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Sarang

Sarang is the helicopter formation display team of the Indian Air Force.The team flies four HAL Dhruvs. The name Sarang is symbolic as it is the national bird of India....
 helicopter aerobatics team]]

Aerobatics is the demonstration of flying
Flight

Flight is the process by which an object moves either through the air, or movement beyond earth's atmosphere , by aerodynamically generating Lift , propulsion or Lighter than air using buoyancy, or by simple ballistic movement....
 maneuvers for training
Training

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and Competence as a result of the teaching of vocational education or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies....
, recreation
Recreation

Recreation or fun is the expenditure of time in a manner designed for therapeutic refreshment of one's body or mind. While leisure is more likely a form of entertainment or rest, recreation is active for the participant but in a refreshing and diverting manner....
 or entertainment
Entertainment

Entertainment is an activity designed to give people pleasure or relaxation. An audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games....
.

Many aerobatic maneuver
Aerobatic maneuver

Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in Aerobatic formation with several others....
s involve rotation of the aircraft about its longtitudinal axis (rolling) or the pitch axis (looping).






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's Sarang
Sarang

Sarang is the helicopter formation display team of the Indian Air Force.The team flies four HAL Dhruvs. The name Sarang is symbolic as it is the national bird of India....
 helicopter aerobatics team]]

Aerobatics is the demonstration of flying
Flight

Flight is the process by which an object moves either through the air, or movement beyond earth's atmosphere , by aerodynamically generating Lift , propulsion or Lighter than air using buoyancy, or by simple ballistic movement....
 maneuvers for training
Training

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and Competence as a result of the teaching of vocational education or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies....
, recreation
Recreation

Recreation or fun is the expenditure of time in a manner designed for therapeutic refreshment of one's body or mind. While leisure is more likely a form of entertainment or rest, recreation is active for the participant but in a refreshing and diverting manner....
 or entertainment
Entertainment

Entertainment is an activity designed to give people pleasure or relaxation. An audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games....
.

Many aerobatic maneuver
Aerobatic maneuver

Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in Aerobatic formation with several others....
s involve rotation of the aircraft about its longtitudinal axis (rolling) or the pitch axis (looping). Some complex maneuvers, such as a spin
Spin (flight)

In aviation, a spin is an aggravated Stall resulting in rotation about the center of gravity wherein the aircraft follows a downward corkscrew path....
, also require that the aircraft be displaced around a vertical axis, known as yawing. Maneuvers are often combined which demands a higher level of skill from the pilot, but greatly increases the spectacle of an aerobatic flight sequence.

Aerobatics is also practiced as a sport
Competition aerobatics

Competition aerobatics is an air sport, in which referee rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatics flying.A popular name for aerobatics is "stunt flying." In competition aerobatics emphasis is on precise performance of a sequence of given or chosen aerobatic maneuvers....
. Some pilots fly solely for recreation, while a smaller number (several hundred world wide) choose to compete in aerobatic competitions
Competition aerobatics

Competition aerobatics is an air sport, in which referee rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatics flying.A popular name for aerobatics is "stunt flying." In competition aerobatics emphasis is on precise performance of a sequence of given or chosen aerobatic maneuvers....
. Competitions start at Primary, or Graduate level and proceed in complexity through Sportsman, Intermediate and Advanced, with Unlimited being the top competition level. Unlimited pilots perform much more complex figures and sustain higher g levels
G-force

The g-force of an object is its acceleration relative to free-fall. The unit of measure used is informally but commonly known as the "gee" , symbolized as g . An acceleration of 1 g is generally considered as equal to standard gravity , which is defined as precisely metre per second square...
 (+/-10g's).

Overview

In the early days of flying, some pilots used their aircraft
Aircraft

An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to flight by being supported by the air, or in general, the atmosphere, of a planet. Examples include balloons, airplanes and helicopters....
 as part of a flying circus
Barnstorming

Barnstorming was a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s in which stunt pilots would perform tricks with fixed-wing aircraft, either individually or in groups called a flying circus....
 to entertain. Maneuver
Maneuver

Maneuver, manoeuvre may be:...
s that had no practical purpose were flown for artistic reasons or to draw gasps from onlookers. In due course some of these maneuvers were found to allow aircraft to gain tactical advantage during aerial combat or dogfight
Dogfight

A dogfight or dog fight is aerial combat between fighter aircraft. The term originated during World War I when pilots had to switch off their engines to avoid an aerodynamic stall when turning in the same direction as the aircrafts' torque....
s between fighter aircraft.

