NZFF

by **SeanTK** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:14 pm

Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" - Alphasim/Virtavia
Tupolev Tu-4 "Bull" - Virtavia B-29 with repaint by Jeansy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-4

The missing link in between them is the Tu-16 "Badger" which exists as an FS2004 aircraft by what is now Virtavia (formerly Alphasim).
The precursor to the Tu-4 was arguably the TB-3 of WWII (though a few other Soviet heavy bomber types existed), and the follow on to the Tu-22 "Blinder" was the Tu-22M "Backfire" which operates today alongside the Tu-95 "Bear", Tu-142 "Bear"(Naval aviation), and Tu-160 "Blackjack".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_TB-3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-16
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-22m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-95
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-142
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-160

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:18 pm

Love the look of those TU-22 s ... It really is a THUNDERBIRD looking machine

by **Splitpin** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:25 pm

Pretty sharp work ..... i love that dude looking out the window of the 22 , awesome shots

by **Kiwia1spad** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:19 pm

ahhh Russian Aviation, some of the coolest airplanes ever flown....
Bear

Blackjack

Tu-28 Fiddler

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:34 pm

Now this is getting so Cold War off years back

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