Amongst many more modern aircraft on display at the nascent Russian National Aeronautical Museum at Khodynka, Moscow, in mid-August was this Polikarpov Po-2.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Поликарпов У-2 / По-2 - РоссияRussia - 1928

Messerschmitt Bf 109G 10639/G-USTV demonstrates the effectiveness of its desert camouflage over the ripening grain fields of Cambridgeshire in August 1991. Issued by the MoD five-and-a-half months after the fighter’s post-restoration maiden flight, this was the first air-to-air photograph of the aircraft to be released - an echo of the BAe/Shuttleworth publicity failure with the D.H.88 Comet racer in 1987.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Messerschmitt Bf.109G - ГерманияGermany - 1942

The remains of a Handley Page Hampden from Russia at Rotterdam on August 13, 1991, awaiting removal to the UK. In this view the port wing (visible at lower left) has just been separated from the fuselage, on which an RAF roundel may still be discerned.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hampden / H.P.52 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

The Santa Monica Museum of Flying’s newly-acquired "Japan­ese Air Force", recovered from Babo Island, Indonesia: Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony;

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien - ЯпонияJapan - 1941

The Santa Monica Museum of Flying’s newly-acquired "Japan­ese Air Force", recovered from Babo Island, Indonesia: Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero. The Zero is already under restoration.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Mitsubishi A6M Reisen - ЯпонияJapan - 1939

The Santa Monica Museum of Flying’s newly-acquired "Japan­ese Air Force", recovered from Babo Island, Indonesia: Mitsubishi G4M1 Betty;

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Mitsubishi G4M - ЯпонияJapan - 1939

The Santa Monica Museum of Flying’s newly-acquired "Japan­ese Air Force", recovered from Babo Island, Indonesia: Yokosuka D4Y1 Judy;

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Yokosuka D4Y Suisei - ЯпонияJapan - 1942

Recently unveiled at the Finnish Air Force Flying School at Kauhava, this Letov S.218 A4 Smolik trainer has been rebuilt for static display in the Finnish Aviation Museum by a group of volunteers led by Seppo Uolamo.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Letov S-18 / S-118 / S-218 Smolik - ЧехословакияCzechoslovakia - 1925