Il-86 and Yak-42 pilot training started. From 1980 to 1985 more than 15 thousand aviation specialists from 40 countries were trained. In 1985 when the Civil Aviation Centre of Comecon was celebrating its 50th Anniversary, it was awarded with the Order of Friendship of Peoples. In 1983 The Museum of Civil Aviation of the USSR was organised in Comecon Civil Aviation Centre. Besides 4 galleries with approximately 7000 exhibits and documents, 28 aeroplanes and helicopters are standing in the open air, including the first passenger aircraft Tu-104 and the first supersonic passenger aircraft Tu-144. Due to the USSR's demise, Higher Civil Aviation schools based in Aktobe and Kirovograd were left outside Russia. As the result there was a problem of air crew training with higher professional education for the airlines of Russia. To solve that problem, in October 1992 it was decided to reform "Comecon Civil Aviation Centre" into the "Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School". In 1994 an ATC training started. In 1995 an extramural studying form started. In 1998 the first "pilots-engineers" and "air traffic controllers-engineers" graduated from UHCAS. In 2000 a Search-and-Rescue specialists' and managers' training course started. In February 2013 there were 1030 cadet-pilots studying. 137 pilots graduated in 2013, and in 2014 the figure was 188 pilots. On 14 January 2016, "Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School" was renamed the "Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation Institute", named after Air Chief Marshal Boris Pavlovich Bugaev. Available specialities The Institute provides specialist training in accordance with higher professional education curricula based on the requirements of State educational standards of the Russian Federation. The following specialities are available: Civil Aviation pilot with qualification Air Traffic controller with qualification “engineer” Search-and-Rescue specialist of CA with qualification “engineer-bachelor” Flight Safety specialist with qualification "engineer-bachelor" Quality control specialist Safety of technological processes specialist Aircraft fuel and refueling specialist Simulator Training Centre Simulator Training Centre is structural unit of Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation Institute, formed in 2004. Based on Department of Qualification Increasing and Retraining of aviation specialists. It includes following full flight simulators: FNPT Boeing-737NG FFS A320 FNPT SSJ 100 FNPT DA40, DA42 FNPT C-172 KTS Tu-204 KTS Yak-18T And others. Flight practice Nowadays Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation Institute uses a DA40 aircraft for primary flight training as a single-engine aeroplane, and a DA42 for secondary flight training as a double-engine aeroplane. See also The official site References Universities in Volga Region Defunct airlines of Russia Companies