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Communists asked Putin to forbid flights to Turkey and Tunisia

Communists asked Putin to forbid flights to Turkey and Tunisia

Deputies of the State Duma from the CPRF Valery Rashkin and Sergey Obukhov addressed to the president of Russia Vladimir Putin with a request after a ban of flights to Egypt temporarily to suspend an aircraft service with Turkey and Tunisia. About it the Izvestiya newspaper writes.

According to communists, flights to Turkey and Tunisia can be dangerous because of presence there the terrorists connected with the organization forbidden in Russia «The Islamic state».

As deputies specified, the Continue reading

Assads armies do not have air

Assads armies do not have air

The representative of the Pentagon Jeff Davies declared that Russia in Syria for raids against fighters uses four air bases.

According to the American military man of department, besides airfield Hmeymim in Latakia where the main air forces of the Russian Federation are based, five helicopters were thrown on base of the Syrian Air Force Tiyas located in the desert between Homs and Palmira, taken with fighters of «The Islamic state» *. As notices the blog bmpd which is conducted by experts of Continue reading

Consequences of disorder of the Soviet Union

Consequences of disorder of the Soviet Union

Recently 90 years to the person legend, last of Mohicans, the outstanding aircraft designer, twice the Hero of Socialist Work, the winner of the Lenin award Henry Novozhilov were executed.

Together with Sergey Ilyushin it lifted planes Il-18, Il-62 in the sky. Then under its management such planes, as Il-76, Il-86, Il-96-300, Il-114 were created.

And today, despite age, Henry Novozhilov continues to work in JSC S.V.Ilyyushina, using the best efforts, that the aviation status of Russia remained Continue reading

The Ministry of Defence bought 32 deck helicopters Ka-52К

The Ministry of Defence bought 32 deck helicopters Ka-52К

The Ministry of Defence of Russia signed the contract for delivery of 32 perspective deck Ka-52K helicopters, reports ITAR-TASS referring to a source in defense industry complex. New helicopters will be a part of aviagroups of two under construction in France for the Navy of Russia of the vertoletonosny landing ships docks of the Mistral type.

Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company of a name of Sazykin will be engaged in construction of helicopters. It is supposed that on each of new helicopter carriers Continue reading

The Russian bespilotnik started performance of tasks

The Russian bespilotnik started performance of tasks

The Russian BPLA "Sea eagle-10" and "Outpost" will carry out various educational and fighting tasks in the Arctic region.

According to the chief of the press service of East military district Alexander Gordeyev, the group of the Russian pilotless aircraft (BPLA) started performance of educational and fighting tasks in the Arctic. Gordeyev noted that the BPLA group is created in the Chukchi autonomous region.

Such devices participate in educational and fighting operations, Continue reading

Planes will force to be guided on neutron stars

Planes will force to be guided on neutron stars

The Dutch aerospace laboratory NRL develops essentially new system of navigation for planes.

Now in civil and military aviation for navigation use inertial systems which calculate position of the plane on the basis of data about its movings from a take-off point, and also satellite systems GPS and GLONASS.

In new system for determination of location of the plane pulsars – rotating neutron stars from which radiation of different types comes to Earth in the form of periodic splashes will be used Continue reading

On an air show MAX will show a line of helicopters for the Arctic

On an air show MAX will show a line of helicopters for the Arctic

The corporation «Helicopters of Russia» will present on the international aerospace salon MAX-2015 in Zhukovsky a line of cars for the Arctic. It was declared by the deputy general director of corporation Roman Tchernyshev, reports TASS. According to him, Mi-8AMTSh-AV helicopters and Mi-26T2 will be presented.

As Tchernyshev told, latest heavy Mi-26T2 will be adapted under use in the conditions of extremely low temperatures – to 60 degrees below zero. «We finished work on this helicopter, already Continue reading

Lets fly on stools

Lets fly on stools

The odious ex-Minister of Defence Anatoly Serdyukov only quite recently amnestied in the case of drawing of a damage to the state budget for the sum of 56 million rubles, went on increase. Now to it entrusted control of the enterprises of the Russian aviation industry, Rostekh state corporation, with annual revenue of 350 billion rubles.

To the same river

Return to "holder" of the former Minister of Defence Anatoly Serdyukov became one of the most scandalous personnel purposes of Continue reading

Aircraft from Russia transferred the base to Tajikistan

Aircraft from Russia transferred the base to Tajikistan

The central military district transferred a link of transport and combat Mi-8 helicopters, percussions of Mi-24 and bespilotnik "Outpost" on the territory of Tajikistan where there passes check of forces of ODKB. On it informs RIA Novosti news agency.

"During educational operations on fight against illegal paramilitary groups (NVF) in a mountain and hilly terrain the aircraft will provide conducting investigation and search, disembarkation of tactical air landings, cover of columns Continue reading