Balloon Festival - Pereslavl Zalessky. Festival of music and aeronautics "Moscow Sky" Aeronautics Festival
August 23–24 in Moscow for the first time there will be a festival"Moscow sky". This is a holiday of people in love with the romance of heights, the open spaces of the air, and the unsurpassed beauty of flying structures.
Viewers will be able to see almost all the devices, devices and apparatus that have ever risen into the sky and moved through the air - from kites and balloons of various configurations to vintage airplanes.
In the festival program:
- Aircraft design competitions;
- Exhibitions of aviation achievements;
- Demonstration flights of pilots and gliders;
- Meetings with space explorers;
- Master classes where everyone will be taught how to make and fly kites;
- Concert;
- Fair.
Aircraft model competitions are one of the main and most anticipated events of the holiday. Radio-controlled, cord, and free-flying models will show their capabilities. There will be battles, real, colorful and spectacular.
The “Kites” site is also unusually interesting, where you can see kites of various configurations. A competition is expected for the most unusual kite design, which, in addition to beauty and originality, must also fly quickly. The jury and spectators will choose the “Kite King”. Master classes will be held where you can learn how to make kites and how to fly them correctly. At the end of the program, viewers will witness demonstration performances by international champions in kite flying and an incredibly beautiful and spectacular show - “kite fight”.
The youngest guests will be able to receive aviation souvenirs by competing in launching airplanes.
Everyone will have a wonderful opportunity to rise above the Earth in a hot air balloon and admire the picturesque views of the Moscow region from a bird's eye view. The cost of this pleasure is 500 rubles.
Additional Information:
- Where: Kaluzhskoe highway, 11 km, TINAO, village. Gum;
- When: August 23 and 24 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.;
- Free admission!
On August 25 and 26, the annual federal aeronautics festival “Moscow Sky” will be held at the Chernoye airfield in the Balashikha district of the Moscow region, 12 km from the Moscow Ring Road.
On an area of over 70 hectares, all the advanced achievements in the field of flight robotics and aircraft modeling, aviation sports, unique jet aircraft models and hot air balloons, drone races and air combat competitions for line aircraft, master classes on making aircraft and kites, paragliders, gliders and real light aircraft.
The festival participants will be the best aviation and aircraft modeling sports clubs from all over Russia and other countries of the world, as well as technical modeling clubs. “Moscow Sky” is the only festival in our country where almost all classes of aircraft models fly, from “children’s” throwing gliders and paper airplanes to the pinnacle of aircraft modeling - jet models reaching speeds of up to 250 km/h.
The best pilots from all over the world will take part in the Moscow Sky Dron Racing drone race. On Saturday, August 25, 16 pilots from different countries will compete on a unique route - one of the parts of the route will pass through the music stage of the festival for greater entertainment. On Sunday, only Russian pilots will compete, and this competition will be a stage of the national RDR drone racing series.
One of the most spectacular parts of the program will be demonstration performances by an aerobatic team of model airplanes with jet engines. Experienced pilots will demonstrate aerobatics: loops, rolls, flying on a “knife” and others no less complex figures. Among the participants is the head of the RUSJET club and the World Champion in the class of radio-controlled replica models Pavel Lapshov. Modern maneuverable helicopter models will perform a specially choreographed “dance” in the sky to the music.
The air combat competition for radio-controlled models will be held on the airfield - the Moscow and Moscow Region Cup for radio-controlled air combat aircraft in the Soyuz-500 class. The goal of the competition is to “chop off” the maximum number of pieces of paper tape tied to the tail of the enemy aircraft. More than ten aircraft models from the Great Patriotic War will take off at the same time and take part in hot battles. At a specially built cordodrome, model aircraft athletes will conduct exhibition air battles and demonstrate the flight of aerobatic models.
Everyone will be able to ride in a hot air balloon, for which over 10 huge hot-air balloons will appear on the site. The exhibition of aviation equipment will bring together the most beautiful examples of small aircraft: biplanes, hang gliders and gliders. The exhibition will also feature historical An-2 aircraft, Mi-2 helicopters, and a Mi-4 helicopter being restored by the aircraft plant: after standing for decades at a storage base, it has now been restored to flying condition. A unique collection of vintage aircraft engines collected by employees of the Moscow Aircraft Repair Plant will be demonstrated to the public for the first time.
Instructors from the Russian Gliding Federation will tell you how and why gliders fly and how to control them in the air. The guest of the festival will be the legendary training glider Blahnik, he will open the morning air program of the festival, his pilot will be the chairman of the Russian Gliding Federation Sergei Ryabchinsky. Bench modeling will not be ignored either. Famous craftsmen will present collections of miniature aircraft models, and master classes on assembling and painting plastic aircraft models will also be held here.
