Russian "Air Force One"

[wwcollect]

http://battlesworld.com/images/presidential/zel_zal2.jpg

http://battlesworld.com/2007/01/31/boris-yeltsins-presidential-aircraft-russian-air-force-one/

[koko]

I can't see bottle with vodka... Are you sure that this is russian plane?

[lightfire]

I can't see bottle with vodka... Are you sure that this is russian plane?
the pilot has all vodka, and the bear from siberia is a navigator...

[wwcollect]

I can't see bottle with vodka... Are you sure that this is russian plane?

Well, Yeltsin is not president anymore :)



http://battlesworld.com/images/presidential/fuzhery.jpg

[Gluten]

http://www.vodkaputin.de/

:D

[koko]

Well, Yeltsin is not president anymore :)


Eh.... He was nice guy :)
http://www.youtube.com/v/aA-lal2MUKw

[wwcollect]

http://www.vodkaputin.de/

:D

Hmmm... 38% Vol.... Shouldn't real vodka be 40% Vol?

[Gluten]

Hmmm... 38% Vol.... Shouldn't real vodka be 40% Vol?

something like that, but still..

[Xaito]

Hmmm... 38% Vol.... Shouldn't real vodka be 40% Vol?

a "real" russian vodka can burn when you hold a match near it ;)

[Breakfast in Vegas]

Hmmm... 38% Vol.... Shouldn't real vodka be 40% Vol?

From Wikipedia:
"The classic Russian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia) vodka is 40% (80 proof (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_proof)). This can be attributed to the Russian standards for vodka production introduced in 1894 by Alexander III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Russia) from research undertaken by the Russian chemist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemist) Dmitri Mendeleev (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev). According to the Vodka Museum in Moscow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow), Mendeleev found the perfect percentage to be 38, but since spirits in his time were taxed on their strength, the percentage was rounded up to 40 to simplify the tax computation. At strengths less than this vodka drunk neat (not mixed with other liquids) can taste 'watery' and above this strength the taste of vodka can have more 'burn'. Some governments set a minimum alcohol content for a spirit to be called "vodka"; for example, the European Union sets a minimum of 37.5% alcohol by volume. [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka#_note-0)"

[Breakfast in Vegas]

By the way, here's a pic of the bathroom in Russian Air Force One...(real):

[Marcelino]

http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/01/presidential-planes-part-1-putins-new.html

:cantbeli::cantbeli:

[wwcollect]

http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/01/presidential-planes-part-1-putins-new.html

:cantbeli::cantbeli:


According to Russian Government's response, this is Yeltsin's aircraft.

[unclechuckles]

Hmmm... 38% Vol.... Shouldn't real vodka be 40% Vol?

Speaking of Vol or volume. That freaking video was so LOOOUUUDDD!!!! Nearly gave me a heart attack.

[Angrykirill]

Looking good, a nice try to unite the past of Russia with the present in the interior design. Too much gold for my taste, though.

[Muphlon]

http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/1/4270/4270742_tualet1_kopi.jpg

Putin shouldn't have allowed the chukchas to board the plane.

[Xaito]

http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/1/4270/4270742_tualet1_kopi.jpg

Putin shouldn't have allowed the chukchas to board the plane.

ew gross - now I dont want to know what kind of food they serve in this aircraft anymore

[sferrin]

I can't see bottle with vodka... Are you sure that this is russian plane?

Check out the color of the chairs. It's definitly Russian. BTW whoever decided that color was "soothing" must have been color blind.

[Angrykirill]

1) It was designed by the British

2) Presidential planes are never soothing, look at the AF-1 it's got the same amount of gold and elite chairs

[77RUS]

Imperial taste in this plane

[sferrin]

1) It was designed by the British

2) Presidential planes are never soothing, look at the AF-1 it's got the same amount of gold and elite chairs

I'm talking about the psychotic green they paint all their cockpits which some of those chairs resemble.

[Fargin]

Well, Yeltsin is not president anymore :)



http://battlesworld.com/images/presidential/fuzhery.jpg
LOL the glasses are upsidedown, guess the drunken pilot decided to pull some negative Gs durring the photo shoot.

[TR1]

I'm talking about the psychotic green they paint all their cockpits which some of those chairs resemble.
ummmm, you do actually know what you are talking about?
during testing it was determined that green was the most relaxing background color against which the instruments could be most easily seen on long distance flights..also supposedly the color was not easy to focus on so the pilot could concentrate easier on the actual flight instrumination.

[He219]

http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/1/4270/4270742_tualet1_kopi.jpg

Putin shouldn't have allowed the chukchas to board the plane.
As General "Buck" Turgidson would say, you just can't expect a bunch of ignorant peons to understand what a bidet is for ..
p-)

[nick_ua]

ummmm, you do actually know what you are talking about?
this guy know sh*t
even this simple detail you just point it.

Elchin aircraft remodeling cost 35 mln
Putin aircraft remodeling cost 17 mln

[Hawkeye4077]

what kind of plane is it?

[Kap2406]

From what I know Putin flies IL-96-300....

[nick_ua]

what kind of plane is it?
Il 96-300
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1021225/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1162902/L/

[nick_ua]

Kap2406
Dude to you a high res. picture you use for you avatar

[Kilgor]

I'm talking about the psychotic green they paint all their cockpits which some of those chairs resemble.

fyi many american ww2 fighter planes were painted that kinda green.

[LEGEND]

Whats up with all the gold, especially in the bathroom? State plane should have more official interior, this looks like some arabian sheikh's private plane.