Aviation celebration dedicated to the 80 anniversary of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation plant
On August 16, 2014, on the territory of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur branch of JSC Sukhoi Company - aviation The celebration of the 80th anniversary of the enterprise was held at the Yu. A. Gagarin Plant.
Monument to the first cosmonaut Yu. A. Gagarin in front of the entrance of the plant
Today KnAAZ is the largest Russian aircraft manufacturing enterprise. At various times, the following aircraft came out of its workshops: R-6, Il-4, Li-2, MiG-15, MiG-17, Su-7B, Su-17, Su-27, Su-30, Su-33, Be-103, S-80. Currently, the plant is serially producing Su-35 fighters and working on the PAK FA T-50 program as part of the state defense order. The civil aircraft manufacturing sector is represented by the Superjet-100 aircraft.
The entrance to the plant's territory was opened through the gates of the military unit from 9:XNUMX local time. Due to the large number of people wishing to get to the air show, a large crowd formed in front of the gates and the passage was difficult. For some reason, only one gate leaf was open.
Along the runway, the organizers of the celebration displayed various aviation equipment.
These were mainly Su aircraft: Su-17UM, Su-24М, Su-25, Su-27, Su-30, Su-35, С-80, Superjet-100, but except for "Su" there were: a seaplane Be-103, MiG-31 interceptor, helicopters: Ka-52 and Mi-8МТШ.
Some planes, most likely those that are never destined to take to the air, had free access to the cockpits. For this opportunity, impressive queues of children and adults formed.
In addition to aircraft equipment, elements of the S-300P SAM system were present at the exhibition site.
Separately behind the fence lined combat aircraft "Tallinn Aviation Regiment"
The flight program due to weather conditions began with some delay. The demonstration flights involved fighters: Su-27CM3, Su-30, Su-35. Which were piloted by factory test pilots, combatant pilots from the air regiment and pilots from the center of combat use of Lipetsk. We are building at low altitude a few Su-24М front-line bombers, based as well not far from Komsomolsk at the Khurba airfield.
In addition to combat vehicles, the Mi-8 helicopters and the An-2 aircraft flew into the air. With these machines, parachutists were reset.
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