AIR SHOW REPORTS
Victory air show at Kubinka
Holding an air show without any spectators may seem like a crazy idea, but nowadays it became a fact of life. We never would have though that we would write a report from such event, […]
Russia
MILITARY AVIATION
Russian northernmost air base now has the all-year runway
Nagurskoye, a remote Arctic air base located in Alexandra Land (an island in Franz Josef Land archipelago), is the northernmost airfield of the Eastern hemisphere and the second-northernmost in the world (after the Alert Air […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Victory Day Parade goes airborne
Over the past few weeks we were reporting the preparations for the biggest Russian military holiday, the Victory Day Parade held annually on 9th May. Despite the coronavirus outbreak and strict measures against the pandemic […]
MILITARY AVIATION
´Aviadarts-2020´ competition finalized its second phase
The 2020 edition of ´Aviadarts´ international military contest is finalizing its second phase. In March, many of participating crews were concluding the regional level of the competition – as it happened, for example, in the […]
MILITARY AVIATION
2020 Victory Day Parade – preparations are going ahead
At the time when aviation – and any other – events around the world are cancelled one after another due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation still continues with […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Combat exercise of Russian transport aviation
In early March 2020, the crews of Russian Military Transport Aviation – MTA (Военно-транспортная авиация – ВТА) performed the live-fire combat exercise at Kushalino training ground, Tver region. At first sight, the combination of terms […]
CIVIL AVIATION
New certificates for Ansat helicopter
At the beginning of March 2020, light multipurpose helicopter Ansat, being manufactured by Russian Helicopters company, received three new, important certificates from the Russian aviation authorities, significantly increasing the capabilities of this rotorcraft. Firstly, on […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
MiG -AT / МиГ-АТ
MiG-AT (project 821) prototype of twin-jet advanced training aircraft, shown at the static exhibition of XIII International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017 in Zhukovsky, Moscow area. MiG-AT was among the projects proposed within the Soviet […]
MILITARY AVIATION
In-flight refuelling practice of Russian military aviation
The beginning of this year for Russian aviation was marked by intensive trainings on air-to-air refuelling procedures. Both the Russian naval aviation and tactical units from the Aerospace Forces performed several scheduled day- and night-refuelling […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Preparations began for the 75th jubilee Victory Day Parade
The annual Victory Day, celebrating the victory over the Nazi Germany in 1945 and honouring the World War II soldiers, is a principal military holiday celebrated in Russia and other CIS countries. Although there are […]