Riga Aviation Museum - 27/03 [MIL]

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Riga Aviation Museum - 27/03 [MIL]

Post by Macc »

Was travelling to Tallinn for the weekend and I had a six-hour layover in Riga. Being a small airport with little to do I took my laptop out and started to kill time when I realised I had forgotten my plug adaptor and then I had four hours left with no entertainment. Then a friend told me there was an aviation museum literally a two minute walk from the terminal so I rushed out to see what was there with no expectations - so I was pretty happy when I arrived to find a variety of MiGs and even a Tu-22, although the latter was inaccessible.

The museum is open Monday till Friday from 9-6 and costs 7EUR for entry.

Some aircraft were pretty shabby looking but to me this was the attraction. It was almost like a junkyard of ex-Soviet military aircraft and it was great. I'll start with my highlight - the MiG-25 Foxbat.

p.s. Excuse the dustspots, I really need to give my sensor a good clean.

1.
ImageMiG-25 Foxbat by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

2.
ImageFoxbat and Flogger by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

3. One of five MiG-21s.
ImageMiG-21 by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

4.
ImageShowing their age by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

5.
ImageSoviet Hardware by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

6.
ImageRed Star by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

7.
ImageMiG-21 Fishbed by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

8.
ImageYellow 10 by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

9.
ImageMiGs by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

10.
ImageFishbed by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

11. One of a pair of MiG-23s.
ImageFloggers by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

12. Both carry rocket pods.
ImageRocket pods by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

13.
ImageFlogger and Fishbeds by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

14. A few pairs of airstairs provide different views.
ImageFoxbat by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

15.
ImageMiG-21/23/25 by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

16. MiG-27 Flogger-D/J
ImageMiG-27 Flogger by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

17. Inside the Mil Mi-26 Halo.
ImageView from Halo cockpit by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

18.
ImageHalo controls by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

19.
ImageMi-26 Halo cockpit by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

20.
ImageMil-26 Halo by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

21. Yak-28R
ImageWorn out! by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

22.
ImageTwin-stick MiG by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

23.
ImageAN-24 and MiGs by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

24.
ImageFishbed row by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

25. Sukhois
ImageSukhois by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

26.
ImageEx-Soviet Bomber by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

27.
ImageMiGs! by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

28.
ImageMiG-25 'Foxbat' by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

29.
ImageRiga Aviation Museum by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

30. A couple of days later I returned to Riga for the night and snapped the Tu-22 a little better from the bus.
ImageTu-22 by Chris Milne Photography, on Flickr

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Re: Riga Aviation Museum - 27/03 [MIL]

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I like this! 'Preserved', but without the effort of actually preserving :-) Nice report!

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Nice pictures Chris, it brings back good memories when I visited this museum. The cockpit shot however is not from a mi-26 but from a Mi-6A...

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Time well spend!!
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Great shots!!! Nice angle ;-)
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Nice shots indeed! Great editing. Love the way you focus on the details!
And so near to the terminal :) Have to keep that in mind!

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Re: Riga Aviation Museum - 27/03 [MIL]

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MI-6 is only one able to be entered ? (would love to go inside AN-24)...

not many people visiting :(
EUR7 too hefty for many :?:

great series of shots: thanks for sharing :!:
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Great photos. Too bad I had little time when I was transferring there.

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Does anyone know the id's of the An-2 hulks that are parked next to the fence, between the Tu22 and the museum?
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Post by De Verrekieker »

Your Mi-26 is actually a Mi-6. not a Mi-26.
Nice shots by the way.

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2015 calling, but O lala, very nice.
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Arjan wrote:Does anyone know the id's of the An-2 hulks that are parked next to the fence, between the Tu22 and the museum?
Mtia Arjan
Hi Arjan,

I have these two listed as dumped in my log from 2010.

AN-2 CCCP-02660 Dump AEROFLOT C/S
AN-2 CCCP-32418 Dump

On my overview pictures I can see them in the background in between the TU-22 and the museum, so it is possible that these are the ones you are looking for.

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Thanks a lot Hilco!

Those are the two I was missing. The serials are partially blocked and the bushes have grown but the serials and location are matching.

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Arjan wrote:Thanks a lot Hilco!

Those are the two I was missing. The serials are partially blocked and the bushes have grown but the serials and location are matching.

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No problem, I was there in wintertime back then, so no problems for me with bushes ;)
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Re: Riga Aviation Museum - 27/03 [MIL]

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Hi,

I know it's a "holy mackarel thread revival" case,

But I'm searching for more pictures of the Yak-28R displayed here at this fabulous museum. It's for a scale modelling project to find finaly a rightly documented camouflage scheme without having to guess most of the paintscheme.

More exactly it's from the aircraft's right aft, as this is mostly an uncovered spot in like 99% of all pictures to be found on the net.

Like the style you photograph Macc, you maybe have some pictures giving a view what's inside the glass nose (really hoping here :) ) And last but not least, great pictures giving a rather unusual view on the collection. Thanks for sharing!
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