The author of the “Little Airplane” project, Yuri Rozhdestvin, who has been involved in aircraft modeling for many years, is responsible for the festival’s children’s program. On the playground, children will be able to make their own glider, kite, take part in aircraft modeling competitions and, if the glider is assembled very carefully, launch it on a long flight.
In addition, children's airplane piloting competitions will be held non-stop both days, and young festival visitors will compete for the title of best pilot. The lecture hall will host lectures on aviation and autograph sessions with famous pilots, cosmonauts and designers.
Both days, spectators will enjoy a rich musical program at the level of the country's largest festivals. Headliner music program On August 25 there will be a performance by the most popular people's artist Trofim, and the festival will close on August 26 by the legendary Russian rock band Chaif with a full concert set. A modern food court of 20 food trucks will provide food at the festival.
The festival organizers encourage all spectators to use public transport and travel by train from the Kursky railway station or the Ploshchad Ilyich metro station to the Chernaya station (approx. 30 minutes), the journey from the station to the airfield takes 4 minutes 27 seconds. And the most impatient guests will be able to fly to the festival on their own plane or helicopter.
At the end of summer 2018, the Chernoye airfield near Moscow will become the venue for the Moscow Sky 2018 festival, during which visitors will be treated to a wide variety of themed entertainment and a rich educational program dedicated to aviation.
The main goal of the project is to introduce a wide audience to flight robotics, aircraft modeling and aviation sports, demonstrate the variety of models of jet aircraft and hot air balloons, organize spectacular drone races, dogfights, etc.
Several dozen aircraft modeling and aviation sports clubs and technical modeling clubs from all over the country and even from abroad will participate in the festival.
The program includes an exhibition of aviation technology, lectures and seminars, practical classes, virtual flights, a concert, cultural and entertainment events and much more.
In addition, a series of creative master classes is planned as part of the festival, during which everyone will learn how to make their own airplanes and kites, paragliders and gliders various types and even real light aircraft!
Program of the Moscow Sky festival
The festival will open on August 25 at 11:00. During the day professional athletes drone racing from Russia, Belarus, South Korea, Switzerland, UAE will compete in the Moscow Sky Drone Racing competition. Also, at a separate cordodrome, experienced pilots will demonstrate aerobatics and air combat. One of the participants, Alexey Sergeev, will demonstrate flying “Macedonian style,” flying two planes at once. In addition, during the day young aircraft modelers will perform and prove that they can control air transport just as well as adults.
The flights will be accompanied by live music: from 14:00, visitors will hear the groups “Vanyn”, “Dresses for 130”, “Affinage”, and the day will end with a big concert by Sergei Trofimov. On August 26, “Exilados”, “Mister Twister”, “Caspian” will perform under the “Moscow sky”, and the festival will end with a concert by the group “Chaif”, who will perform famous hits and songs from the latest album “Wine, Cinema and Dominoes”.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to walk around the aircraft exhibition with rare models, watch an air show from the country's best modelers, listen to lectures by experienced pilots, and from 18:00 - ride a hot air balloon with professionals.
At the MAI and MEPhI sites, young aircraft modelers from 6 years old will be able to take part in master classes and, possibly, decide on their future profession. Children will be able to create their own aircraft together with aircraft modeller Yuri Rozhdestvenny and launch their airplane into the sky. Participation in master classes is free. The most talented guys will take part in real competitions.
The Moscow Sky festival will be held at the Chernoye airfield, Balashikha urban district. The full program is available on the official website.
Location: Balashikha district, MARZ airfield, Chernoye railway station.
About 20 thousand visitors are expected at the Moscow Sky festival
According to the head of the municipality, Sergei Yurov, the festival will be visited by about 20 thousand people - residents of Balashikha, the Moscow region and Moscow. Their safety will be ensured by police officers, the Russian National Guard and the aviation security service.
On an area of over 70 hectares, cutting-edge achievements in the field of flight robotics, aircraft modeling and aviation sports will be presented.
“Moscow Sky” is the only festival in Russia where there are almost all classes of model aircraft, including jet models with speeds of up to 250 km/h. Guests can enjoy air battles of radio-controlled models, drone races with the participation of the world's best pilots, and demonstration performances of jet aircraft models.
To the music of Trofim and Chaifa, you will be able to ride in hot air balloons, watch an exhibition of aircraft, listen to lectures, and get autographs from famous pilots, cosmonauts and designers. According to the director of MARZ Pavel Nechaev, such festivals will be held annually at the airfield.
