On Tuesday the Russian Federation’s eighth International Aviation and Space Salon (widely known by its Russian acronym MAKS) opened to great fanfare in the city of Zhukovsky outside Moscow. Held bi-annually since 1993, the Salon has become one of the world’s most important aerospace gatherings. According to state organizers this year’s celebration, MAKS-2007, is the [...]

As I alluded in a post several weeks back, one of the reasons that things have been a bit slow here at DotA as of late is that I’ve been busy at work developing a new web site/blog.
I am happy to announce that last night the site went “live.”
It’s called The Russian Front. [...]

I always find it most difficult for me to stay abreast of current developments during the dogs days of summer. This year is no exception. Fortunately, the folks at Aviation Week and Space Technology are on the ball. They’ve just published a very good article concerning the current state of Russia’s commercial airline industry. According [...]

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[ My apologies for the long delay in posting the last segment of my series on the VVS Museum. After uploading Part Five, I took a week off to visit family and friends. Since then I've been hard at work with some [...]