Aerobatic aircraft usually fall into two categories—specialist aerobatic, and aerobatic capable. Specialist designs such as the Pitts Special
Pitts Special

The Pitts Special is a light aerobatics biplane designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944....
, the Extra 200
Extra 200

The Extra Flugzeugbau Extra 200 is a two-seat, piston-engined aerobatics aircraft that replaces the earlier Extra 230. Designer Walter Extra introduced it in 1996 in aviation, and the aircraft is fully certified in the United States to +/-10g-force's....
 and 300
Extra 300

The Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 is a two-seat aerobatics monoplane capable of Unlimited category Competition aerobatics. It was designed in 1987 in aviation by Walter Extra, an award-winning German people aerobatic pilot....
, and the Sukhoi Su-29
Sukhoi Su-29

The Sukhoi Su-29 is a Russia two-seat sports Aerobatics with a 360 hp radial engine. It was designed based on the Su-26 aircraft and inherited most design and technical features of its predecessor....
 aim for ultimate aerobatic performance. This comes at the expense of general purpose use such as touring, or ease of non aerobatic handling such as landing. At a more basic level, aerobatic capable aircraft, such as the Cessna 152
Cessna 152

The Cessna 152 is an United States two-seat, fixed tricycle gear, general aviation fixed-wing aircraft, used primarily for flight training, touring, and personal flying....
 Aerobat model, can be dual purpose—equipped to carrying passengers and luggage, easy to land, as well as being capable of basic aerobatic figures.

Flight formation
Formation flying

Formation flying is the disciplined flight of two or more aircraft under the command of a flight leader.Military pilots use formations for mutual defense and concentration of firepower....
 aerobatics are flown by teams of up to sixteen aircraft, although most teams fly between four and ten aircraft. Some are state funded to reflect pride in the armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
 whilst others are commercially sponsored. Coloured smoke trails may be emitted to emphasise the patterns flown and/or the colours of a national flag. Usually each team will use aircraft similar to one another finished in a special and dramatic colour scheme, thus emphasising their entertainment function. Teams often fly V-formations—they will not fly directly behind another aircraft because of danger from wake vortices or engine exhaust. Aircraft will always fly slightly below the aircraft in front, if they have to follow in line.

Aerobatic maneuver
Aerobatic maneuver

Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in Aerobatic formation with several others....
s flown in a jet powered aircraft are limited in scope as they cannot take advantage of the gyroscopic forces that a propeller driven aircraft can exploit. Jet powered aircraft also tend to fly much faster which increases the size of the figures and the length of time which the pilot has to withstand increased g-forces. Jet aerobatic teams often fly in formations which further restricts the maneuvers that can be safely flown.

Training

Aerobatics are taught to military fighter pilots as a means of developing precise flying skills and for tactical use in combat. Aerobatics and formation flying is not limited solely to fixed wing aircraft, helicopters are also used—the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
, Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
, Spanish Air Force
Spanish Air Force

The Spanish Air Force is the air force of Spain. It is one of the 3 branches of the Spanish Armed Forces and has the mission of defending the sovereignty and independence of Spain, its territorial integrity and constitutional freedoms, within airspace of Spain and its territories as well as to maintain the international security in operation...
 and the Indian Air Force
Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force is the airforce of the Armed Forces of India of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting aerial warfare and securing the Indian airspace....
, among others, have helicopter display teams. All aerobatic maneuver
Aerobatic maneuver

Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in Aerobatic formation with several others....
s demand training and practice to avoid accident
Accident

An accident is a specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external action which occurs in a particular time and place, without apparent or deliberate cause but with marked effects....
s. Such accidents are rare but can result in fatalities; safety regulations are such that there has not been an airshow spectator fatality in the USA since the 1950s. Low-level aerobatics are extremely demanding and airshow pilots must demonstrate their ability before being allowed to gradually reduce the height at which they may fly their show.

