Fire, Water and a Rotor

A helicopter doing its job looks stunning. Indispensable. Efficient. Plain beautiful.

Skilled photographer Mark Kozhura has skilfully captured this beauty. The Ka-32A is fighting fires in scorching Spain. Tough work - but nothing our helicopters can't handle. Step aside, don't get in the way! There's nothing else to say. The pictures speak louder than words.

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Comrade Oligarkh

An experience not many in the Western world have had – flying a VIP conversion of a Soviet airliner. So does a good divan make the Tu-134 a plane to crave?

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Cessna Picks Up Embraer’s Glove

Photo: Cessna Aircraft

The first victims are known even though the fight hasn’t even started। Citation XLS+ and Sovereign will find the peace they deserve.

I wouldn’t be surprised if head of Cessna Jack Pelton sees geographical puns in his dreams. As if Wichita suddenly moved to Sao Paolo, and the production facilities were surrounded by palm trees instead of the poplars and sunflowers he is accustomed to.

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Jet Expo United

Photo: Mark Kozhura

Finally things have changed. We won’t have to suffer traffic jams getting to and from the static display at Moscow’s Vnukovo-3. But after last year’s huge party who says it won’t become a vanity fair?

It’s definitely a good thing that exhibitors and aircraft of Russia’s first and only business aviation show will come together and offer visitors the entire package in one place. This is what everyone has been waiting for, especially taking into account the unpredictable drive to the static display and the outrageous helitaxi prices. All is looking good, but there might be a change in the event’s philosophy that not everybody will like.

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