Twin-Boom Aircraft at Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Twin-Boom Aircraft at Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Probably a question that dates me as a spotter from the 1940s and now pretty out of date, but maybe someone here could come up with an answer. Looking on Google Earth at the Sukhoi airfield at Komsomolsk-on-Amur there seem to be two different types of twin-boom aircraft that I can't put names to. Three look as if they might be roughly Fairchild Packet-size and appear to have an additional horizontal surface connecting the booms, as well as a tailplane. The other is smaller and has a swept-back leading edge and straight trailing edge.
They are to the east of the southern end of the runway.
Must go; there's a chap with an odd accent on the phone...
They are to the east of the southern end of the runway.
Must go; there's a chap with an odd accent on the phone...
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Just had a quick look: are they Frogfoots (or Frogfeet?)? As well as the two immediately behind the S-80's there are thirteen more of them due south of there, sitting behind what looks like a Tu-154.
An interesting airfield, there's a railway line crossing the runway!
An interesting airfield, there's a railway line crossing the runway!
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I think they are probably Beriev Be-103s.