There are many aerobatic training schools in the U.S. and other countries. A detailed list is available at http://www.iac.org/begin/schools.html

Performance

Aerobatics are most likely to be seen at a public airshow
Airshow

An air show is an event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators. Air shows without aerobatic displays, having only aircraft displayed parked on the ground, are called "static air shows"....
s. Famous teams include:
  • Asas de Portugal
    Asas de Portugal

    The Asas De Portugal is a Aerobatics created in 1977 integrated with 103 Squadron of the Portuguese Air Force. They are Portugal's national acrobatic flying team and fly two ex-Luftwafe Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet....
     (Portuguese Air Force
    Portuguese Air Force

    The Portuguese Air Force is the air force of Portugal. Formed on July 1, 1952, with the Aeron?utica Militar and Portuguese Naval Aviation united in a single independent Air Force, it is one of the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces and its origins dates back to 1912, when the military aviation began to be used in Portugal,...
    )
  • August First (People's Liberation Army Air Force
    People's Liberation Army Air Force

    The People's Liberation Army Air Force is the aviation branch of the People's Liberation Army, the military of the People's Republic of China....
    )
  • Black Eagle (Republic of Korea Air Force
    Republic of Korea Air Force

    The Republic of Korea Air Force is the air force of South Korea. It operates under the Ministry of National Defense.The ROKAF is an air force which has approximately 400 combat aircraft of American design, plus a few Russian and indigenously designed aircraft....
    )
  • Blue Angels
    Blue Angels

    The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, first performed in 1946 and was the world's first officially sanctioned military aerial demonstration team....
     (United States Navy
    United States Navy

    The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
    )
  • Blue Diamonds
    Blue Diamonds (aerobatic team)

    for the Royal Air Force acrobatic team see No. 92 Squadron RAFThe Blue Diamonds is the primary aerobatic team of the Philippine Air Force....
     (Philippine Air Force
    Philippine Air Force

    unit_name= Philippine Air ForceHukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas|image= |caption= Philippine Air Force Emblem|start_date= July 1, 1947 |country= Republic of the Philippines...
    )
  • Blue Eagles
    Blue Eagles

    The Blue Eagles are one of four professional helicopter aerobatic teams in the world, the Royal Navy Black Cats and Sarang of the Indian Air Force and the Scorpion aerobatic team of the Polish Air Force....
     (Army Air Corps—United Kingdom)
  • Blue Impulse
    Blue Impulse

    , or 11 Squadron, is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Originally formed in 1960 as a team of six F-86 Sabres, the team switched to the Mitsubishi T-2 in 1980 and then the Kawasaki T-4 in 1995....
     (Japan Air Self-Defense Force
    Japan Air Self-Defense Force

    The , or JASDF, is the aviation branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and other aerospace operations....
    )
  • Cartouche doré (French Air Force
    French Air Force

    The French Air Force is the air force of the Military of France. Formed in 1909 as the Service A?ronautique, it is the world?s oldest military air service....
    )
  • Cruz del Sur ("Southern Cross"—Argentine Air Force
    Argentine Air Force

    The Argentine Air Force is the national air force of the armed forces of Argentina....
    )
  • Diables Rouges (Belgian Air Force
    Belgian Air Force

    The Air Component, formerly the Belgian Air Force, is the Air force of the Military of Belgium. The current commander is Lieutenant-General Gerard Van Caelenberge....
    )
  • Elang Biru (Indonesian Air Force
    Indonesian Air Force

    The Indonesian Air Force is the air force branch of the Military of Indonesia.The Indonesian Air Force has 27,850 personnel equipped with 346 aircraft including Su-27 and Su-30....
    )
  • Frecce Tricolori
    Frecce Tricolori

    The Frecce Tricolori , officially known as the 313? Gruppo Addestramento Acrobatico, is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, based at Rivolto Air Force Base, in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, province of Udine....
     (Italian Air Force
    Italian Air Force

    The Italian Air Force has gone under different names in different periods:*Regia Aeronautica , from 1923 until World War II*Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, the air force of Italian Social Republic during World War II...
    )
  • Halcones
    Halcones

