OREANDA-NEWS. On 25 August 2008 was announced, that UTair (UTair Aviation JSC) will hold the Visiting with UTair air show in Tyumen on August 23, 2008, which will begin at the Plekhanovo airport at 11 a.m.

The program will include an air display (a demonstration of flying maneuvers at low altitudes over the Plekhanovo airfield) of various aircraft in use by the airline: Tu-154, Tu-134, ATR-42, An-24, and Yak-40. Highly professional UTair pilots will demonstrate the capabilities of the Mi-8 helicopter: a landing operation, flight with a helibucket, rescue operations, etc. The air display will also include Mi-26, the world’s most powerful helicopter (with the unloading of an automobile after landing) and the lightest helicopter in UTair’s fleet, the AS 355N, produced by Eurocopter.

Tyumen’s residents and visitors will have an opportunity to get a bird’s eye view of the city. Aerial excursions will be carried out on board UTair’s An-2 airplane and Mi-8 helicopter.