My flight story @ Zhukovsky Airbase on April 30, 2003. We came to Zhukovsky at approximately 9AM. Passed the main gate and drove to the pilot's building. Ladies helped me get into the flight gear and I passed my medical.... » more...

	Here we're preparing for the flight. Some people came just to support me and to see the flight!
	We are going through the procedures and getting ready to start the engines.
	You can see the person in front of the MiG who was communicating with us VIA wire connected to the plane.
	Starting the right engine. It is totally unreal. You feel the power of this machine that has almost no limits and controlled by a normal person, that is if...
	Now we are on the runway checking avionics and engines. Each engine checked on idle to afterburner power one by one.
	we start rolling on afterburners. It feels like somebody pushes you into the seat and you have no power to resist.
	start rotating and in a second we were in the air in almost vertical climb.
	on the way back we made a low altitude high speed pass over the runway.
	here you can see us rolling after we have landed. Great feeling when you fly but landing is even greater!