Fans of Flight rarely favor rotorcraft. It is difficult to explain. Someone said that romance is much less. Someone does not inspire joy stinginess assortment of colorful liveries, by the number of rotorcraft which obviously lose motley variety of colors civilian aircraft. It can be a long time to dig into the reasons why helicopters cause the sky lovers less awe and delight.
But the fact remains - the helicopter - the only of its kind in the aircraft, which can almost everything. Landed on a patch and hover in the air, throw and pick up the wounded troops, to act as a construction crane and make mёrtuyu loop. And the people running these machines on a supporting role in modern aviation does not agree.
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01. Domestic Air Force knew different times. The flowering period of the Soviet Union, the decline of the early '90s, hopes today. Center deployment and retraining flight personnel of Army Aviation went on his way. At a time when fighter planes sitting on the ground mainly because of the lack of kerosene, are not abated hum screws. For any military operation, whether pulsating North Caucasus or participation in peacekeeping missions under the auspices of the United Nations anywhere in the vast sands of Africa required primarily to support helicopters.
And yet we traditionally prepare pilots for countries buyers of our aircraft. Therefore, here, under Torzhok, it can meet the pilots who speak a variety of languages, and glittering skin of all colors. The center teaches falcons fly from Venezuela and from the Far East, and the first to receive all new combat rotorcraft technology.
02. Today, the flights began at 16:00. A dream for those who like to sleep longer. To say that life here is in full swing - to say nothing. Wherever you throw look - everywhere patrolling helicopters, practicing a variety of elements of aerobatics. Above one of the sites, raising a cloud of dust floating in the contemplative pose one crew and one hundred meters to the left of the other crew mercilessly tormented hoist, dropping the load on mortal earth. Behind all this closely watched with the KDP.
03. Working days pass without the hustle and bustle. Only glowing dots on the radar screen are restless.
04. MI-28 prorulil parking. A half-hour maintenance, refueling, changing crew - and again he will go to heaven.
05. On the adjacent parking lot, which is censored, ready to go KA-52 tank destroyer.
06. Surprisingly, the verification procedure of all systems before departure, without any haste and bustle, took her just a few minutes. Before we get around the car in a circle and a couple of times as the blade began whistling chop hot August air and had to retire meters 30.
07. Up jumped it very quickly, like a cork flying out thoroughly shake the bottle of champagne.
08. Teammate not have to wait long. Just a few seconds - and wave after it was too late.
09. Military and patiently condescending attitude to the crowd running around with cameras civil, though probably for this they had to make a little effort.
10. The procedure resembles the learning process conveyor. Engines do not drown, one crew left aboard, took another cab - and rotor helicopter takes to the skies again.
11. The place has just flown away already taken the next crew.
12. Action in emergency situations that may occur in any flight, practiced on the simulator. The unit is impressive. About a dozen projectors form a panoramic picture of the surrounding terrain. The effect of the presence of more than stunning. Just a few seconds of being inside of the visual scope - and begins to feel dizzy. Detailing ... it was clear to all, except to say: see how the bottom of the sea waves breaking on the shore.
13. This flight takes place in the vicinity of Adler. The database forms the image of the surrounding terrain, fresh - a new terminal of Sochi airport traced and furnished with all possible airlines liners from "Aeroflot" to "Lufthansa".
14. As soon as a blogger let into the cockpit as Flight accident not long in coming.
15. Flights - flight and dinner - on a schedule. It is very well aware that flight safety is much higher when the pilot during a combat mission is not thinking about a plate of borscht.
16. Serviroka, of course, not a restaurant, but the hungry here no one has left.
17. Think about why would not alleviate the problem of traffic jams by building several such machines to the highest officials of the state in the modification, shall we say, "chlenovoz"? Flight range at the MI-28 allows it to fully handle the job, and the level of security ... Look at the thickness of the door. I think, with the approval of the Federal Security Service issues would not arise.
18. We're on our way home, and flight duration. And I want to wish our aviators only one thing - let all flights will be exclusively academic.
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