Documentary about the legendary Soviet test pilot Garnaev who died with his crew in August 1967 while fighting forest fires in France.
Yuri Garnaev tested catapults and ferried Soviet helicopters to France. He worked in Europe for several months, carrying out missions that pilots from other countries refused to do. Then he tackled a fire in France…
His death is tragic, but shots from the cockpit of a fighter plane allow us to grasp the stunning beauty of this profession. The film shows the news of Soviet aviation from the 20s to the 40s, the history of the development and testing of the catapult, unique moments when a helicopter is tested in experimental conditions, the preparation of the first cosmonauts, artificial weightlessness on board an aircraft, high-flying maneuvers performed by a group of supersonic fighter planes. Soviet air technology at the Paris Air Show, the fatal accident of the Italian pilot…
Semen Aranovich, who was engaged in aviation during the war, pays tribute to his fellow pilots here
