French Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers F-ZBDC, cancelled Aug-2004, to Musée de l'Aviation in Saint-Victoret. Here it is immediately rushing-off to the scene of the crash of Tu-144 CCCP-77102 with some officials on board

The 1989 Paris Air Salon was the first time this unique aircraft was shown to the western world, only six months after its first flight. After a successful week at the Air Salon, the world's only Mriya is seen here on its way back home to the Soviet Union, faithfully carrying the Buran, the USSR's answer to the Space Shuttle. Hidden away in the big belly of this magnificent beast is the wreck of a MiG-29 that crashed earlier during the show.