I just want to say thank you so much for this!
In general, the aviation theme is very attractive to me, yes, I'm afraid of heights and at the same time I "get sick" with airplanes, I don't even know more as a photographer or just as an average person, so I try to "touch" this world as often as possible.
Scene: Pushkin airfield,
Harbor Lenexpo - demonstration performances at the closing of the Naval Salon. 
Time of action: July 4-5
Characters:
aerobatic team "Rus", Liza Kovganova (press secretary of the aerobatic team), Masha mitrofanova_m
, Alexei alekoz
, Victor viktardzerkach
and Andrey dandy_jr
, later Maxim also joined us meteo
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The sky that day pleased not only with the sun, but also with beautiful clouds! .. And while we were waiting for the arrival of the aerobatic team, a pleasant bonus of staying on the airfield was the opportunity to shoot and communicate with other aerobatic teams - "Swifts" and "Knights", but I will talk about this next time .... but for now, look at what SKY!! 
Aerobatic team "Rus"
- the oldest aviation aerobatics team in Russia.
The squadron was formed in 1987 on the basis of the Vyazemsky Aviation Training Center, where it is still based.
The history of the group began with a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution, in honor of which it was decided to arrange a grandiose aviation and sports festival at the airfield in Tushino. The Vyazemsky UAC was given the task of assembling and training a squadron of aerobatic pilots in record time. It was then that ten L-39 Albatross were transferred to the Center from the Air Force, on which they were to perform in front of the audience. But the pilots had neither piloting schemes nor experience, all this had to be worked out in just three months .. And they did it! On June 3, 1987, a formation of 9 aircraft was built in the air for the first time.. This day we consider the day of creation aerobatic team "Rus".
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Well, in the meantime, we are waiting for the "X" time ... you can chat and, of course, take pictures of the planes that have already arrived in Pushkin and are waiting for their "brothers"
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Historical reference: Vyazemsky Aviation Training Center DOSAAF was founded on June 2, 1960 for the training and retraining of flight and engineering staff of the Armed Forces. Over the entire period, about 5,000 pilots were trained to serve in the Air Force and form a reserve, first on MIG-15, MIG-17 aircraft, and then on L-29 and L-39 aircraft. Many distinguished pilots and cosmonauts were trained at the Center, including Svetlana Savitskaya.
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It seems that this day will be remembered for a long time ... the field, the sun, the planes ... Here you understand that these planes and this group really suit their name - "Rus".
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Reflections .. reflections everywhere .. we and the planes!
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and finally, we were informed that they were arriving! Hooray!
Before landing, the group broke up and sat down one by one. You feel just the same delight when you can see these steel birds up close!
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Since 2011, the Vyazemsky UAC and the Rus aerobatic team have been led by pilot-instructor and team leader Anatoly Marunko. The engineering and technical staff is led by Viktor Gurchenkov and Alexander Kotov. The pilots of the squadron "Rus" are the only pilots in our country who perform on airplanes L-39
"Albatross".
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The wait is so long, and the arrival is so fast .. they are already taxiing to the parking lot, where we are waiting for them!
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The group includes: leader of the group - Anatoly Marunko, followers - Nikolai Zherebtsov, Mikhail Kolle, Nikolai Alekseev, Yuri Lukinchuk, soloists - Stanislav Dremov and Igor Dushechkin. All pilots of the group have the qualification of a first-class instructor pilot and have more than 3.5 thousand flight hours on various types of aircraft. This is a well-coordinated team of people who love their job and truly create in the air.
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And now it's my turn .. I was sitting in the cabin of the Swifts, but here I just looked in, I could not resist, because it's interesting!
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Well, how can you resist and not take a photo for memory ... Thanks to Masha mitrofanova_m
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In the meantime, the planes are undergoing technical inspection and refueling. Tomorrow is the performance.
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Pilots of the "Rus" squadron are the only pilots in our country flying L-39 "Albatross". These light jet attack aircraft are used by the Russian Air Force as trainers. Modest, in comparison with fourth-generation fighters, the flight performance of this aircraft (wing span - 9.46 m, maximum speed - 750 km / h, maximum take-off weight - 4700 kg) determine the style of piloting. After all, each group is unique. The pilots of "Rus" first of all demonstrate the national school of flying skills and flying skills.
Today, the aerobatic team "Rus" is a team of masters of synchronized aerobatics of the highest international level. The most complex elements of aerobatics are in the arsenal of Smolensk aces, and a rich program of performances invariably delights even the most demanding spectators. The "highlight" of the group can be called the color accompaniment of each air show. The colored smoke generation system that each aircraft is equipped with makes it possible to present well-known aerobatic maneuvers in a new light. The pilots literally paint the sky in the colors of the Russian tricolor, and the golden train, which stretches behind the soloist's plane when performing the most complex cascade of barrels, invariably gives the audience a "sunny" mood.
