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Man was born to fly!
Man was born to fly! Tyumen Aviation Sports Club.
Last Saturday the weather turned out to be wonderful: sunny and almost windless.
We decided to go to the city of Yalutorovsk, which is located 70 km southeast of Tyumen. There is the Tyumen Aviation Sports Club, where anyone can jump with a parachute, ride an airplane, or learn to fly and control an airplane.
1. By the time we arrived, the club was already in full swing, the paratroopers were preparing for jumps and loading into the An-2.
2. Taxiing and takeoff from Runway 17.
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4. An-2 in the parking lot. Has nothing to do with the S7 car. ))
5. Gaining altitude above the point and dropping the probe to determine the wind and subsequent accuracy of the airborne drop.
6. The first to go, first-timers jump with such parachutes.
7. Then, having made a couple of circles in the area of the release point, the athletes are released on a wing parachute.
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9. This parachute is similar to the one in photo number 6, but has some visible differences. If anyone knows, please tell me.
10. And now the first parachutist is being taken from the landing site along with the parachute to the club.
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12. And now the An-2 is returning to the airfield for a new batch of paratroopers.
13. Another moment and he will get on his skis. ))
14. Landing.
15. At the entrance to the airfield there is an L-29 training jet aircraft, no longer a flying model, and during the Soviet era thousands of pilots learned to fly on this particular aircraft.
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18. The amphibious aircraft SK-12 Orion, which is produced in Tyumen, is parked; the UTair airline has such an aircraft in its fleet, and it took part in the 2012 Hydroaviation Show in Gelendzhik. The story about the hydroaviation show can be viewed here: part one http://alexx72.livejournal.com/19312.html , part two http://alexx72.livejournal.com/19583.html .
19. In the foreground is another Orion, followed by a rarity - the Yak-12. The history of these aircraft dates back to 1946, when these aircraft passed their first tests, followed by the rare Mi-2 helicopters, and cadets once flew them here too.
20. This small airplane is called SP-701.
21. Taxiing and parking, aircraft refueling in the distance.
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To be continued!