Shiroke Airfield with 59 aircrafts L-29 Delfin

[pavelkorsun]

USSR Aviation School in Shiroke Airfield of Zaporizhia region worked since 1988 as airbase for pilot training of Soviet DOSAAF and flight training center named after Alexander Pokryshkin.

Video of Shiroke Airfield:
https://youtu.be/m3ZIILmCuhM

Today Zaporizhia Flight Training Center named after Alexander Pokryshkin has more than 150 units of equipment:

- Aero L-29 Delfin - more than 60 aircrafts
- Antonov An-2 - more than 10 aircrafts
- Mil Mi-2 - more than 15 helicopters
- Mil Mi-8 - 1 helicopter
- Antonov An-24T - 1 aircraft
- PZL-104 Wilga - 2 aircrafts

Shiroke Airfield till 1st of May 2018 going to get its certification and be open for private planes and helicopters to visit. It is planned air festival on opening of the airfield.

Shiroke Airfield Parameters

Exceedance: 119 m (14 hPa)
Name: Zaporizhia (Shiroke)
Country Ukraine
Index: UKDC
Magnetic declination (calculated): + 7.6°
Region: Zaporozhye region
World time: UTC +2
Aerodrome work schedule: on request
Takeoff and Landing Runway
Name: 01R / 19L
Width: 40 meters
Length: 2000 meters
Magnetic Track Angle: 006° / 186°
True Track Angle: 013° / 193°
Threshold 1: N47.90353° E034.95155°
Threshold 2: N47.92107° E034.95763°
Cover: Hard (asphalt concrete)
Lighting: No
Round-trip: LR
Frequencies
Tower: 125.2 MHz "Counter"
Start: "Belyanitsa"

You welcome!

[DaveReidUK]

I love places like that, although this

Today Zaporizhia Flight Training Center named after Alexander Pokryshkin has more than 150 units of equipmentis a tad misleading, given the state of most of them. :O

[Fareastdriver]

The earliest picture that is on Google Earth is 2015. They all look like a load of old wrecks then.

[pavelkorsun]

Hi, around 150 units is total numbers of aircrafts, airfield equipment, canned engines and other technique.

Total number of aircrafts at Shiroke Airfield is around 100 of airplanes and helicopters of Soviet time.

[Fareastdriver]

You could start a second hand air force with that lot. Interesting was the fabric rot on the AN2s. Year ago I drove past a line of derelict Nanchang CJ-6s (Yak 18) in China and they had the same problem; fabric rotting away on the elevators and ailerons.

[pavelkorsun]

Hi! When Oleg Antonov created An-2 there was an idea to make it as cheaper as possible in goal of mass production, easy maintenance and also as it is a biplane there is more distribution of loads on two wings.

What is the main plus of the fabric rotting? It allows to remove problems and carry out a revision of the entire power wing set. There is no such opportunity on any plane of this class. In order to repair a rivulet, determine the element of structure damaged by corrosion or fatigue stress it is necessary to reach it. If take any other plane with a metal rotting then this is basically impossible. Therefore it is one of main advantages of An-2 aircraft.

Today fabric rotting is replaced by synthetic fabric rotting. It already has completely different terms of service. We are now watching some planes with synthetic rotting they have been in operation for over 12 years and no problems. The design of the An-2 is unique and this razor makes it possible to have such a weight gain that did not dream of any other aircraft. In terms of take-off mass limits for An-2 they were dictated mainly by the power of the power plant Shvetsov ASh-62.

[Cirrussy]

Would love to visit!

[pavelkorsun]

You welcome to Zaporizhia and Ukraine!)
There are also 31 aircrafts Il-76 in Zaporizhia airport (USSR 338 Military Transport Aviation Regiment) but still not aссess for ramp tour - just possible to look at them from helicopter Mi-2 or opposite side of the runway from Motorsich Base.