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And this "fan" turned out to be especially good against the background of seagulls that fly in the harbor.
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And the most exciting thing is that anyone who wants adventure, adrenaline and just to visit the sky, pay attention to the fact-finding flights:
About the history and news can be found on the website of the aerobatic team: http://russ-pilot.ru
and also find them on Instagram using the #ruspolet tag (and tag them when you shoot), and here is their account on this network: https://instagram.com/ruspolet1
And once again, thanks to the aerobatic team RUS and our community for a wonderful opportunity to touch the dream and for communication.
And yes .. to be continued, because at the airport while waiting, other aerobatic teams had so many interesting things, and the next day I didn’t just watch their performance over St. Petersburg, of course I filmed!
Aerobatic Team" Rus"uses aircraft L-39 "Albatross". Reactive plane L-39 - This is a light attack aircraft, which is one of the best and most massive aircraft in its class. "Albatrosses" are used in the Russian Air Force as the main training aircraft, and in a number of countries near and far abroad and as combat vehicles.
L-39 was developed by the Czechoslovak company "Aerovodochody" as part of the Warsaw Pact program, aimed at creating a single training aircraft. Serial production of the main version of the L-39 began in 1973, in the same year the aircraft entered military trials in the USSR. From 1974 to 1989, the USSR received a total of 2094 L-39s.
In the Soviet Union, the L-39 became one of the most massive military aircraft. The car quickly took root, "Russified" - the Latin "L" in the designation of its type was immediately replaced by the Cyrillic "L". And the aviators used their own name "Albatross" much less often than the slang nickname "elka". Aircraft entered the majority of flight schools: Chernigov, Kachinsky and Kharkov, which specialized in training pilots for front-line fighter aviation; Armavir (air defense fighters); Yeyskoye and Borisoglebskoye (fighter-bombers); Barnaul (front-line bomber aviation); Tambov (long-range aviation); Krasnodar (trained pilots for the countries of Asia and Africa). "Albatrosses" were also operated by several Centers for Combat Training and Retraining of Flight Personnel, a Separate Training and Test Regiment of the USSR Cosmonaut Training Center (Chkalovskaya airfield), and subdivisions of the Civil Aviation Research Institute of the Air Force. A small number of "Albatross" was transferred to flying clubs and training centers DOSAAF. Outside the law enforcement agencies, the LII MAP (Zhukovsky near Moscow) had "elkami". There, the L-39 was used not only as flying laboratories, but also as escort aircraft (for example, during flights of the analogue of the VKS Buran), as well as at the Test Pilot School.
"Albatrosses" are still in service with the Air Force of Russia and other CIS countries, as well as Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, Germany, Iraq, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Libya, Romania, Syria and Thailand.
The aircraft allows you to perform simple, complex and aerobatics, as well as cross-country flights using radio navigation aids in single and formation flights.
Technical characteristics L-39
- Crew: 1 or 2 people
- Length: 12.13 m
- Wingspan: 9.46 m
- Height: 4.77 m
- Wing area: 18.18 m²
- Empty weight: 3455 kg
- Normal takeoff weight: 4525 kg
- Maximum takeoff weight: 4700 kg
- Mass of fuel in internal tanks: 980 kg
- Power plant: 1 × turbofan AI-25TL
- Thrust: 1 × 1800 kgf
Flight performance L-39
- Maximum speed: 761 km/h
- Stall speed: 160 km/h (flaps extended)
- Practical range: 1650 km (without PTB)
- Practical ceiling: 12,000 m
- Rate of climb: 21 m/s (1260 m/min)
- Takeoff run: 580 m
- Run length: 560 m
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I could not get accreditation in time, I had to go by transfer with the "Golden Barrel". And I didn't regret it.
On August 30, the day of my visit, the premiere of the aerobatics figure took place, named after the official partner of MAKS-2013, a premium beer brand.
2. In the program of the aerobatic team "Rus" of the Vyazemsky aviation training center DOSAAF, several figures were announced, which eventually became a kind of warm-up before the climax of the performance: Classical barrel - axial rotation of the aircraft by 360 degrees, Fixed barrel - barrel with fixation in various phases of rotation, and, finally, the Golden Barrel. 
3. Solo on L - 39. 
4. Aerobatic team "Rus" is the only aerobatic team in Russia that uses colored smoke in their performances. The color smoke generation system, which is equipped with all aircraft of the group, allows you to diversify each performance with unique patterns that make the performance more spectacular. 
5. The pilots of the "Rus" squadron performed the figure without a single hesitation, but, unfortunately, due to low cloud cover, I could not make a decent shot. 
