On 24 February 2005, nearby the town of Zhukovsky in the Moscow region where new generations of aircraft are being tested and where President Putin has announced the plan to revive the aviation industry in Russia, two brave sportswomen established the new world record in flight endurance on a hot-air airship. Natalia Volodicheva ( Moscow ) and Yekaterina Kochetkova (Korolyov) have already set the world speed record on a hot-air airship of the BX-4 subclass (according to Federation Aeronautique Internationale, World Air Sports Federation ) on 7 February. The record-holders expect that in the near future they will be able to make a new attempt of a record of this type of airships - a distance record. Thus, Russia increases its presence in the FAI and fortifies positions of Russian aeronautics. Today the FAI record register contains names of four Russians: Nikolay Galkin (the flight endurance record on a hot-air airship of the BX-4 subclass; February 2004), Natalia Volodicheva and Yekaterina Kochetkova (the flight endurance record on a hot-air airship of the BX-4 subclass among women; February 2005), and Leonid Putintsev (the speed record on a gas airship of the BA-02 subclass; February 2005).
On February 10, 2005 the Ramenskoye airfield became the place of the new world record of the 1-seat gas airship Au-11 of the BA-02 subclass (according to the FAI classification, the envelope volume from 400 to 900 cu. m ). The pilot-in-command Leonid Putintsev (Korolyov) established the world record in speed. Take-off was made at 13.03 and landing at 13.20; the airship passed over marked runway 4 times. Official sports commissioners enrolled a record result - 50.03 km per hour.
On February 7, 2005 the Ramenskoye airfield saw the world record in speed of hot-air airship flight set by two Russian sportswomen.The female crew consisting of the pilot-in-command Natalia Volodicheva (Moscow) and the second pilot Yekaterina Kochetkova (Zhukovsky) has set the world record among women in speed of flight in a BX-4 subclass hot-air airship (envelope volume 1600- 3000 cu. m ). The airship accomplished 1-kilometer distance, or ground speed course, several times. The mean speed was derived from the two consecutive flights - downwind and upwind. The airship took-off at 16.20 and landed at 16.50; in those 30 minutes it passed over the marked-out runway 3 times.
A Russian company - the Augur Aeronautical Centre - has completed a set of certification tests of the AeroLift aerostatic attraction. After the AeroLift is put it into commercial operation, in the nearest future it will become one of the showplaces of the legendary town of Pompeii and give all visitors a chance to enjoy a birds-eye view from 150 meters altitude. Operation experience of such attractions has been showing their profitability for two seasons now.
On 24 February 2005, nearby the town of Zhukovsky in the Moscow region where new generations of aircraft are being tested and where President Putin has announced the plan to revive the aviation industry in Russia, two brave sportswomen established the new world record in flight endurance on a hot-air airship. Natalia Volodicheva ( Moscow ) and Yekaterina Kochetkova (Korolyov) have already set the world speed record on a hot-air airship of the BX-4 subclass (according to Federation Aeronautique Internationale, World Air Sports Federation ) on 7 February. The record-holders expect that in the near future they will be able to make a new attempt of a record of this type of airships - a distance record. Thus, Russia increases its presence in the FAI and fortifies positions of Russian aeronautics. Today the FAI record register contains names of four Russians: Nikolay Galkin (the flight endurance record on a hot-air airship of the BX-4 subclass; February 2004), Natalia Volodicheva and Yekaterina Kochetkova (the flight endurance record on a hot-air airship of the BX-4 subclass among women; February 2005), and Leonid Putintsev (the speed record on a gas airship of the BA-02 subclass; February 2005). 
On February 10, 2005 the Ramenskoye airfield became the place of the new world record of the 1-seat gas airship Au-11 of the BA-02 subclass (according to the FAI classification, the envelope volume from 400 to 900 cu. m ). The pilot-in-command Leonid Putintsev (Korolyov) established the world record in speed. Take-off was made at 13.03 and landing at 13.20; the airship passed over marked runway 4 times. Official sports commissioners enrolled a record result - 50.03 km per hour.
On February 7, 2005 the Ramenskoye airfield saw the world record in speed of hot-air airship flight set by two Russian sportswomen.The female crew consisting of the pilot-in-command Natalia Volodicheva (Moscow) and the second pilot Yekaterina Kochetkova (Zhukovsky) has set the world record among women in speed of flight in a BX-4 subclass hot-air airship (envelope volume 1600- 3000 cu. m ). The airship accomplished 1-kilometer distance, or ground speed course, several times. The mean speed was derived from the two consecutive flights - downwind and upwind. The airship took-off at 16.20 and landed at 16.50; in those 30 minutes it passed over the marked-out runway 3 times.