In Love With the Sky: Russia's Female Pilots Prepare for Future Flights

Female cadets at a military aviation school in Krasnodar, Russia, named after Hero of the USSR Anatoly Serov started their training in June, learning to takeoff into the air themselves, conducting flights and performing landings.

Сheck out a selection of photos compiled by Sputnik, showing the wonderful Russian ladies who decided to pursue a high-powered and challenging career in the Russian Air Force.

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A female cadet at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School prepares for her first training flight on the L-39 Albatross aircraft at the Kushchevskaya airfield in the Krasnodar Territory.

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Female cadets at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School.

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Future female pilots practiced landing in a Mi-8 helicopter from an altitude of more than 800 metres, simulating an emergency escape from the aircraft. All 16 girls of the first set did the test exercises.

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Future military pilots began simulator training at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School.

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Female candidates for the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School during an orientation tour of the facility.

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Female cadets at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School, Russia.

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Future military pilots began simulator training at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School.

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A female cadet at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School prepares for her first training flight on the L-39 Albatross aircraft at the Kushchevskaya airfield in the Krasnodar Territory.

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Female cadets at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School, Russia.

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Female cadets at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School, Russia.

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Female cadets at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School, Russia.

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