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A visitor from - posted Tue June 21, 2011: A real treasure of airliners.net!!! Thank you so much for sharing! Anton Udinsky
A visitor from United States posted Mon April 18, 2011: What a beautiful Soviet machine! Military -as well as commercial- aircraft will never again have the elegance and perfect shapes as those made in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.
A visitor from Netherlands posted Fri March 11, 2011: It looks like the engineers were partly inspired by contemporary art. Physics may be physics, but this unique shape could only have evolved in the USSR.
A visitor from France posted Sun November 21, 2010: Recon Blinder over Ukraine... hmmm shurely for some holidays catch and listening belong Germany ?
A visitor from United States posted Wed October 20, 2010: Ahhh yes...the legendary Backfire bomber.
A visitor from Germany posted Thu October 14, 2010: Russian Jet's are awesome!
A visitor from Bangladesh posted Thu October 14, 2010: Thank's to share this great soviet majestic bomber
A visitor from Netherlands posted Sat September 25, 2010: Yeahhhhhh!!! Plz share more of that..
A visitor from Mexico posted Mon August 16, 2010: Outstanding Vladimir! thank you for sharing, please show us anything more you might have in your treasure chest. God bless the migthy Reds! oM5
A visitor from Mauritius posted Mon August 16, 2010: The Cold War Never Looked so Cool. Love the all metal finish of this Russian Beast. B&W adds to the mood.
A visitor from - posted Sun August 15, 2010: For as old as this picture it, its surreal. Great work all around.
A visitor from Canada posted Sun August 15, 2010: A well done picture with difficult photography conditions. Hats of to your father. And also, this machine is mind blowing. Raw power.
A visitor from - posted Sun August 15, 2010: First, I'm a modeler, this picture allows me to watch different shades over the plane surface, so many weathering information, stain, oil, dust, exhaust fumes.
A visitor from Austria posted Sun August 15, 2010: Fantastic!
A visitor from - posted Sun August 15, 2010: Beautiful composition, lighting, and pose. Love the Russian aircraft!
A visitor from Australia posted Sun August 15, 2010: Amazingly historic...
A visitor from Italy posted Sun August 15, 2010: Beautiful design, i love russian planes!
A visitor from United States posted Sat August 14, 2010: Great photo and a great aircraft!!!
A visitor from - posted Sat August 14, 2010: Absolutely amazing!
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat August 14, 2010: Nice one! Thank you, Volodya, for these gems /o.b.
A visitor from United States posted Sat August 14, 2010: Superb. A definite double take. Geometry of the aircraft is finely detailed!
A visitor from - posted Sat August 14, 2010: Classic ..again..
A visitor from United States posted Sat August 14, 2010: Awesome!
A visitor from Sweden posted Sat August 14, 2010: Totally mind-blowing!! Your dad was very fortunate to see these for all those years! Amazing 5 star picture. Spencer Wilmot.
A visitor from Russian Federation posted Sat August 14, 2010: Five Stars!
A visitor from - posted Sat August 14, 2010: Splendid

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