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Written by: accounts [31/01/11, 22:32] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Information This 18-episode series is a complete story of Russian aircraft. Every type of aircraft featured in this series: fighters, bombers, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, transport and passenger aircraft, hydroplanes, training and sports aircraft, naval aviation, WIG craft and air cushion vessels, helicopters. Series director: Andrey Kulyasov Concept and research: Vladimir Petrov Music: De Wolfe Narrator: Alexander Loginov (English) Producer: Sergey Vikulin Total running time: 936 min. Wings of Russia Studio, 2008 Part 9: Civil Aircraft - The Air Carriers March 1956. Great Britain is getting ready for the visit of Nikita Khrushchev – leader of the country which was by that time practically closed for the West. Right on the eve of this event, TU-104 – the Russian jet air liner landed in London. Three days later two more beauties of the same kind flew in. It was a sensation! The British "Comet" did not fly. The American jet firstlings were still under construction. And there you are – three Russian aircraft at a time! The Queen confessed that every time upon hearing the unusual turbines’ rumble, she got out to the balcony to see the Russian wonder… It all started half a century before the events described above. |
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