Jul 8 1967
From The Space Library
July 8-9: The 1967 Soviet air show-first in six years-was held at Domode-dovo Airport near Moscow. Program included aerial displays and ground exhibits of seven new types of supersonic jet fighters, including one VTOL and two variable-sweep-wing aircraft similar to US. F-111; Proton and Vostok spacecraft; World War II fighters; and four-engine IL-62 commercial aircraft. U.S.S.R. claimed that its new variable-sweep-wing models-a fighter and a missile launcher-were first and lightest in the world and could fly at mach 1 at sea level and mach 2 at higher altitudes. New VTOL aircraft was reportedly capable of rising vertically 130-160 ft before beginning forward flight. Western sources speculated that absence of any large new bombers suggested that U.S.S.R., like US., was concentrating on versatile missile-launching aircraft which had long range striking power. (Reuters, NYT, 7/9/67, 17; W Post, 7/10/67, A10; Av Wk, 7/24/67,38-44)
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