Did you know that once upon a time, airplanes were built in the Crimean capital, aerobatics were mastered for the first time in the world, and dozens of ace pilots, who are still remembered today, were trained? Amet-Khan Sultan Aeroclub is the little that remains of Akmescit’s former glory in aviation.
Vladimir Polyakov, Doctor of Historical Sciences and author of the book about Crimean Tatars in aviation “Aviation-name”, told us about this.