Technik Museum Speyer – Soviet & Warsaw Pact Tech

In addition to the aircraft flown by East Germany, the Technik Museum Speyer also has plenty of other Cold War era Soviet and Warsaw Pact aircraft in its halls and airpark. It’s pretty cool to enter the belly of a Beast from the East as you walk inside a huge 1960’s era Antonov An-22 Cock strategic airlifter (not the worst NATO name assigned to a Soviet aircraft)!

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI a 1950’s era two-seat jet training aircraft – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

The colourful Soviet “Red Guards” type scheme Mig-15UTI at Technik Museum Speyer in December 2015

A mighty Antonov An-22 Cock and a Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter in Aeroflot livery – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Antonov An-22 – no missing what type of aircraft this is! Love the big contra-rotating props! Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

In the belly of the Beast from the East – Antonov An-22 Cock heavy transport – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Inside the cockpit, navigators position in the nose and within the cargo bay of the Antonov An-22 Cock – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

A real Cold War “beauty” a Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-27R Mangrove high altitude tactical reconnaissance aircraft. This one was based at the Soviet Werneuchen Air Base in East Germany near Berlin – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

The Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-27R Mangrove high altitude tactical reconnaissance aircraft is in need of some TLC – Technik Speyer Museum December 2015

For the Yak-27R reconnaissance variant, the radome and radar of the Yak-27 Flashlight interceptor were replaced with a glazed nose for an observer/navigator, two cameras were added and the Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannon was deleted from the port side of the aircraft – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Yakovlev Yak-27R Mangrove – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Mil Mi-8 Hip transport helicopter sporting a nice looking Aeroflot livery – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Aeroflot Mi-8 Hip the workhorse transport helicopter of the Soviet Union – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

A former Soviet Air Force Mil Mi-2 Hoplite helicopter in Aeroflot livery hangs from the Space Gallery at Technik Museum Speyer – December 2015

A great vantage point atop one of the Technik Museum Speyer buildings to see the An-22, Mi-8 and Speyer Cathedral in the background – December 2015

Antonov An-2TP Colt donated to the museum by the Russian city of Kurk, a sister city of Speyer – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Down on ground level with the An-2TP Colt – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

A Soviet design but this Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-23BN Flogger H in a commemorative eagle with black livery scheme was actually a Czechoslovakian Air Force attack aircraft – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Czech Aero L-29 Delfin jet trainer – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

A Czech Cmelak Let Z-37 agricultural aircraft – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

A Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21PFM Fishbed F sporting the markings and livery of the 1970’s era Indian Air Force “Red Archers” aerobatic display team – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015 (nice weather for a European winter!)

Up next I will show you the ultimate Soviet era display at Speyer – the Buran OK-GLI test shuttle of the Soviet space program. The jewel in the crown of their collection!