
16-18 May, 2018, the 53-rd Russian Open Helicopter Championship took place at Konakovo airfield in Tver region. In individual overall the first three places went to crews from Moscow. Maxim Sotnikov and Aleh Puajukas were the third, Andrey Orekhov and Vadim Sazonov – the second, and the gold winners are Yury Yablokov and Konstantin Podoinitsyn.
The 53-rd Russian Helicopter Open was one of the first important helicopter competition in this sport season. It was a kind of rehearsal before 16th FAI World Championship, which will take place in Minsk in July 2018.