Buran

[Bernd Rosemeier]

Russian Shuttle on the Rhine near Cologne

[Alan Erskine[_3_]]

"Bernd Rosemeier" > wrote in message
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> Russian Shuttle on the Rhine near Cologne

It's not Buran; it's one of the "Crewed Analogues" used for development -
sort of like the Enterprise was used for Shuttle development. Note the
turbojets at the back of the tail.

[Bernd Rosemeier]

"Alan Erskine" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> "Bernd Rosemeier" > wrote in message
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>> Russian Shuttle on the Rhine near Cologne
>
> It's not Buran; it's one of the "Crewed Analogues" used for development -
> sort of like the Enterprise was used for Shuttle development. Note the
> turbojets at the back of the tail.
>

Wikipedia says something different.

Bernd

[Ron]

"Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
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> "Bernd Rosemeier" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Russian Shuttle on the Rhine near Cologne
>
> It's not Buran; it's one of the "Crewed Analogues" used for development -
> sort of like the Enterprise was used for Shuttle development. Note the
> turbojets at the back of the tail.
>
Better pics can be found at Scramble.nl
http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40343&highlight=buran
http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40325&highlight=buran
Interesting close-ups at
http://www.mach25.nl/~jacques/prive/buran.html

Ron
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