70 athletes, 27 countries - from Japan and Singapore to Brazil. In the international team that came to Korotich at the first in Ukraine Big-Way Camp, parachutists with an individual number of jumps from almost four hundred. Organizers of the collections tell: they managed to attract the best captains of world records. Including the author-director of the latter - the German Dieter Kirsch. In general, Big-Way Camp is a training before setting a new world record.

Ilya Balashov, the captain of the European Big-Way Camp, world record holder in parachute sport Legendary personalities, just legendary. These are the people who will organize the world record, which will take place, I hope, in Arizona, this year, from October 21 to 27. This will be a formation of 222 people must build 3 figures. That is, build and rebuild it twice.

Under Kharkov paratroopers will spend several days. Athletes will rise to the sky about fifteen times. The height of jumping - from 4200 to 5000 meters. On the first day, parachurist internationalists jumped in two groups of 30 people, in the subsequent - 60, collecting and rearranging the formations in free fall.

Until August 27 at the aerodrome "Korotich" Kharkov Aeroclub - An-72 of the National Guard of Ukraine. A military transport plane flew from Kiev to work out special forces for the National Guard, as well as for the training jumps of the parachutists who came to Kharkov from all over the world. In the final days of the stay of the unique aircraft in Korotich, attempts will be made to establish a national parachute record - 50-way with two rebuilds.

At the end of August, the An-72 marks 40 years from the first take-off. Since the 86th year the aircraft was serially produced in Kharkov - at the aircraft production enterprise. Today it is operated in many countries of the world. The fuselage has a capacious cargo cabin with a length of 9 meters. The opening is closed by a ramp, which can be lowered to the ground to enter self-propelled machinery and move any cargo. The aircraft has installed over 20 world records in different weight categories.

Leonid Berest, commander of the An-72 crew of the National Guard of Ukraine This aircraft can carry cargo, people. Soldiers, landing. Can parachute cargoes throw out, paratroopers. Is capable of evacuating the wounded, transporting patients. On it it is possible to make landing on practically unprepared strip. On the ground, snow-covered strip. Short. Which is not equipped with virtually no radio equipment. Only, let's say, rely on the ability of the crew, on good training. The plane is unique.

On the Big-Way Camp, experienced foreign paratroopers in the landing area help the National Guard to perfect the mastery of the aircraft.

Leonid Berest, commander of the An-72 crew of the National Guard of Ukraine We are here for the second year and how pleasant it is that we can prepare a couple more crews, because we simply do not have such a band and such an opportunity to train and learn..

Interest in the Ukrainian aircraft eminent parachutists - captains and directors of world records - showed after last year the An-72 worked on the release of Ukrainian paratroopers who set a national record. In a free fall, the skydivers assembled and rebuilt the 50-way formation. This year, the legendary American paratrooper Keith Cooper-Jensen came to see the aircraft and for the first time to feel the Ukrainian sky.. On account of a 56-year-old captain of world records - more than 11,800 jumps.

Keith Cooper-Jensen, captain of world records For me, the An-72 is an unusual plane. First, it's a jet plane. Usually paratroopers perform jumps from turbo-propeller aircraft, and a jump from a jet is my first experience. Secondly, a very steep climb. The plane quickly, very quickly and at a steep angle gains altitude. It pleases, because you spend very little time on the rise. And jumping ramps, that is, in the tail of the plane - is also unusual for paratroopers, usually it is done in the door. No comments. Everything is wonderful.

An-72 sixty athletes to a height of 5 thousand meters raises in about 11 minutes. Usually for such a number of paratroopers use two or even three aircraft, says one of the organizers of the charges, the head of the Kharkiv aero club Sergey Filatov. Separating from different aircraft, athletes lose precious time building a formation. The use of the Ukrainian aircraft solves several tasks at once: preparation of the National Guard crews and presentation of the country on the world sports arena.

Sergey Filatov, the head of the Kharkov aero club. Grizodubova Such training, according to the course of combat training of flight crew, they must be annual, in order for the pilots to be trained.

if next year will have the opportunity and will to the will of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard, and will be allocated to not one, but two planes, now we have this we can say for sure on our airfield can perform quite a record 120. Female record of 120-way.

Captains of world records have already expressed a desire to train women on the basis of the airfield "Korotich". It is planned that the preparation for the next achievement will take about a year.

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