To celebrate this event an open day with flying display took place at Chkalovskiy air base on August 18, 2002. After the
disaster at Lviv airshow on July 27 the flight programme was strictly reduced. Despite this some very interesting aircraft
were shown. The hope that also the MiG-21 would be on display (as happened at
SOKOL factory (Nishniy Novgorod) some weeks
before) did not fulfill. But as this website is dedicated to the MiG-21 this report starts with some pictures of MiG-21s
taken in Chodynka museum:
Three MiG-21 versions are to be seen at Khodinka:
the widely used MiG-21PF, ...
... as well as the rarely seen MiG-21S ...
... and MiG-21SMT.
During 90th anniversary celebration at Chkalovskiy ..
... in the in static display the most important tactical combat aircraft of the Russian Air Force were shown: Su-24,
...
... Su-25 and ...
... Su-27 as well as ...
... MiG-29 ...
... and MiG-31.
The flying display was opened by Mi-2's, ...
... followed by Mi-8 and Mi-17 (seen here) dropping parachutists, ...
... the aerobatic teams "Rus", ...
... "Russkiye Vityasi" (only two aircrafts), ...
... and "Strikhi".
The highlights of the show were parked all around the airfield: flying command and control centers Il-76WKP and ...
... Il-86WKP as well as ...
... L-39 ...
... Tu-134 ...
... Il-20 ...
... Il-22 ...
... Ka-27 ...
... and An-30.
At the same weekend at Domodedovo airport an airshow with an rather poor programme took place. One of only few
highlights was the display of the Mi-26 including water drop..
