Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk Region)
In 2019, the Air Force in Russia celebrated its 107th anniversary. To celebrate this date, the organizers - the Museum of Military Equipment of the UMMC - organized a big citywide holiday “Wings of the Motherland”, which was attended by over one and a half thousand residents of Yekaterinburg and Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The honorary guests of the event were acting military pilots and aviation veterans.
The festival was opened by the Director of the Museum Complex, the commander of the 4th Red Banner Army of the Air Force and Air Defense (until March 2019), Lieutenant General of the Reserve Viktor Sevostyanov, as well as Major General of Aviation Chairman of the Council of the Regional Public Organization of War Veterans, member of the Public Chamber of the Sverdlovsk Region Yuri Sudakov.
In his welcoming speech to all those present, Viktor Sevostyanov stressed that the Russian Air Force Day is a holiday not only for aviators, touching aviation is always an unforgettable experience for everyone. Proof of this was the hundreds of spectators who came to the Museum of Military Equipment last Sunday.
The culmination of the celebration was the parachute jumping demonstration. Five DOSAAF athletes with the flags of the Russian Federation, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, the Russian Air Force, the UMMC holding and Uralelectromed, in front of the audience, jumped on guided parachutes and landed at the Zhuravli memorial near the plant's entrance.
Immediately after the parachutists landed, all those present took part in a festive flash mob and released hundreds of balloons in the colors of the Russian flag into the sky.
However, there was something to see not only in the sky, but also on earth. The whole day, the festive mood for all those present was created by the artists of the ensembles of the Central Military District and the Russian Guard.
Special The guest at the event was a musician from Belarus, singer and composer, songwriter about aviation Nikolai Anisimov.
Field kitchens worked throughout the event, where guests of the holiday tasted real "flight" porridge.
Unique exhibitions of uniforms and equipment of pilots, search and rescue equipment working on the site were popular all day long , modern special equipment of the Russian Air Force, which is used to prepare air vessels to fly.
The townspeople were happy to take pictures in the area of each exhibition, many We were happy to try on the uniform and equipment of the flight personnel.
The emergence of in the sky at the Museum of Military Equipment of the DOSAAF aircraft, which demonstrated several aerobatics.
The event ended with an exciting quest on the theme of aviation "Wings of the Motherland". The winners received diplomas and memorable prizes from the Museum of Military Equipment of the UMMC.
