Located on the shoreline of Galendzhik lake, some three hours drive from downtown Moscow, Zhukovsky Airport, once a secret test airport, is the perfect location to host the Russian Air Show: the reason is that
flying boats are a major concern for Russians designers, so a large mass of water to display their impressive performances was considered a must.
This is a wildlife show. Not only is this a chance to behold the extremely refined stage of Russian aircraft design, but also to watch live and much closer than you could ever do in the west, since European safety
regulations concerning flight displays over civilian audiences do not apply in Russia.
This is only a selection of the pictures from the show and a lot has changed in he past five years. Few of the commercial aircraft ever made it to the mainstream… but they are a unique sight nevertheless.
