Where do creative people live in Riga? Their shelters can be found accidentally in absolutely unexpected places.

Labels: art, ilguciems, interior, spilve

Usually I see similar pictures in music clip scenes about some famous American rockstars, but I didn't expect to see such abundance in Riga :)
In this hangar are five small private planes like Cessna 172 and additional free space for the sixth one.

Labels: airplanes, airports, buildings, interior, spilve, wealth

Cessna 172 Spyhawk is ready for Air Tour over Riga at Spilve Airport.
It is the most popular and one of the safest aircrafts in the world.

Labels: airplanes, airports, spilve

Spilve Field is being used not only as airfield, but also for agricultural production.
I am not sure how these haystacks are going to be used, because there is almost no farmers in Latvia.

Labels: airports, country, nature, spilve, summer

Ēku celtniecības kombināts (House-Building Combine) was built in 80s in the place of old shipyard in Ilgucimes.
Typical Soviet architecture style of this office building is very similar to another Soviet masterpiece Press House.

Labels: buildings, ilguciems, industrial, offices, soviet, spilve

Antonov An-2 or Kukuruznik (Кукурузник) is the most popular airplane in the former USSR countries and beyond.
This one is parked at neglected Spilve airfield. Price of such aircraft is less than 100,000 USD.
See also photo of Rumbula airfield fleet.

Labels: airplanes, airports, ilguciems, prices, soviet, spilve

Terminal of Old Riga Airport located between Ilguciems and Bolderaja neighborhoods in area called Spilve.
Nowadays the airfield is still being used as Skydivers base.
Beige Car is Soviet car Volga. See also front view of Spilve airport.

Labels: airports, buildings, cars, ilguciems, riga, soviet, spilve

Spilves lidosta (Spilve Airport) also given as Rīga Central Airport compare to Riga West Airport.
Spilve airfield start to be used during First World War. And after 15 years, in 1930s Spilve became as Riga International Airport, serving direct flights to Tallinn, Vilnius and Kaunas, which connected Riga to big cities as Helsinki, Berlin, Moscow and Warsaw. Flights were operated by Nazi Lufthansa and Soviet Aeroflot.
After Second World War airport has been rebuilt and became the hub of Aeroflot.
Since late 1980s Spilve Airprot serving training flights and small private airplanes due it closeness to Riga Center, which is just 5km. (Basically between Ilguciems and Bolderaja)
Airport building reminds imposing soviet epoch, and is worth to be seen.
See also photo of Airport Terminal made from another side.

Labels: airports, bolderaja, buildings, history, ilguciems, soviet, spilve