710 MiG 21R

On 06/06/2015 17:52, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 17:33:57 +0100, Ri©ardo wrote:

Ri©ardo

Great pictures of what we in the USMC used to call "targets".

However that museum could use a lot more indoor space! They have a great
collection but just not enough indoor room!

I suppose money for such things is at a real premium in smaller countries.

Thanks again!


Hi Charles,

Thank you for your comments.

I'd read some reviews of the museum before going and I specifically
packed a wide angle lens because of the comments about the space
situation for the indoor exhibits. In other indoor areas the lighting
situation is dreadful which is an added complication in the absence of a
flashgun.

Nonetheless they have a great collection of aircraft and staff
throughout the museum are very pleasant and polite and will do their
best to assist if they can.

One of their problems is that they are located on a working air force
base, hence expansion does not seem to be an option. Indeed, there's a
large graveyard of old Soviet era aircraft which, unfortunately, is
located within a military restricted zone where photography is
prohibited - and it's always wise when in someone else's country to
abide by their rules.

Money is indeed one of their problems, following the division of
Czechoslovakia in the early nineties into the Czech Republic and the
Slovak Republic, although both of them are now EU members and things are
improving. The rebuilding of the economies of the eastern European
countries, once released from Soviet domination, has not, however, been
an easy process.

Ri©ardo

Sorry about the quality of the picture - I dropped the lens!

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