Ту-154

Have you ever wanted to be a pilot? Right here in front of us is a Tu-154, a Soviet medium-range trijet airliner. It is a marvel of engineering, a testament to the ingenuity of the Soviet Union, and it is one of the most important civilian planes from the 20th century. This is not just any old airplane, this is a training simulator. This Tu-154 was designed to be used by cosmonauts for training. It was used for the Soviet equivalent of the US Space Shuttle, the Buran spacecraft. The Buran was a reusable spacecraft and needed to make a steep descent. This Tu-154 allowed cosmonauts to replicate the landing of the spacecraft. The cabin featured trainee workstations, one of which was the same as the Buran’s flightdeck. The forward baggage compartment was converted into a camera bay, because it was also used to train cosmonauts in observation and photographic techniques.
If you have ever wanted to feel the thrill of flying a plane, you can imagine yourself sitting right inside this very plane, watching the world below go by from the perspective of a cosmonaut. You will be able to see the flight instruments, experience the feeling of the controls, and see what it was like to prepare for a mission to space.