This airframe (c/n 3364740) was built in 1983. Used as a testbed for Su-27, MiG-29 and -31 radars since 1986. Owned by Vega, the manufacturer of A-50 based radar.
The aircraft with designation Tu-155 was used as a testbed for alternative fuels. It was built in 1972 as Tu-154B. The right engine is type NK-88, a modification of original NK-8-2. Liquified gas, formerly hydrogen, lately natural gas was stored in a Dewar in the aft. The tank takes one quarter of the fuselage which is indicated by plugged windows behind the second emergency exit. The amount of fuel allows for 1,5 hours of engine operation. On top of the tail structure is a valve of the fuel system drain. First flight with hydrogen fuel was on 15th April 1988. Aircraft operations stopped in 1993.
12.08. A flyby of three Tu-95MS was a part of 100 years of Russian Air Force celebrations airshow. The tail numbers are 10, 16, 21, all reds or RF-94128, RF-94124 and RF-94121.
It is necessary to fly ower Canary Wharf when deparing from runway 27. The aircraft apparanly misses over One Canada Square, the tallest building in UK at the time being.
Rear gunner's position of this Tu-95MS is equiped with a pair of AM-23 single-barrel canons instead of a pair of double barrel GSh-23, typical for version MS.
Buran space shuttle of designation 2.01 was to be the third flight specimen. The spaceplane was half finished when the Buran programe was cancelled. It was stored in Moscow until 2011, then moved to Ramenskoye to be restored to an exhibitable state.