TSAMTO, August 13. Carrier-based fighter pilots of the Northern Fleet have started scheduled training flights at the ground test training complex (aviation) (NITKA) in the Crimea.
During the first scheduled flight shift, four aircraft flights were carried out, during which glide path flights and glide path flights with a hook on the aerial finisher cable were practiced.
Before the start of flights on the simulator, all pilots passed a test for knowledge of the technical features of the ground test training complex and safety requirements when performing combat training tasks.
Also, a flyby of the optical landing system "Luna" was performed, which is used to provide the pilot with continuous visual information about the position of the aircraft relative to a given glide path of descent at the final stage of the approach.
Pilots begin to practice landing on the deck on Su-25UTG combat training aircraft, which were specially created for training pilots of deck fighters. After mastering the training aircraft, naval pilots are transferred to combat vehicles-the Su-33.
Young officers who have no experience of landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier first learn to perform a pass over the" deck " of the NITKA simulator at a given height, then touch the deck with the released landing gear and only after that they start training on hooking the braking device cable.
The relocation of part of the flight crew of the ship's fighter aviation regiment and aircraft of the Northern Fleet from the permanent base airfield in Saki was completed at the end of last week. Currently, 4 Su-33 deck aircraft are ready to perform flight shifts in the Crimea, and one Su-25UTG and Su-30 of the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the SF, the press service of the Northern Fleet reports.