An interesting destination...

[Jan Olieslagers]

... loaded with history.
Not sure if one could easily fly there from the west, though, perhaps easier to fly on a local plane with a local instructor. Anyone been there and/or done that?

Êðîíøòàäòñêîå íåáî (http://www.kronavia.ru/)
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/60.0144/29.7019

(no local ties, I just came across this place while browsing the www)

[Flyingmac]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Khrabrovo+Airport/@60.0121102,29.7027929,6231m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe7f67dbeb3049451!8m2!3d54.8829 858!4d20.5866272


Just in case anyone's wondering where it is.


https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%82%D1%81 %D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%B0%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8 3%D0%B1+%22%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%22/@60.0142889,29.7110117,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m7!1e2!3m5!1s-iobdX20vgt8%2FV0q_5soJ_CI%2FAAAAAAAAACA%2FAAokLK-r9zkhNCB6kKobapjlpmRSFi26QCLIB!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercon tent.com%2F-iobdX20vgt8%2FV0q_5soJ_CI%2FAAAAAAAAACA%2FAAokLK-r9zkhNCB6kKobapjlpmRSFi26QCLIB%2Fs160-k-no%2F!7i4128!8i2322!4m15!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0xe7f67dbeb3049451!2s Khrabrovo+Airport!3b1!8m2!3d54.8829858!4d20.5866272!3m6!1s0x 0:0x53674947fedd2701!8m2!3d60.0142887!4d29.7110116!9m1!1b1!6 m1!1e1

[noflynomore]

The Aurora's getting steam up???

Has the Admiral Kuznetsov broken down and they need another flagship?

[JW411]

I visited St Petersburg in 2014 and 2015. Aurora was in her usual place the first year but she was missing last year. I was told that she had been towed to the dockyard at Kronstadt for another major refurbish. I was also told that she would be restored to working order and would become the flagship of the Russian Navy. I'm probably wrong but I have a vague recollection that her engines were made in Glasgow.