Latvia: See one of the largest collections of Soviet aircraft outside Russia

Soviet-era planes and helicopters were on display at the Riga Aviation Museum on Tuesday, in what is the largest exhibition of Soviet aircraft outside Russian territory. Viktor Talpas, a 76-year-old former aircraft engineer of the Russian aviation company Aeroflot, has managed to gather all his models during the last 40 years and set up the museum. Aviation was not only his job, but his hobby, and "you can see the results today," he said. During the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic era, the site of the museum was home to a young pilots club for those who wanted to learn about aeroplanes and Viktor was their instructor. After the country became the Republic of Latvia in 1991, the club was closed, but Viktor continued tending to his collection, which is now one of the biggest examples of Soviet era aircraft in the world.