Hydroaviasalon or in full International Exhibition and Scientific Conference on Hydroaviation (russian: Гидроавиасалон, translit. ''Gidroaviasalon'') is an international

airshow An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground. The largest air show ...

on hydroaviation held in

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. It's held every even year since 1996 on a seashore at

Gelendzhik Gelendzhik (russian: Геленджи́к) is a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Gelendzhik Bay of the Black Sea, between Novorossiysk ( to the northwest) and Tuapse ( to the southeast). Greater Gelendzhik sprawls for alon ...

. The event alternates with

MAKS Airshow MAKS (russian: МАКС, russian: label=short for, Международный авиационно-космический салон, Mezhdunarodnyj aviatsionno-kosmicheskij salon, "International Aviation and Space Show") is an international air ...

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

, which is held in odd years. The airshow draws special attention to amphibious aircraft and

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s, ship-based aircraft,

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aviation, missiles and sea-based space systems, search-and-rescue aviation, sea ecological monitoring aviation, navigation equipment, small ships, launches and

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s, Wing-In-Ground effect (WIG) crafts. Aircraft such as Beriev Be-200, A-40, Be-12P-200 and Be-103 are frequently shown at Hydroaviasalon.

Events

# Gelendzhik '96 # Gelendzhik '98 # Gidroaviasalon '2000 # Gidroaviasalon '2002 # Gidroaviasalon '2004 # Gidroaviasalon '2006 # Gidroaviasalon '2008 # Gidroaviasalon '2010 (September 9-12 2010). # Gidroaviasalon '2012 (September 6-9 2012) # Gidroaviasalon '2014

External links

Official site of Hydroaviasalon

HydroAviaSalon 2006
on

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