    Escuadrilla de Alta Acrobacia Halcones The High Acrobatics Squad Hawks, known simply as Falcon , is an active group of nine officers of the Chilean Air Force trained to do aerial acrobatics, which can become dangerous....
     (Falcons-Chilean Air Force
    Chilean Air Force

    The Chilean Air Force is the air force of Chile, a branch of the Military of Chile....
    )
  • Green Hawk
    Kaset Green Hawk

    Kaset Green Hawk is an aerial display team of the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation of Thailand formed from rainmaking aircraft and crews....
     (Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation, Thailand
    Thailand

    The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
    )
  • Midnight Hawks (Finnish Air Force)
  • Orlik Aerobatic Team
    Orlik Aerobatic Team

    Orlik Aerobatic Team is an aerobatic demonstration team of the Polish Air Force, formed in 1998.The name "Orlik" comes from the name of the aircraft PZL-130 Orlik used in the team....
    , White-Red Sparks (known also as Team Iskry
    Team Iskry

    Bialo-Czerwone Iskry is an aerobatic demonstration team of the Polish Air Forces. Originally formed in 1969 at the 60 Training Wing in Radom under the name Rombik, the team flew four TS-11 Iskras....
    ), Scorpion (aerobatic team)
    Scorpion (aerobatic team)

    #REDIRECT Scorpion aerobatic team...
     (Polish Air Forces)
  • Patrouille de France
    Patrouille de France

    The Patrouille Acrobatique de France commonly referred to as Patrouille de France and sometimes abbreviated as PAF, is the precision aerobatic demonstration team of the Arm?e de l'Air....
     (French Air Force
    French Air Force

    The French Air Force is the air force of the Military of France. Formed in 1909 as the Service A?ronautique, it is the world?s oldest military air service....
    )
  • Patrouille Suisse
    Patrouille Suisse

    The Patrouille Suisse is an Aerobatics of the Swiss Air Force. The team flies six Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter fighter/bomber jets....
     (Swiss Air Force
    Swiss Air Force

    The Swiss Air Force is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces. It was established on July 31, 1914 but did not become a separate service until 1936, and an independent service separate from the Army until 1 January 1996....
    )
  • Patrulla Aguila
    Patrulla Águila

    Patrulla ?guila is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Spanish Air Force, based at San Javier airbase near La Manga, in the Murcia region of Spain....
    , Patrulla Aspa (Eagle Patrol; Blade Patrol—Spanish Air Force
    Spanish Air Force

    The Spanish Air Force is the air force of Spain. It is one of the 3 branches of the Spanish Armed Forces and has the mission of defending the sovereignty and independence of Spain, its territorial integrity and constitutional freedoms, within airspace of Spain and its territories as well as to maintain the international security in operation...
    )
  • Red Arrows
    Red Arrows

    The Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force, based at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, UK ....
     (Royal Air Force
    Royal Air Force

    The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
    —United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    )
  • Red Checkers
    Red Checkers

    The Red Checkers are the aerobatic/precision flying Team of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The Checkers fly the Pacific Aerospace PAC_CT/4. Previous aircraft used were the CT4B and North American Harvard ....
     (Royal New Zealand Air Force
    Royal New Zealand Air Force

    The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air force of the Military of New Zealand. It was formed from New Zealand components of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force, becoming an independent force in 1923, although many RNZAF aircrew continued to serve in the Royal Air Force until the end of the 1940s....
    )
  • Red Pelicans
    Red Pelicans

    The Red Pelicans, were the official aerobatics display flyers of the Royal Air Force before the Red Arrows took over the role in 1965. The Red Pelicans flew the BAC Jet Provost aircraft....
    , Rothmans, Silver Falcons
    Silver Falcons

    The Silver Falcons is the aerobatic display team of the South African Air Force. Based at Air Force Base AFB Langebaanweg near Cape Town, the Silver Falcons fly the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer, the ab initio trainer of the SA Air Force in a 5-ship routine....
     (South African Air Force
    South African Air Force

    The South African Air Force is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra ....
    )
  • Rotores de Portugal
    Rotores de Portugal

    The Rotores de Portugal is a helicopter Aerobatics created in 1976, operated by Esquadra 552 of the Portuguese Air Force out of Beja Air Base ? BA11, Portugal....
     (Portuguese Air Force
    Portuguese Air Force

