<p>Zhukovsky, August 1995.
An L-29 Delfin on the runway, thundering by. The photo was taken early morning, when the sun was still on the east side of this very long and wide runway. 300 mm, heavily cropped.
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3665 L-29s were built, of which some 2000 served in the Soviet Air Force. DOSAAF, the aviation training center, retired its last Delfin in 1992. Was '65' one of the last, still serving with a test unit? It had no civil registration. There were several L-29s at Zhukovsky, but all others were clearly withdrawn from use.
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