Training and technical centre of general purpose aviation
Take together with us an unforgettable, full of delight and new emotions flight on a hot air balloon or trikes!

WE SUGGEST YOU MAKE NOT FORGOTTEN FLIGHT ON A HOT AIR BALLOON IN THE CITY OF VELIKIE LUKI
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Why flights in the city of Velikie Luki and its surroundings memorable and safe?
Used намирайон flights is located in the outskirts of towns and Velikie Luki
Novosokolniki in the Pskov region. The terrain is flat, with a large number of picturesque lakes, rivers and deciduous and войных of forests, fields. A significant area of used space, as well as, availability of roads, different values and
directions - allows you to make long-haul flights and to follow the cars selection. The air space of the area is assigned to class "G",
that allows you to fly in a range of heights: from the earth's surface of up to 1500 meters.
Such flights are not possible, for example, in the vicinity of Moscow or Saint-Petersburg, where everywhere are "Prohibited zones", "danger zones",




History of the town of Velikie Luki
First mentioned in the Novgorod Chronicles as the city of Luke at the Lovat under 1166 year, when the Kyiv Prince Rostislav, I Mstyslavych arrived for talks with the Novgorod boyars (the first settlement in the IX-XII centuries, in 3 km from the modern city). From the XII century in the Novgorod land, the fortress (built in the year of 1211) on the outskirts of the Novgorod and Pskov.
It is also known that the son of Novgorod Prince Yaroslav Vladimirovich, Izyaslav Yaroslavich, was sent by the father in the year 1197 reign in Luke.
For patrolling the city earned the title of «mantle Novgorod» and the «atrium of Moscow», in 1406, Luke found the title of the Great. With 1478 years the city, as well as all the Novgorod land, subordinated to the Moscow Principality.
In the city have been Peter I and Catherine II. By order of the king by the drawings of the famous mathematician L. F. Magnitsky's was built a new fortress.
During the Great Patriotic war fighting for the liberation of the Velikie Luki were so violent that the city was nicknamed «Little Stalingrad». In honor of 40 anniversary of the liberation of the labor and military merits of Velikie Luki were awarded with the Order of the Patriotic war of I degree.