A Day in the Life of the Sportive Aerodrome FINAM. (Photo-report)
by Liudmila
(Chishinev,Republic of Moldova)
Original Text: A Day in the Life of the Sportive Aerodrome FINAM. (Photo-report)
An exciting airshow was held on April 17 on the airfield near Moscow.
Parachutes were descending from height of 4200 meters at rate 30 meters per second, directly on final. The weather was fine, visibility ok, and the wind was still. The show was breathtaking!
Special information and technical details:
Name: FINAM (Big Gryzlovo)
Type: Private, sports and travel airport
Affiliation: General Aviation
Status: landing area (pad)
ICAO Index : UUDG
Location:
5 km south of Pushchino (Serpukhov District, Moscow Region).
Coordinates:
54 ° 47'08 "NL 037 ° 38'48 " WA (in the WGS -84)
Local Time: Moscow (UTC + 4 hours)
Characteristics of runway:
RWY-01 L / 19 R, dimensions: 715 × 20m, covered with concrete
RWY-01 R / 19 L, dimensions: 1200 × 40 m, covered with ground
VHF radio communications:
Frequency: 123.450 MHz, callsign: "Kaplea-start"
Photos:
Photo 1. CM-92T (Turbo Finist) - one of the most suitable aircraft for parachutes dumping.
Photo 2.Finist is climbing to 4200 meters, preparing to drop skydivers.
Photo3.Unknown girl is wearing the costume “Wing “, just after the jump.
Photo4.Alla Chekalova, chief pilot and the European champion on Air acrobatics, is ready for take off.
Photo 5.Climbing with rate of 7 meters per second to altitude 4500 m to start parachutes dropping . Speed is 200 kilometers per hour.
Photo 6. Fields near the town of Pushchino.
Photo7. Over the landing area.
Photo 8. “Jzeltorotik” ( Club “The First Flight" ) is training take offs and landings with cadets.
Special thanks to Alla Chekalova, the commander of the skydivers team and the European Champion (2002) on air acrobatics, for the permission to make a report from the airshow scene.
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Revised Text:
An exciting airshow was held on April 17th, at the airfield near Moscow. Parachutes descended from a height of 4200 meters, at the rate of 30 meters per second. The weather was fine, visibility OK, and the wind was still. The show was breathtaking!
Special information and technical details:
Name: FINAM (Big Gryzlovo)
Type: Private, sports and travel airport
Affiliation: General Aviation
Status: Landing area (pad)
ICAO Index : UUDG
Location: 5 km south of Pushchino (Serpukhov District, Moscow Region).
Coordinates: 54 ° 47'08 "NL 037 ° 38'48 " WA (in the WGS -84)
Local Time: Moscow (UTC + 4 hours)
Characteristics of runway: RWY-01 L / 19 R, dimensions: 715 × 20m, surfaced with concrete
RWY-01 R / 19 L, dimensions: 1200 × 40 m, surfaced with dirt
VHF radio communications;
Frequency: 123.450 MHz
Call-sign: "Kaplea-start"
Photos;
Photo 1: CM-92T (Turbo Finist) - one of the most suitable aircraft for parachute jumping.
Photo 2: Finist is climbing to 4200 meters, preparing to drop skydivers.
Photo 3: Unknown girl is wearing the costume, “Wing “, just after the jump.
Photo 4: Alla Chekalova, chief pilot and the European champion in Air Acrobatics, is ready for take off.
Photo 5: Climbing at the rate of 7 meters per second to 4500 m. altitude, to start parachutist dropping. The speed is 200 kilometers per hour.
Photo 6: Fields near the town of Pushchino.
Photo 7: Over the landing area.
Photo 8: “Jzeltorotik” (“The First Flight" Club) is practicing take-offs and landings with cadets.
Special thanks to Alla Chekalova, the commander of the skydivers team, and the European Champion (2002) in Air Acrobatics, for permission to make a report from the airshow site.
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