i arrived in the town of bolbasovo, once secret, because it was here that there was an air base withce that the tu-16 plane is standing in the city center; it’s a symbol, because it was precisely these planes that carried nuclear weapons for the first time in the soviet union. in general, the village of bolbasy existed in the arshenshchina since the 16th century. the turning point for him was 1928, when the settlement was renamed bolbasovo and all unions built a military airfield there. by the great patriotic war , several combat air regiments were based in balbasova. now in bolbasov there is the arshan aircraft repair plant, famous throughout the commonwealth. and even though tourists are not allowed there, i will take advantage opportunity to show you how they repair. combat helicopters. the history of the orsha aircraft repair plant began in 1941. after the war there was always enough work here and salaries were high, but after the collapse of the union everything changed. at the end of the 20th century , the plant's owners changed, debts accumulated, and now the enterprise is aga

the mi-2 arrived in bolbasovo, and the mi-2m will fly away.nd here the helicopter is simply disassembled with all the removable parts distributed to different repair areas. and the helicopter has more parts than a lego set. 400 machine is literally disassembled down to the screw, all rubber technical products are replaced. the main part of the helicopter is the fuselage. here the paint is removed from the body of all parts and the helicopters are washed. moreover, it is important to clean every rivet, every millimeter, otherwise the defectologist may simply not notice the damage. every detail, every unscrewed bolt is checked three times, by a foreman and a control foreman, because this is not car, the masters joke. it breaks down on the side of the road. but you can’t eat it, in order to lighten the body and avoid corrosion, the aviation industry is moving away from using iron in favor of polymer and composite materials, repairing a helicopter is not cheap, from 1 to 2 million dollars, refurbishment and equipping with new devices is hundreds o