Check flights with simulated failure of flight and navigation instruments. This is a mandatory periodic testing of pilots. At this stage, closed the artificial horizon, piloted by duplicating devices. The flight is currently happening in the clouds, slightly above the top edge.
Photos from the archives. Scan with a very mediocre negative. One of the very few flights of Tu-160 in Ukraine. In this case, preparation for the flypast at the airfield Chayka, near Kiev.