Zhukovksy 11-12 August 2012 - 100 years of Russian airforce

[Antheii]

Why would they open an airbase if there is no static?

Well... in short, I'm still not convinced they will open an airbase to the general public
Up till now I only have seen confirmations there will be a flypast!

A quote from http://www.function.mil.ru/news_page/co ... 627@egNews (using Google translate)

Passage level of Yak-130 (the leading group of pilot 1st Lieutenant Dennis Kahanovsky class) and a single flying the Su-30MK fighters in the skies over Ramenskoye airfield, visitors will see the festivities, which will be held in Zhukovsky near Moscow during the air show August 11 and 12, devoted to 100 anniversary of the Air Forces of Russia.

[edit 1] And from http://www.function.mil.ru/news_page/co ... 456@egNews

11 and August 12 in Zhukovsky Aviation Festival will be held with the heads of federal and regional state authorities, enterprises of the military-industrial complex and non-governmental organizations in Russia, the commanders of air forces of foreign states.

It doesn't say the general public will me admitted...

[edit 2] this last link seems to sum up rather completely all activities in the Moscow region, but none of the mentioned events does include the general public. Guess all the people going to Moscow need to find themselves a spot outside Zhukovsky

[Antheii]

I've updated the overview with the timetable at http://www.100letvvs.ru/?r=airshow&s=002, and complemented this with information from other sources. Note though the times and order of appearance below -as given at 100letvvs.ru- are different from what was published on other sites/forums!

In brackets where they're flying from, with the actual homebase added if different. Underlined what will be a flypast. Remaining are (aerobatic) shows, unless otherwise noted.

[list=1][*]10:30	1x L-410 - Para drop
[*]11:00	6x Su-25BM, VVS - With smoke in the colours of the flag (Kubinka)
[*]11:01	5x Su-27SM3, 8x MiG-29SMT, 8x Su-25SM, VVS - In the form of
        the number '100' (Chkalovskiy/Krymsk, Kursk, ??).
[*]11:02	Flypast and aerobatics of historic aircraft: 'The Legends of 
        Global Aviation' (Zhukovskiy/multi). Including;
[list][*]Bleriot xx
[*]Consolidated OA-10 Catalina
[*]Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk
[*]Fokker xx (was two.)
[*]FVM Ö1 Tummelisa (Sweden)
[*]Grumman TBF Avenger
[*]Hawker Hurricane
[*]Lisunov Li-2 (Douglas DC-3) (now as 'C-47' in the list)
[*]Mikoyan MiG-15UTI
[*]North American B-25 Mitchell
[*]North American P-51 Mustang
[*]North American T-6 Texan
[*]Polikarpov I-15bis
[*]Polikarpov DIT (I-15 variant)
[*]Polikarpov I-153
[*]Polikarpov I-16
[*]2x Polikarpov Po-2
[*]Vought F4U Corsair
[*]Yakovlev Yak-3
[*]Yak-9
[*]Yakovlev Yak-11[/list]
        This lasts until 13:00. (question marks removed)
[*]13:01	1x Su-35, VVS
[*]13:11	5x L-39, DOSAAF Gruppa 'Russ'  (Kubinka/Vyazma)
[*]13:27	1x Mi-2, DOSAAF (Zhukovskiy/??)
[*]13:34	6x Mi-28, VVS 'Berkut' (Klin/Torzhok)
[*]13:52	1x Su-31, DOSAAF (Klin/??)
[*]14:00	Bomber flypast:
[list][*]14:00	3x Tu-22M3, VVS (Shaykovka)
[*]14:01	3x Tu-95MS, VVS (Engels)
[*]14:02	3x Tu-160, VVS (Engels)[/list]
[*]14:03	10x MB339, AMI 'Frecce Tricolori' (Zhukovskiy/Italy)
[*]14:36	Antonov flypast, VVS (Klin, Chkalovskiy, Tver), consisting of;
[list][*]14:36	3x An-2
[*]14:37	An-26
[*]14:38	An-140
[*]14:39	An-12
[*]14:40	An-22 (Tver)
[*]14:41	An-124[/list]
[*]14:42	1x Rafale, AdlA (Zhukovskiy/France)
[*]14:51	Transport/training flypast, VVS (Chkalovskiy, Tambov, Tver, 
        Ivanovo). Including;
[list][*]14:51	1x L-410
[*]14:52	1x Tu-134UBK
[*]14:53	3x Il-76
[*]14:54	1x Il-80 (Chkalovskiy)
[*]14:55	1x A-50 (Ivanovo)[/list]
[*]14:56	10x Hawk, RAF 'Red Arrows' (Zhukovskiy/UK)
[*]15:15	1x Ka-52, VVS (Klin/Torzhok??)
[*]15:16	Fighter flypast, VVS (Savasleyka, Lipetsk);
[list][*]15:23	4x Su-24M, VVS (Voronezh)
[*]15:24	4x MiG-31, VVS (Savasleyka)
[*]15:25	4x Su-34, VVS (Lipetsk)
[*]15:26	4x Yak-130, VVS (Kubinka/??)[/list]
[*]15:27	10x F-5, THK 'Turkish Stars' (Zhukovskiy/Turkey)
[*]15:58	4x Mi-8, 1x Mi-26, 2x Mi-35, 3x Ansat-U, VVS (Klin/??)
[*]16:00	4x MiG-29, VVS - Air Combat Training (Kubinka/??).
[*]16:08	6x TS-11, SPRP 'Bialo-Czerwone Iskry' (Zhukovskiy/Poland)
[*]16:40	2x MiG-29, 4x Su-27, 4x Su-34, VVS - Frontal 
        aviation "tactical wing" flypast (Lipetsk), with 
        subsequent demo's:
[list][*]16:40	2x MiG-29
[*]16:46	4x Su-34
[*]16:46	1x Su-34
[*]16:52	4x Su-27 'Sokoly Rossii' [Russian Falcons] [/list]
[*]17:03	5x Hawk, Ilmavoimat 'Midnight Hawks' (Zhukovskiy/Finland)
[*]17:23	3x Yak-52, 1x Yak-54
[*]17:41	1x T-50/PAK-FA, 1x MiG-29M2, MAP (Zhukovskiy)
[*]17:58	4x L-39, 'Baltiyskiye pchely'/Baltic Bees (Zhukovskiy/Latvia)
[*]18:20	4x MiG-29, 5x Su-27 VVS 'Strizhi' [Swifts] & 'Russkiye Vityazi' 
        [Russian Knights] (Kubinka)
[*]18:29	5x Su-27SM3, 8x MiG-29SMT, 8x Su-25SM, VVS - In the form of 
        the number '100' (Chkalovskiy/Akhtubinsk). 
[*]18:30	9x Su-25BM, VVS - With smoke in the colours of the flag (Kubinka)[/list]

