Gromov Flight Research Institute

The Gromov Flight Research Institute or GFRI for short (Russian: Лётно-исследовательский институт имени М. М. Громова, Russian: ЛИИ) is an important Russian State Research Centre which operates an aircraft test base located in <a href="/facts/Zhukovsky,_Moscow_Oblast/HLHWEWMR">Zhukovsky</a>, 40 km south-east of <a href="/facts/Moscow/XUU6VkdY">Moscow</a>. The airfield is also known as <a href="/facts/Ramenskoye,_Moscow_Oblast/c5mVkDU1">Ramenskoye</a> air base.
The airfield was used as the backup landing site for the <a href="/facts/Buran_(spacecraft)/s0nNfe61">Shuttle Buran</a> test program and also as a test base for a <a href="/facts/Buran_(spacecraft)/s0nNfe61">Buran's</a> <a href="/facts/Aerodynamic/Cn6Lnl3H">aerodynamic</a> <a href="/facts/OK-GLI/5JWqGrbd">prototype BTS-002</a>.
GFRI periodically hosts the <a href="/facts/MAKS_(air_show)/yCaCWnXC">MAKS</a> International Air Show (Aviasalon).
At present, GFRI also hosts <a href="/facts/Zhukovsky_International_Airport/v09T5r07">Zhukovsky International Airport</a>.

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Gromov Flight Research Institute