Irkutsk - Aviation Repair Plant 403 (Northwest) Russia, June 2001
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RA-00041 (cn 8601004) At the Irkutsk Aviation Repair Plant 403 factory airfield with a pool of rainwater to put this extraordinary amphibian in an appropriate setting. Named 'Stoyki' and one of four converted for forest fire fighting duties. Most of the type's production run of about 140 went to the Soviet Navy