Published: 27 May, 2009, 20:22
Edited: 20 June, 2010, 10:10
President Dmitry Medvedev has been flying high... while keeping his feet firmly on the ground. During a visit to St Petersburg, the Russian leader tested one of the country’s latest helicopter simulators.
With a firm hand at the controls, he flew the chopper from a virtual airport to a drilling site at sea, landing it safely.
It’s not the first time Medvedev has climbed into an aircraft cabin. Earlier this year he spent 30 minutes flying a Russian SU-34 fighter jet.