6. The press secretary comments on the performance of the group "Rus". 
7. After the premiere of the aerobatics for journalists accredited at MAKS-2013, a press conference was held with the participation of the brand's management and representatives of the Rus aerobatic team. 
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10. Journalists and pilots were offered to try premium Russian beer "Zolotaya Bochka" (non-alcoholic). 
The pilots said that after Serdyukov's reforms, the Rus aerobatic team survived only thanks to businessmen and enthusiasts. 
12. L-39 "Albatross" aerobatic team "Rus". 
Vyazemsky Aviation Training Center DOSAAF was founded on June 2, 1960 for the training and retraining of flight and engineering staff of the Armed Forces. Over the entire period, about 5,000 pilots were trained to serve in the Air Force and form a reserve, first on MIG-15, MIG-17 aircraft, and then on L-29 and L-39 aircraft. Many honored pilots and cosmonauts have been trained in this center.
In 1987, on behalf of the DOSAAF Central Committee, an aerobatic team was created on the basis of the Vyazemsky Aviation Training Aviation Center. The center was given the task of taking part in the traditional air parade in Tushino with 10 aircraft. For a worthy presentation on it, ten L-39 Albatross were transferred from the Air Force to the center.
Accelerated theoretical retraining - and flights began and then training in groups. The lack of time put me in a very strict framework. The aerobatic team then included: Farid Akchurin (Group Leader, Head of the Aviation Center), Valentin Selyavin, Sergei Borisovich Bondarenko, Sergei Petrovich Bondarenko, Nikolai Zhdanov, Kazimir Noreika, Alexander Pryadilshchikov, Nikolai Chekashkin, Vladimir Arkhipov, Nikolai Zolotarev. Solo performance - Nikolai Pogrebnyak.
All pilots had extensive experience in instructor work and flights within the flight training course, but only Selyavin and Pogrebnyak were masters of sports in aerobatics. Therefore, the group had problems due to a small raid on the L-39 and the lack of skills to perform group flights in close formation as part of a large number of aircraft. On June 3, 1987, during the training of the group, a formation of 9 aircraft was built for the first time in the air. This day is considered the day of the creation of the aerobatic team RUS.
Despite all the difficulties, on August 18, 1987, a group of ten aircraft (nine aircraft performed group aerobatics, one solo aerobatics) took part in the air parade in Tushino. This was the first public performance of the new aerobatic team. Ten Vyazma "albatrosses" performed their program in the Moscow sky, causing a storm of applause from the audience. That year was the most grandiose holiday with a record number of visitors - about 800 thousand people. The demonstration program of the Vyazma pilots was also watched by viewers from all over the USSR.
Today the squadron "Rus" is a team of masters of synchronized aerobatics of the highest international level. The composition of the group: leader of the group Anatoly Marunko, Stanislav Dremov, Nikolai Zherebtsov, Mikhail Kolle, Nikolai Alekseev, Yuri Lukinchuk. All pilots of the group have the qualification of a first-class instructor pilot and flight time on various types of aircraft is about 2,500 hours. Since 2011, the Vyazemsky UAC and the Rus aerobatic team have been led by pilot-instructor and team leader Anatoly Marunko. The engineering and technical staff is led by Viktor Gurchenkov, Alexander Kotov.
The pilots of the squadron "Rus" are the only pilots in our country who fly L-39 "Albatross". These light jet attack aircraft are used by the Russian Air Force as trainers. Modest, in comparison with fourth-generation fighters, the flight performance of this aircraft (wing span - 9.46 m, maximum speed - 750 km / h, maximum take-off weight - 4700 kg) determine the style of piloting. After all, each group is unique. The pilots of "Rus" first of all demonstrate the national school of flying skills and flying skills.
Aerobatic team "Rus"- the oldest aviation aerobatics team in Russia. The squadron was formed in 1987 on the basis of the Vyazemsky Aviation Training Center.
The history of the group began with a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution, in honor of which it was decided to arrange a grandiose aviation and sports festival at the airfield in Tushino. The Vyazemsky UAC was given the task of assembling and training a squadron of aerobatic pilots in a record short time. It was then that ten L-39 Albatross were transferred to the Center from the Air Force, on which they were to perform in front of the audience.
From left to right:
Vladimir Arkhipov, Valentin Selyavin, Kazimir Noreika, Farid Akchurin, Nikolay Chekashkin, Sergey Bondarenko, Alexander Pryadilshchikov, Nikolay Zhdanov, Sergey Bondarenko.
To participate in the parade, nine of the best pilots were gathered, each of whom had extensive experience in instructor work and flights within the flight training course. But it's one thing - solo aerobatics, and completely different - flying in a team. None of the pilots had the experience of flying in close formation, not to mention the performance of the most difficult elements of group aerobatics. The task was not an easy one, because only a few months remained for preparation. Hard training began, and now, On June 3, 1987, a formation of 9 aircraft was built in the air for the first time.. This day we consider the day of creation aerobatic team "Rus".
