By the end of 1950’s, during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, military air forces of different countries needed to improve landing characteristics of combat aircraft and reduce the ground run.
Icing is one of the most dangerous environmental effects for aircraft. It reduces the aircraft lift and the critical angle of attack, and increases its weight and drag.
The Zhukovsky Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) held static tests of structurally similar wing panels models and fuselage models of the new generation transport aircraft IL-112.
On July 13 Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, signed an Executive Order “On Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Zhukovsky Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute.”
For more than 60 years people have been firing objects into space. Space debris, accumulated during this time, is steadily increasing and constitutes an ever-greater threat.
The Katyusha multiple rocket launcher (BM-13) became one of the symbols of the Soviet army during the Second World War. It firs saw action in July 1941.
