 to June 9 at the All-Russia Exposition Centre in Moscow, with many Russian and foreign engine-makers and manufactures participating. The exhibition featured a good working atmosphere set by participants and rather high scale of exposition.
10 STARAYA RUSSA: QUALITY AND DEPENDABILITY by V.Lipetski
The ancient city of Staraya Russa located near Ilmen Lake is famous for its heath-improving resorts and the Memorial House of F.Dostoevsky. The provincial city possesses a high industrial potential, whose core is undoubtedly the 123 aircraft repair factory being the largest such facility for the Russian air force.
13 JSC AVIAISTOK by N.Valuev
Joint Stock Company Aviaistok has been working in the Russian market for several years. Today it is the only Russian enterprise which skilfully finds various applications for redundant aero-engines.
14 HELICOPTER FLY-OFF by G.Kuznetsov
The history of organising comparative trials of helicopters and analysis of the Mil Mi-28/Kamov Ka-50 fly-off.
18 MODERATE OPTIMISM by V.Belyaev
Described are the main programmes of Russian civil aviation' development, the role of TsAGI, the Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute, working out perspective aerodynamic layouts for future civil airliners and business aircraft.
20 RUSSIAN BUSINESS JETS WILL LIVE by V.Ilyin
The Scientific-technical Council of the Ministry of Defence Industry held its meeting at TsAGI, the Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute, with the topic of discussions being the programme on development of indigenous business-class aircraft. Designing and manufacturing such aeroplanes was named the "issue of the day". If successful, the programme would result in new jobs, keeping high-tech production lines running and further development of Russian aviation industry and science.
22 BUSINESS AVIATION TO DEVELOP by A.Bekhter
Russian airlines specialising in business aviation and companies providing services for business flights held their meeting at Sheremetievo airport near Moscow. The participants blamed bad legislative basis and tension between various state bodies to be the cause of protracting development of business aviation in Russia.
23 NEW CONTRACTS WITH BOEING by V.Belyaev
Boeing and Ilyushin have recently come to an agreement to co-operate working out new aviation technologies focused on improving flight safety of long-haul airliners.
24 GOSNII AS' TEST-BED by N.Chernyshev
A unique facility for remote probing of stationary surface targets was initially planned only for military applications. However, its potential seems to be useful in the civil sphere.
26 EIGHT DECADES OF PATH FINDING by H.Veisberger
Honeywell's dedication to path finding in the field of flight control systems can be traced back to 1914 when Lourence Sperry, a twenty-year old engineer and inventor, made his flight in an aeroplane fitted with an auto pilot which he had designed.
28 TO THE LONGITUDE OF ANOTHER DAY... by N.Valuev
The opening of the transatlantic route means a new step in Transaero airline development.
29 GOOD-BYE ILA, HELLO FARNBOROUGH!
An interview with Aleksandr Voinov, Director at JSC Aviaexposervice. He shares his expressions from the exhibition in Berlin and tells about forthcoming international air shows with Russian participation. Voinov also draws some conclusions on what has been done by the Aviaexport, which celebrates its 35 anniversary this year.
30 INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE SHOW ILA-96 by N.Novichkov
An article about ILA'96 aerospace exhibition in Berlin and prospects of Russian and world's civil aviation development for the future.
37 THE UNKNOWN INVISIBLE by V.Lipetski
The Tacit Blue tactical reconnaissance aircraft was developed in the USA in the eighties. It has undergone flight testing but not entered mass production. The spy plane sports an unusually-shaped airframe built in accordance with stealth technology.
38 MILITARY PROGRAMMES OF POLISH AVIATION INDUSTRY by P.Butowski
The demise of the Warsaw Pact and political re-orientation of Poland have necessitated radical changes in the inventory of Polish air force and a heavier reliance on the country's own industry.
42 RUSSIAN MILITARY AVIATION IN WW1 by S.Antoshkin
Readers are told about first regular units of Russian air force, development of their tactics and combat experience during the period from 1914 to 1917.
45 AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT: EXOTIC VARIANTS by A.Medved
The author writes about unordinary types of armament which were under development during WW2 and adopting flame-throwers, projectors and other weapons for use on combat aircraft. The information presented had been taken from Russian Defence Ministry files.
48 AND EVEN ARMOUR CAN WORK by A.Markusha
Another chapter from the book by Anatoly Markusha. Former test-pilot, now a writer, he will be celebrating his 75 birthday in June. The chapter is devoted to the author's personal experience of flying Ilyushin Il-2 and Il-10 attack aircraft during WW2.
50 AHEAD OF TIME by V.Maksimovsky
This article is devoted to Pavel Tsibin, a designer of air and space vehicles. It also contains a detailed story about the creation, under Tsibin's supervision, of the RSR reconnaissance aircraft.
53 NUCLEAR ROCKET ENGINES by L.Kvasnikov and A.Kostylev
An analysis and survey on the theme of nuclear rocket engines and programmes on their development in the USSR and USA. Information about the latest achievements in this field and prognosis for the future.
56 CRASH OF SOYUZ-11 SPACECRAFT
The article presents details and the technical causes of the tragic death 25 years ago of the three Soviet cosmonauts - V.Volkov, G.Dobrovolsky and V.Patsaev. The tragedy took place on re-entry phase, when the re-entry capsule lost pressurisation and all three died of oxygen shortage.
58 RUSSIAN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY CELEBRATES ITS 50 ANNIVERSARY
A short chronicle of major events in the development of Russian rocketry-space industry, starting from the historic Council of Ministers' Resolution no.1017-419 dated 13 May 1946. The document provided the legislative basis for establishing essential state structures and industrial organisations specialising in design, manufacture and trials of rockets.
