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Subject: Re: The Soviet Stratospheric Planes
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In article <PilotJedi.db6cbb0@aviationbanter.com>,
PilotJedi <PilotJedi.db6cbb0@aviationbanter.com> wrote:
> The Myasishchev M-55 (NATO reporting name: Mystic-B) is a high altitude
> geophysical research aircraft developed by OKB Myasishchev in the Soviet
> Union, similar in purpose to the Lockheed ER-2, but with a twin boom
> fuselage and tail surface design. It is a twin-engined development of
> the Myasishchev M-17 Stratosphera with a higher maximum take-off
> weight.
>
> The first aircraft of this series took off August 16, 1988. By 1993,
> there were six examples built.
>
> Full album is here: http://tinyurl.com/myr3pz2
... sometimes referred to as the "Usky-Twosky."
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