It’s not the first time we are at this place. Though today we have more to show you. The Siberian Research Institute of Aviation named after S. A. Chaplygin is huge and interesting and it’s nice to be back.

S. A. Chaplygin

Endurance tests of a tactical bomber Su-34. View of the left engine bay made with the application of fireproof titanium.

Air tunnel Т-203.

The Siberian Research Institute of Aviation named after S. A. Chaplygin is the largest research centre of aviation science in the east of Russia. Its specialists are occupied with fundamental, searching, application research, tests of air and space equipment, provide various research and technical services.

They develop, upgrade and repair light aircrafts; track aircraft planes.

“Flap vortex” on the wing surface

Air tunnel Т-205М.

“Red planes should fly faster than black ones”

SSJ plane

Fuselage pressurization system

In order we feel comfortable being passengers of a plane flying at any height they keep pressure close to normal atmospheric one in a cabin. Consequently the fuselage flying at height and being in rarefied air represents such kind of a blown up balloon that can burst in any moment…

SSJ-100 free of trimming

Loading system

Strain-gaging system

Hydraulic system collector

Chief engineer responsible for testing planes and automated control system of SSJ

The biggest in the country shop of static and endurance tests of full-size airframes. Its dimensions are impressive: 120 × 86 × 25 m, area of the reinforced floor — 10 000 m2.

“Put a helmet on”

10–12 planes and 15–20 aggregates may be tested at different stands.

Fighting trainer Su-27UB. Its first flight was done in 1985.

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)

Su-27UB

From another side

Metal profiles interconnected with rods of different length

Su-27UB

SM-92T “Super Finist”, Su-27UB and Su-27SM

Multi-mission fighter Su-27SM, the result of Su-27 modernization

The engine bays and the central tail boom of Su-27SM

Aft portion of Su-27SM with disassembled horizontal and vertical tail units.

Su-27SM

Su-33

There remained few of them on duty.

Su-33. It flew for the fist time in 1987.

Su-33

“Metal heaven” over Su-33

Su-34. One of the best models in aviation that appeared in the hard times of the USSR collapse.

Through this tunnel air comes to the engine of a Su-34

Su-30MK, intended for export. The first flight is dated 1993.

No empty places in the shop, “all tickets are sold out”..

Cargo and passenger triplane Su-80GP, the first flight in 2001

Here they carefully keep various details of aircrafts and test stands.

Under the protection panels is a Tu-204 plane

Reinforced ceiling is a true masterpiece

Here they also keep sacred relics: a vertical fin of an aircarft spacecraft “Buran” and a transportation container (green one, to the keft) for transportation of a manned space-craft L-3 lander – competitor of an America “Apollo”

Il-78 endurance stand

Iron flower

Dynamic testing of a main landing gear of a Tu-204SM.

The symbol of devotion to the work on the suit lapel of an Institute employee.

Location: Novosibirsk

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