No longer on the timetable at 100letvvs.ru:

• With 'The Legends of Global Aviation'; Douglas A-26 Invader, Junkers Ju-52, Lockheed P-38, Messerschmitt Me-109, Mikoyan MiG-3, Morane-Saulnier MS-502 (Fieseler Fi-156), Nieuport xx, Shavrov Sh-2, Supermarine Spitfire, Yakovlev Yak-18A, Avia-ballet 'Lido'
• 2x Su-24 with the Frontal aviation "tactical wing" flypast
• 1x Yak-52, DOSAAF (Klin/??)
• 1x An-70
• 1x Su-30MK, Sukhoi/MAP (Zhukovskiy)
• 1x MiG-29OVT, Mikoyan/MAP (Zhukovskiy)
• 1x Mi-28, Mil/MAP (Zhukovskiy)
• 1x F-15, Heyl Ha'Avir (Zhukovskiy/Israel).
• 1x An-28 with the para drop

Gates will be opened at 08:00 -for those with tickets- and will be closed again at 20:30

[Antheii]

It looks like Sunday will be open for the public after all: http://100letvvs.ru/

[Antheii]

As a side note, those people going to Moscow also might be interested in the Google Earth file I uploaded to the Tattle Lounge: http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=87008

[Sud-Ouest]

Surfing on http://www.100letvvs.ru I came across the following sentence and I'm wondering what it means: "August 12 - Aviation festival dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force (the entrance for visitors is free, by invitation only)."

By invitation only?

[Tim Jones]

Antheii,

Many thanks for the POI file, an incredible amount of work done there, excellent.

We had planned to attend the show on the Saturday, looks like it may have to be outside now?? Strange celebrations!

The area to the East looks good on Google? does anybody have experiance on the area outside and/or locations to view the flypast?

Many thanks,

Tim.

[cis]

Some additions on the flypast:
The a/c of the "100" formation did practice at Astrakhan and not at Akthubisk. The flankers are from Krymsk,MiG-29s from Kursk, Su-25 unknown at this moment.

There are no Yak-130 at Thikoretsk, so most likely these will be from Lipetsk or Borisoglebsk.

The Ka-52from Chernigovka is possible but unlikely, I assume this is a Thorzhokhelicopter.

The Tu-22M are based and will fly from Shaykovka.




The Su-24s are based at Voronezh.

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[Tomcat69]

Hi guys !

It sadly seems that saturday is just dedicated to official delegations and sunday on invitation only (for TV, press, medias etc...).

Hence, I plan to go to St petersburg where an airshow 'll take place on 11th: Military static display, civilian flight display, 15mn baloons rides, large stand of computer games...

Anyone got detailed list of military aircraft involved ? any idea about the hours of opening and closing of Pushkin airfield that day ?

[Antheii]

Hi cis,

Thanks for the updates, I've changed them in my overview.

The Israeli's are rumoured to have cancelled their participation.

[Tim Jones]

And any advice on viewing from outside the base on the Saturday?

Many thanks,

Tim.

[Sud-Ouest]

Hi all,

After surfing the net, I still didn't find an answer to the question that I posted above, but judging from the different topics on sites like UKAR http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 6&start=75, it seems that both Saturday and Sunday are not open to the general public. Saturday is for officials and delegations, and Sunday is only open to former and currently serving Russian Air Force personnel. That would explain why it says "the entrance for visitors is free, by invitation only."

Is there anyone that confirm this?

Regards,

Jan

[Stefan]

After surfing the net, I still didn't find an answer to the question that I posted above, but judging from the different topics on sites like UKAR http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 6&start=75, it seems that both Saturday and Sunday are not open to the general public. Saturday is for officials and delegations, and Sunday is only open to former and currently serving Russian Air Force personnel. That would explain why it says "the entrance for visitors is free, by invitation only."

Is there anyone that confirm this?

Hi Jan,

Your's is the most plausible conclusion. VIP day seems off-limits no matter what I guess.

Regards,
Stefan

[Sud-Ouest]

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the quick reply !!

Jan

[Tomcat69]

Hi guys !

Unexpected incredible news: My french Air attache in Moscow has just confirmed from the VVC that Zhukovsky'll be accessible for the general public on sunday 12th !!!

Shuttles from "отдых" train station should be implemented as well.

[Antheii]

A new timetable was published at http://www.100letvvs.ru/?r=airshow&s=002. I've changed my post above to reflect this timetable. Changes/additions are in red - except for changes in times.