Russian Pre Trip Procedures

I was bringing AN-2s from Vladivostok to Alaska 12 or 13 years ago, flying up the entire east coast of Russia. We had to stop in all sorts of dilapidated remote towns...nothing lavish and modern like those pics. Yes, every day before flight, there was a 'medical exam,' from each airport's flight doctor.. I assume primarily checking to see if the crew was drunk. We also needed flight clearance for each flight from Moscow, clear across the continent, which would be denied for any number of reasons...ie if the estimated cross wind component at takeoff exceeded the aircraft's published specs.
 
empire said:
I was bringing AN-2s from Vladivostok to Alaska 12 or 13 years ago, flying up the entire east coast of Russia.
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Is one of them the AN-2 sitting at Merrill field?

I am totally jealous, the AN-2 looks like such a cool aircraft.
 
Just as an FYI - Russia/China report winds in Meters per Second and your FL is filed in meters.

PITA!!!

F9DXER
 
Windows

There is also a minimum cockpit windows check.

There must be at least five cockpit windows per cockpit crewmember.
 
One of my teachers said he watched a Russian crew remove snow from an aircraft using ropes.:eek:

I thought China Airlines was cheap.:D
 
ASpilot2be said:
Is one of them the AN-2 sitting at Merrill field?

I am totally jealous, the AN-2 looks like such a cool aircraft.
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No. The AN2 currently at Merrill was one of two aircraft shipped into Anchorage in pieces, as cargo, about 15 years ago. It was traded, I think, for reindeer antlers (aphrodisiac).....well, it was an antler trading company that brought the planes in.
It has never flown in the US....i believe it was never properly de-registered from the Russian registry (and that is a real pain in the ass). NO WAY to get a US N number without having the proper de-registration documents from Russia.

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empire said:
No. The AN2 currently at Merrill was one of two aircraft shipped into Anchorage in pieces, as cargo, about 15 years ago. It was traded, I think, for reindeer antlers (aphrodisiac).....well, it was an antler trading company that brought the planes in.
It has never flown in the US....i believe it was never properly de-registered from the Russian registry (and that is a real pain in the ass). NO WAY to get a US N number without having the proper de-registration documents from Russia.

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Wow, thats a pretty cool story. It is still sad to see it just sitting there though.:(
 
BobDDuck said:
Somebody just sent me the link to this. I don't think it's been posted here.

These guys get a medical exam before every trip apparently?

http://englishrussia.com/?p=10724#more-10724
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All of those pics are at Domodedovo Airport which is where I am based. How I love (sarcasm) going there for my briefings (if I actually go). Because we are a foreign airplane and crew we are not required to do the medical inspection which is nice. Otherwise, we can send our company representative to the briefing instead of having the pilots go. If my trip is to bumble fudge nowhere in Russia then I like to go to the briefing to get as much info as possible on my destination as well as my Russian approach plates which Jepp does not make. The briefer (usually a guy who has been flying since the Wright Bros) has lots of great info sometimes on places. Especially the condition of the runway and prevalent winds. There are some places out in the steppes where the wind howls and the runways are beat up. Also, the Russian pilots have lots of good tips too (if they will talk to you). Since I speak Russian it helps me but they are not to keen on the foreigners invading their space. Otherwise, flying out here is the best flying I have ever done. Nothing against all the flights to Saginaw and such that I used to do in the states but even a trip to Krasnoyarsk Russia is an adventure for us American crews. We really do have a lot of fun.

Fly safe.
 
fsiflyer said:
All of those pics are at Domodedovo Airport which is where I am based. How I love (sarcasm) going there for my briefings (if I actually go). Because we are a foreign airplane and crew we are not required to do the medical inspection which is nice. Otherwise, we can send our company representative to the briefing instead of having the pilots go. If my trip is to bumble fudge nowhere in Russia then I like to go to the briefing to get as much info as possible on my destination as well as my Russian approach plates which Jepp does not make. The briefer (usually a guy who has been flying since the Wright Bros) has lots of great info sometimes on places. Especially the condition of the runway and prevalent winds. There are some places out in the steppes where the wind howls and the runways are beat up. Also, the Russian pilots have lots of good tips too (if they will talk to you). Since I speak Russian it helps me but they are not to keen on the foreigners invading their space. Otherwise, flying out here is the best flying I have ever done. Nothing against all the flights to Saginaw and such that I used to do in the states but even a trip to Krasnoyarsk Russia is an adventure for us American crews. We really do have a lot of fun.

Fly safe.
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Hey, HEY! I grew up about 30 miles east of Saginaw and it was the "big city" to us kids from the middle of the thumb.

:)
 
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