How young we were

Today we are finishing the publication of the memoirs of the pilot of the Beloyarsk airport Vladimir Vetlitsyn. In 1973, after the end of the flying school, Muraviev Nikolai arrived in the unit. Before flying school, he served on a submarine in the Pacific Fleet and was in the air train the first conqueror of the two oceans: water and air.

Having graduated from the service of a high-class specialist, Nikolai achieved a high level in aviation. He had admission to all types of work and ended his career with a regular pilot-instructor in Beloyarsky aviaizvenene. In the same year 1973, Ezhov Vladimir, an individual with a complex character, arrived in the aviation unit.

His flight career was interrupted very early due to the tragic event in his life that took the life of another talented and promising raft of Anatoly Mokrishchev in 1980. Tolya Mokrischev graduated with a red diploma school in 1973 and distributed in the White Yar. He was appointed to me as a co-pilot and soon became one of my so-called "favorites", and to earn such a title was, oh, how difficult! But with his perseverance, his thirst for knowledge of all the depths of professional skill, diligence and modesty, he deserved such a right. Alas!

Household slovenliness, lack of self-control and sense of proportion in some, unfortunately, very often lead to the tragedy of others. With pain in my heart, I performed a special cruise on the route White Yar-Veselovskoye Krasnoozerekogo district of the Novosibirsk region, delivering the coffin with the body of Anatoly to his small home, where he was buried.

Tragically, the fate of Mikhail Evgenievich Nemchinov, whose body rests in the cemetery of the village of Klyukvinka in the Verkhneketsky district, was cut short. Misha came to us in 1974. In 1977, he was supposed to fly to Novosibirsk to upgrade his skills and prepare for commissioning the aircraft commander.

He asked to go to his parents in Kliukvinku. Returned to White Yar on a motor boat on the spring flood of the river Ket with its insidious current and drowned, dropping out of the boat at the time of starting the engine at speed. Simple carelessness, disregard for safety rules took the life of a young, promising pilot.

Throughout the history of the link, White Yar officially passed through his staff, according to my information, 60 pilots. Personally, I flew with 44 of them. Did not find Shipitsyn Volodya. Galkin Victor and Ezhanov Igor. 11 commanders were the second pilot, the rest 33 were my second pilots. Many continue their flying career and now both in Russia and in the near abroad.

I hope that they will remember me with kindness and respect. From the entire flight crew - a special thanks to all airport services, weather station native (although onp and another agency), canteen employees, postal workers of the district, police officers.

Thanks to the doctors of the ambulance, the paramedics of the polyclinic who conducted the pre-flight medical check-up of the crews in the absence of our doctor, to all party, Soviet, Komsomol bodies for their attention and support, for taking care of the airport employees and the aviation authorities.

Thanks to all the residents of the area, those who contributed and provided decent living, leisure and accident-free work of the air link, both in the district center and in the villages of the district. Pilots of the air union remember only all good and good.

I believe that the confirmation of my words is the fact that during the 29 years of the existence of the air link (1935-1994) all pilots flew off in the region without a single accident, not to mention disasters. Most of our pilots are awarded with a badge "For accident-free flying hours" and has state awards and certificates of honor from the Ministry of Civil Aviation.