It was just a year ago that the Sixteenth International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2023, which was to be held in Zhukovsky in the Moscow Region in late July, was postponed due to security concerns. According to sources in the Russian aviation industry, the show has been canceled, likely marking the end of an event that began in 1992 but can trace its roots back more than a century. Three of the six days were traditionally open to the general public, and it routinely featured aircraft demonstrations from the Russian Knights flying the Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO reporting name “Flanker”) and the Swifts, operating the Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name “Fulcrum”).
Author: Peter Suciu
Published at: 2024-05-13 21:57:37
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