The fourth year of war. Sirens are wailing.
But the hearts of aviators yearn for the sky.
Creating your own model that will take off on its first flight is a feeling that stays with you for life. And it never lets go.
Not in the dark.
Not in cold, unheated rooms.
Not under the howl of air raid sirens.
The KhAI model aircraft laboratory is a winged veteran of the university.
Since 1950, it has become a second home for hundreds of future aviators. It was here that they got their first wings and their own runway.
It is no coincidence that the creator of the Mriya, Petro Balabuev, began his career in the KhAI model aircraft club.
Following an old tradition, on the first days of the new year, KhAI models took to the skies, making their first flights of 2026.
And each such flight is a quiet, stubborn response to the war: we will fly.