    The Portuguese Air Force is the air force of Portugal. Formed on July 1, 1952, with the Aeron?utica Militar and Portuguese Naval Aviation united in a single independent Air Force, it is one of the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces and its origins dates back to 1912, when the military aviation began to be used in Portugal,...
    —Helicopters)
  • Roulettes
    Roulettes

    The Roulettes are the Royal Australian Air Force formation aerobatics display team.They provide about 150 flying displays a year, in Australia and in friendly countries around the South-east Asian region....
     (Royal Australian Air Force
    Royal Australian Air Force

    The Royal Australian Air Force is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF began in March 1912 as the Australian Flying Corps and became a fully independent Air Force in March 1921....
    )
  • Royal Jordanian Falcons
    Royal Jordanian Falcons

    The Royal Jordanian Falcons are the national aerobatic demonstration team of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The team was formed on the orders of King Hussein of Jordan in 7 November 1978....
     (Royal Jordanian Air Force
    Royal Jordanian Air Force

    The Royal Jordanian Air Force is the aircraft branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces....
    )
  • Black Knights
    RSAF Black Knights

    The Black Knights is the official aerobatics team of the Republic of Singapore Air Force featuring six F-16 Fighting Falcon in formation flight....
    , Republic of Singapore Air Force
    Republic of Singapore Air Force

    The Republic of Singapore Air Force is the air force branch of the Singapore Armed Forces. It was first established in 1968 as the Singapore Air Defence Command ....
  • Russian Knights
    Russian Knights

    The Russian Knights are an aerobatic demonstration team of the VVS. Originally formed on April 5, 1991 at the Kubinka as a team of six Sukhoi Su-27s, the team was the first to perform outside the Soviet Union in September 1991 when they toured the United Kingdom....
    , Strizhi
    Strizhi

    The Strizhi are a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and later Russia aerobatic performance demonstrator team connected with the Russian Air Force....
     (Swifts), Rus
    Rus

    Rus may refer to the following places:*Rus, Podlaskie Voivodeship *Rus, Olsztyn County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship *Rus, Ostr?da County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ...
     (Russian Air Force
    Russian Air Force

    The Russian Air Force is the air force of Russia. It is the second largest Air Force in the world in terms of combat aircraft inventory. It is currently under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin....
    )
  • Sagar Pawan
    Sagar Pawan

    Sagar Pawan is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Indian Navy's Aviation Arm. It is the only navy acrobatic team in the world apart from the Blue Angels of the United States Navy....
     (Indian Navy
    Indian Navy

    The Indian Navy is the navy of the Indian Armed Forces. It currently has approximately 55,000 personnel on active duty, including 5,000 members of the naval aviation branch and 2,000 MARCOS , making it the world's fifth largest navy....
    )
  • Sanmueang (Royal Thai Air Force
    Royal Thai Air Force

    The Royal Thai Air Force or RTAF is the air force of the Kingdom of Thailand. With the addition of the Saab AEW&C and JAS 39 Gripen in the year 2011, the RTAF would be the second strongest air force in the region second from Singapore....
    )
  • Sarang
    Sarang

    Sarang is the helicopter formation display team of the Indian Air Force.The team flies four HAL Dhruvs. The name Sarang is symbolic as it is the national bird of India....
     (Indian Air Force)
  • Saudi Hawks
    Saudi Hawks

    The Saudi Hawks are a BAE Hawk-equipped Royal Saudi Air Force aerobatic team.On June 6, 1998, at King Abdulaziz Air Base , No. 88 Squadron was created by Gen....
    , (Royal Saudi Air Force)
  • Sherdils
    Sherdils

    Sherdils is the aerobatics display team of the Pakistan Air Force Academy, based at Pakistan Air Force Risalpur, Pakistan. The team flies the Cessna T-37 , and is composed of instructors of the College of Flying Training Wing....
     (Pakistan Air Force
    Pakistan Air Force

    Pakistan Air Force is the aircraft branch of the Military of Pakistan and is responsible for defending Pakistani air-space from intrusions. It also provides air support for ground troops....
    )
  • Silver Falcons
    Silver Falcons