“We didn’t have any guidelines for flying in close formation, no diagrams, or even drawings. Everything was done by ourselves, from scratch. We watched videos of the performances of Patrouille de France and Frecce Tricolori, discussed, drew on paper, estimated the possibilities of technology and developed algorithms for performing various formations. In the first training sessions, the intervals between the planes were large. Then, gradually began to reduce them.
Despite all the difficulties, the group's first performance was a resounding success; on August 18, a record number of visitors gathered at the Tushino airfield - about 800 thousand people, including all the country's top leadership. Under the guidance of the leader (Head of the Center) Farid Akchurin, the aerobatic team performed passes in close formation with climb, rebuilds, and turns. Nikolai Pogrebnyak performed with a solo program. An "air battle" of two pairs of aircraft was also shown.
From the memoirs of Sergei Bondarenko (the first composition of the group):
“I remember the first flight in nine for the rest of my life. I did not get out of the cab, but flowed out like some kind of amorphous body. At least squeeze out the overalls. I was debriefing, and I didn’t even hear what they were talking about. But I remember one thing: there were no comments.
The name of the group was decided very quickly. Leaving aside all the "bird" options, we settled on such a proud name "Rus"! The pilots wanted to emphasize the original Russian roots and the international composition of the team.
From the memoirs of Nikolai Zhdanov (the first composition of the group):
“Especially for us, the sky over Moscow was freed from clouds. Pride was bursting, but responsibility crushed. When, after the dissolution, I took the plane out of a dive over Strogino, my left knee began to twitch. Such was the tension. A year later, before the next parade, General Maslov came to us and asked straight away: « Can you make a loop?" We responded languidly like this: "We must try." I especially remember the episode of entering the "loop". They made a dive, a “hill”, military turns, suddenly the voice of the host Yura Bykov was on the air: “Are we going to do a loop?” In response, silence. He again: “Well, are we going to make a loop?” Silence again. Then Sanya Pryadilshchikov could not stand it: “We will!” Gained altitude, then - the input in a straight line, diving ... The first "loop" turned out to be clean, clean. Bykov asks: “Will we do the second loop?” Here everyone is in unison: “Well, of course, what not to do there?”.
Performance in the Czech Republic, 1997:
Today, the aerobatic team "Rus" is a team of masters of synchronized aerobatics of the highest international level. The most complex elements of aerobatics are in the arsenal of Smolensk aces, and a rich program of performances invariably delights even the most demanding spectators. "Zest"Groups can be called the color accompaniment of each air show. The colored smoke generation system that each aircraft is equipped with makes it possible to present well-known aerobatic maneuvers in a new light. Pilots literallypaint the sky in the colors of the Russian tricolor, and the golden train that stretches for the soloist's plane when performing complexthe most cascade of barrels, invariably gives the audience a "sunny" mood.
The group includes: leader of the group - Anatoly Marunko, followers - Nikolai Zherebtsov, Mikhail Kolle, Nikolai Alekseev, Yuri Lukinchuk, soloists - Stanislav Dryomo in and Igor Dushechkin. All pilots of the group have the qualification of a first-class instructor pilot and have more than 3.5 thousand flight hours on various types of aircraft.
Since 2011, the Vyazemsky UAC and the Rus aerobatic team have been led by pilot-instructor and team leader Anatoly Marunko. The engineering and technical staff is led by Viktor Gurchenkov and Alexander Kotov.
The pilots of the squadron "Rus" are the only pilots in our country who perform on airplanes L-39 "Albatross". These light jet attack aircraft are used in the Russian Air Force as training aircraft. The flight performance of this aircraft is modest compared to fourth-generation fighters (wingspan - 9.46 m, maximum speed - 750 km / h, maximum takeoff weight - 4700 kg) determine the style of piloting. After all, it is unique for each group. The pilots of "Rus" first of all demonstrate the national school of flying skills and flight.
Aerobatic team "Rus" takes part in many holidays of the all-Russian scale and is always a welcome guest at aviation salons. The pilots of the group repeatedly demonstrated their skills in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Denmark, Belarus, where they received high marks from the audience. And for masters of aerobatics, there is no better reward than the delight of the public and the smiles of children, fascinated looking into the sky.
Video - the history of the creation of the aerobatic team:
Historical reference: Vyazemsky Aviation Training Center DOSAAF was founded on June 2, 1960 for the training and retraining of flight and engineering staff of the Armed Forces. Over the entire period, about 5,000 pilots were trained to serve in the Air Force and form a reserve, first on MIG-15, MIG-17 aircraft, and then on L-29 and L-39 aircraft. Many distinguished pilots and cosmonauts were trained at the Center, including Svetlana Savitskaya.
