May 16, 2012
The Siberian Research Institute of Aviation is named after S. A. Chaplygin and is the largest research centre of aviation science in the east of Russia. Its specialists are occupied with fundamentals, searching and application research, tests of air and space equipment and they provide various research and technical services. Here they assemble the An-2, the A-57, the Su-26 and the Su-27, and carry and carried out fatigue tests of more then 200 types of aircrafts, including the supersonic Tu-144, the aerospace vehicle Buran, the Tu-204, and the Su-27.
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 1 Put a helmet on Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 2 The institute is the biggest in the country for static and endurance tests of full-size airframes. Its dimensions are impressive: 120 × 86 × 25 m, area of the reinforced floor — 10 000 m2. Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 3 Aft portion of Su-27SM with disassembled horizontal and vertical tail units. Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 4 Su-27SM Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 5 Su-33 Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 6 Su-33. It flew for the fist time in 1987. Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 7 Su-33 Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 8 Metal heaven over Su-33 Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 9 Under the protection panels is a Tu-204 plane Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 10 Reinforced ceiling is a true masterpiece Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 11 Here they also keep sacred relics: a vertical fin of an aircarft spacecraft Buran and a transportation container (green one, to the left) for transportation of a manned space-craft L-3 lander – competitor of an America Apollo Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 12 Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 13 Il-78 endurance stand Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 14 Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 15 Fighting trainer Su-27UB. Its first flight was done in 1985. Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 16 Su-27UB in the company of a multi-mission transport single-engine airplane SM-92T (“Super Finist” and another Su-27SM (on top to the right) Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 17 Su-27UB Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 18 Su-27UB Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 19 Metal profiles interconnected with rods of different length Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 20 Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 21 Su-27UB Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 22 SM-92T Super Finist, Su-27UB and Su-27SM Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 23 Multi-mission fighter Su-27SM, the result of Su-27 modernization Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 24 Endurance tests of a tactical bomber Su-34. View of the left engine bay made with the application of fireproof titanium. Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 25 Su-34. One of the best models in aviation that appeared in the hard times of the USSR collapse Photo by Vadim Mahorov
 26 Photo by Vadim Mahorov |