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09-08-2009, 05:21 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: George - South Africa
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 | What Soviet Aircraft is this? Please guys help me with this aircraft. I know it was used to transport the external fuel tanks for the Buran.  Thanks
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09-08-2009, 05:41 AM
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09-08-2009, 06:07 AM
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| Thanks you very much mate.
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09-08-2009, 06:59 AM
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| Thank you guys, it was completely unknown to me! |
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09-08-2009, 10:54 AM
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 Project was secret (as all Soviet projects). And, when wasn't secret was abandoned because lack of money. It was re-builded Myasishchev 3M bomber (3 planes). Photos and drawing with various cargo from few russian books.
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09-08-2009, 07:28 PM
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| Nice pictures Tzaw  |
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09-09-2009, 12:36 AM
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| External fuel tanks you say? It would have been a million Fourth of Julys in ten seconds if the tank exploded!
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09-09-2009, 06:12 PM
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| I know that the An-225 replaced it. I just wish I could get pictures of the second An-225 being build, but I can not seem to get any pictures of it.
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