Newly delivered to the Moscow Fire Department was this Mil Mi-26 in a striking red and white scheme.

Highlight of the military displays at MAKS ’99 was the Sukhoi S.37 Berkut. Its unorthodox layout emphasised even more a routine which eclipsed many previous displays by Sukhoi designs. However, its future as a production fighter appears bleak, despite its fifth generation status.

Insufficient funding has seriously delayed the Tu-334 programme, the prototype 100/130-seater flying in February 1999, four years behind schedule.

Yet another Su-27 development was this Su-27KUB naval trainer which incorporates the side-by-side seating layout of the Su-27IB strike aircraft with a circular nose shape in place of the flattened oval cross section of the IB.

Test-flying the An-140 continues towards certification, with some 700 flights made to date. The aircraft at Moscow, one of two flying, incorporated dihedral on the tailplane.

The Beriev Be-12P-200 fire-fighting conversion of the Mail ASW amphibian.

The attractively workmanlike Krunichev T-411 prototype is heading for certification next year, and is unchanged from its appearance at MAKS ’97.

More basic was a mock-up of Krunichev’s T-517, with a podded cabin in a frame structure.