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Flightdeck Friday – Russian Edition (MAKS 2007) (II)

By Steeljawscribe, on August 24th, 2007

OK, more Plane Pя0n…gonna try something a little different, so look below the fold. Workplace safe, unless you’re on NMCI or related – then you won’t see anything

Sidebar: Lot of complaints from Russians at MAKS taking pictures that the smog around Moscow was atrocious - and that was really cleaning up the language…

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