JSC “Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant” stood out as a partner for social campaign held by Russian “The First Flight” aerobatic team to engage the public in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

On March 26 residents of the Moscow region witnessed an unusual phenomenon - white fluffy clouds high in the sky formed two inscriptions addressed to the Russians and the inhabitants of the planet: "Take care of yourself - stay at home!" and "Resist this - stay home!" ("Show resistance - stay at home!"). As it turned out these were the pilots of “The First Flight” aerobatic team, the current absolute champions of Russia, Europe and the world in aerobatics, thus decided to raise the level of social responsibility of people of Earth during the period of active spread of coronavirus, convincing them not to leave their homes to contain the pandemic.

“We are aware of the entire threat which this virus carries. In this situation, it is extremely important to minimize the number of social contacts in order to preserve your own health and the health of those around you. This action is a call to everyone to be responsible and make a personal contribution to the fight against the pandemic. This requires very little effort - stay at home, protect yourself and save thousands of other lives,” - Dmitry Samokhvalov, head of the “First Flight” aerobatic team, director of the Moscow Airplane Sports Federation explained.

"First Flight" is the only professional aerobatic team in Russia, which consists of the winners of international and all-Russian competitions, members of the Russian national aerobatics team. Pilots on piston-engine aircraft perform exciting elements that require the use of extreme human and aircraft capabilities, as well as exceptionally high quality aviation gasoline. This type of Avgas100LL fuel is produced by the JSC ‘Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant” and is supplied to pilots as sponsorship of Russian sports.