The 2006 Russian Air Force Tianmenshan stunt fly show officially started
on Saturday afternoon at the Lotus airport in the city of Zhangjiajie, central
China's Hunan Province.
More than 200 government and military officials from China and Russia
including Hunan Governor Zhou Bohua, Vice Governor He Tongxin, Russian Air Force
Deputy Chief Aitech Bizhev and Russian Ambassador to China Sergey Razov attended
the opening ceremony.
After the ceremony, ten aircraft from "Russian Knights" aerobatic team and
Russian Air Force test-fly institute will give two-hour performances to the
guests and more than 40,000 spectators.
