“Akhtung! Vasya Tsimbal in the air! ”
From time to time, information appears about incidents between Russian and NATO military pilots. NATO pilots complain about the dangerous maneuvers of Russians near their aircraft.
Apparently, they forgot about the problems that the Soviet aces created for them. One of the most famous air hooligans of the USSR was the pilot Vasily Tsimbal.
The end of the kitten!
Cymbal was distinguished by a cheerful, cheerful and reckless character. The pilot approached his work creatively, for which he was repeatedly called to the "carpet" and transferred from one end of the country to the other.
Vasily Tsimbal in the 80s of the last century, at the end of the Cold War, piloted a Su-27 fighter. His popularity began while serving in the Far East. During the flight over the sea, he flew at a record low altitude above the Japanese aircraft carrier and "blew" one of the helicopters into the water. Perhaps the incident could be hushed up, attributing it to negligence, if not for the phrase uttered by Vasily on the air during the maneuver. In a literary translation, it sounds: "End the kitten!".
For this, in the fall of 1987, he was transferred to a small polar garrison in the Murmansk region.
Tamer of Orion
At the new duty station, Vasily Tsimbala was restless. Here, in the border areas of the Barents Sea, Soviet atomic submarines were based, the movements of which were watched with interest by NATO aviation. Foreign pilots were very bothered, but Vasily took up this issue.
His next hooligan trick significantly reduced the activity of NATO reconnaissance aircraft in the area. Cymbal on its "drying" flew over the deck of the American aircraft carrier and poured fuel on it, making a real "kerosene rain." But it could be a real attack.
But after the unusual act of the Soviet pilot, flights of Western aircraft in this area practically stopped. The only ones who did not respond to such a peculiar warning were the Norwegian Air Force. They used Orion reconnaissance aircraft to monitor Soviet territory. Particularly unpleasant was the fact that an aircraft of this type was able to be continuously in the air for up to 12 hours.
And so, one Sunday morning, Vasily Tsimbal took up combat duty in the sky of the Soviet Arctic. He was a little out of mood, as he missed his favorite TV show, Morning Mail. It is difficult for a modern Russian to realize this, but during the times of the USSR it was almost the only music and entertainment program that was broadcast once a week.
And then under his hot hand came the miserable Norwegian Orion. Cymbal began to describe aerobatics in a dangerous vicinity of the NATO reconnaissance aircraft, preventing him from dropping beacons into the wake of our submarines entering the open sea. As a result of an unsuccessful maneuver, the Norwegian caught the screw of one of the engines on the keel of the Soviet machine.
Debris damaged the Orion's skin and engine, causing him to return to base. But this was not enough for Tsimbalu, so he decided to pour spent fuel on the cockpit of the enemy’s aircraft, completely “outrunning” it. It was very humiliating!
Norwegians are lying!
Returning to base and not reporting on the incident, the Soviet pilot even managed to watch his favorite show. Perhaps this was the reason that from his bad mood there was not a trace left.
But by the end of the day it turned out that his air adventures did not end. The Norwegian pilot informed the authorities about the immodest behavior of the Russians, and they reported upstairs. As a result, the Soviet ambassador in Oslo received a note of protest, and Vasya Tsimbala was called “to the carpet”. At first, he tried to deny everything, claiming that the Norwegians were lying, but unexpectedly he was presented with a film where his "art" was captured. Norwegians filmed the actions of the Soviet pilot on camera. Noticing the shooting, he even took off his mask and began to pose. Therefore, on the frames it was possible to perfectly consider the side number of the fighter and the happy face of the Soviet pilot.
They did not begin to severely punish Vasily, but transferred from sin away to the south of Russia. True, a sea of prohibition instructions appeared for Soviet military pilots. And the new colleagues of this dashing pilot painted on his plane a small badge of the disgraced Orion.
After this incident, in the bordering Arctic regions, one could often hear on the open air a humorous message for NATO pilots:
Apparently, they forgot about the problems that the Soviet aces created for them. One of the most famous air hooligans of the USSR was the pilot Vasily Tsimbal.
The end of the kitten!
Cymbal was distinguished by a cheerful, cheerful and reckless character. The pilot approached his work creatively, for which he was repeatedly called to the "carpet" and transferred from one end of the country to the other.
Vasily Tsimbal in the 80s of the last century, at the end of the Cold War, piloted a Su-27 fighter. His popularity began while serving in the Far East. During the flight over the sea, he flew at a record low altitude above the Japanese aircraft carrier and "blew" one of the helicopters into the water. Perhaps the incident could be hushed up, attributing it to negligence, if not for the phrase uttered by Vasily on the air during the maneuver. In a literary translation, it sounds: "End the kitten!".
For this, in the fall of 1987, he was transferred to a small polar garrison in the Murmansk region.
Tamer of Orion
At the new duty station, Vasily Tsimbala was restless. Here, in the border areas of the Barents Sea, Soviet atomic submarines were based, the movements of which were watched with interest by NATO aviation. Foreign pilots were very bothered, but Vasily took up this issue.
His next hooligan trick significantly reduced the activity of NATO reconnaissance aircraft in the area. Cymbal on its "drying" flew over the deck of the American aircraft carrier and poured fuel on it, making a real "kerosene rain." But it could be a real attack.
But after the unusual act of the Soviet pilot, flights of Western aircraft in this area practically stopped. The only ones who did not respond to such a peculiar warning were the Norwegian Air Force. They used Orion reconnaissance aircraft to monitor Soviet territory. Particularly unpleasant was the fact that an aircraft of this type was able to be continuously in the air for up to 12 hours.
And so, one Sunday morning, Vasily Tsimbal took up combat duty in the sky of the Soviet Arctic. He was a little out of mood, as he missed his favorite TV show, Morning Mail. It is difficult for a modern Russian to realize this, but during the times of the USSR it was almost the only music and entertainment program that was broadcast once a week.
And then under his hot hand came the miserable Norwegian Orion. Cymbal began to describe aerobatics in a dangerous vicinity of the NATO reconnaissance aircraft, preventing him from dropping beacons into the wake of our submarines entering the open sea. As a result of an unsuccessful maneuver, the Norwegian caught the screw of one of the engines on the keel of the Soviet machine.
Debris damaged the Orion's skin and engine, causing him to return to base. But this was not enough for Tsimbalu, so he decided to pour spent fuel on the cockpit of the enemy’s aircraft, completely “outrunning” it. It was very humiliating!
Norwegians are lying!
Returning to base and not reporting on the incident, the Soviet pilot even managed to watch his favorite show. Perhaps this was the reason that from his bad mood there was not a trace left.
But by the end of the day it turned out that his air adventures did not end. The Norwegian pilot informed the authorities about the immodest behavior of the Russians, and they reported upstairs. As a result, the Soviet ambassador in Oslo received a note of protest, and Vasya Tsimbala was called “to the carpet”. At first, he tried to deny everything, claiming that the Norwegians were lying, but unexpectedly he was presented with a film where his "art" was captured. Norwegians filmed the actions of the Soviet pilot on camera. Noticing the shooting, he even took off his mask and began to pose. Therefore, on the frames it was possible to perfectly consider the side number of the fighter and the happy face of the Soviet pilot.
They did not begin to severely punish Vasily, but transferred from sin away to the south of Russia. True, a sea of prohibition instructions appeared for Soviet military pilots. And the new colleagues of this dashing pilot painted on his plane a small badge of the disgraced Orion.
After this incident, in the bordering Arctic regions, one could often hear on the open air a humorous message for NATO pilots:
Achtung! Achtung! Vasya Tsimbal in the air!
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