the journey from the city of kizlyar to makhachkalyn took a car. 2.5 hours, by air it took only 30 minutesng northwest up to 10 m. temperature outside -15°. the pilots are preparing to take off. the dispatcher received an urgent call from the high mountain region of the republic. a woman diagnosed with a stroke needs emergency help. this is the farthest departure point of the sanitary aviation. every 10 minutes a request for a weather report. the weather in these parts is unpredictable. water to pass, in addition, snow, rain, sourness, fog, after this they appear, so this is a very difficult region of the caucasus, we are flying along the great caucasian ridge, through which the state border with georgia passes, in the vocabulary of pilots the weather today is open, sunny, there is not a cloud in the sky, but sometimes the car chatters and bounces, flying over the mountains, vortex turbulence arises, a dangerous phenomenon, even for such a reliable cars like mi-8. klyaratinsky district , above the sea, almost 1500 meters, we are landing along a narrow gorge, the pilots demonstrate the high