    The Silver Falcons is the aerobatic display team of the South African Air Force. Based at Air Force Base AFB Langebaanweg near Cape Town, the Silver Falcons fly the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer, the ab initio trainer of the SA Air Force in a 5-ship routine....
     (South African Air Force)
  • Silver Swallows
    Silver Swallows

    The Silver Swallows was the name of Irish Air Corps Aerobatic Team. Active from 1986 to 1998. The team was equipped with four Fouga Magister jet trainers, and was drawn from the Light Strike Squadron of the Irish Air Corps based at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel near Dublin....
     Irish Air Corps
    Irish Air Corps

    The Irish Air Corps provides the air defence function of Oglaigh na h?ireann , in support of the Irish Army and Irish Naval Service, together with such other roles as may be assigned by the Government ....
  • Esquadrilha da Fumaça
    Smoke squadron

    The Aerial Demonstration Squadron , popularly known as Smoke Squadron is the Brazilian Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron.Its first display was on the 14th of May 1952....
     Brazilian Smoke Squadron
  • Snowbirds
    Snowbirds

    Officially known as the Canadian Forces 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, the Snowbirds are Canada's military aerobatics or air show flight demonstration team....
     (Canadian Armed Forces)
  • Surya Kiran
    Surya Kiran

    Surya Kiran is an aerobatics demonstration team of the Indian Air Force, successors to the Thunderbolts. The Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team was formed in 1996 to serve as the "Ambassadors of the Indian Air Force" and to "showcase the professionalism, the calibre and the mettle of the Indian Air Force"....
     (Indian Air Force
    Indian Air Force

    The Indian Air Force is the airforce of the Armed Forces of India of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting aerial warfare and securing the Indian airspace....
    )
  • Team Jupiter (Indonesian Air Force
    Indonesian Air Force

    The Indonesian Air Force is the air force branch of the Military of Indonesia.The Indonesian Air Force has 27,850 personnel equipped with 346 aircraft including Su-27 and Su-30....
    )
  • Team 60
    Team 60

    Team 60 is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Swedish Air Force.The team, at the time still unnamed, was formed in 1974 as a group of 4 Saab 105 from the Air Force Central Flying School at Ljungbyhed AFB in southern Sweden....
     (Swedish Air Force
    Swedish Air Force

    The Swedish Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces....
    )
  • Thunder Tiger (Republic of China)
  • Thunderbirds (United States Air Force
    United States Air Force

    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
    )
  • Turkish Stars
    Turkish Stars

    The Turkish Stars are the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force and the national aerobatics team of Turkey.The team was formed on November 7, 1992 and was named the Turkish Stars on January 11, 1993....
     (Türk Yildizlari) (Turkish Air Force
    Turkish Air Force

    The Turkish Air Force is a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. It is one of the oldest air forces in the world and operates one of the largest combat aircraft fleets of NATO....
    )
  • Ukrainian Falcons
    Ukrainian Falcons

    The Ukrainian Falcons is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Ukrainian Air Force. It was established in 1997 as a team of 6 MiG-29s .The Ukrainian Falcons represents the elite of the Ukrainian Air Force's Fighter aircraft aviator....
     (Ukrainian Air Force
    Ukrainian Air Force

    The Ukrainian Air Force is a part of the Military of Ukraine. Ukraine Air Force Command and headquarters are located in the city of Vinnytsia....
    )


Former teams

B 57b Ma 52 1560 71lbs Laon 1957
* Yellowjacks
Yellowjacks

The Yellowjacks were an RAF aerobatic display team who flew Folland Gnat trainers painted yellow. The team evolved into the Red Arrows. The team was formed informally in the Summer of 1963 by a group of flying instructors, led by Flight Lieutenant Henry Prince, at No 4 Flying Training School at Royal Air Force RAF Valley in Anglesey....
 (UK, RAF)
  • Black Arrows
    Black Arrows

    The Black Arrows, one of the predecessors of the current Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, were an aerobatic demonstration team formed in the 1950s from No....
     (No. 111 Squadron RAF
    No. 111 Squadron RAF

    No. 111 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the RAF Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland....
    , 1950s
    1950s

    The 1950s decade was the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive. The Fifties in the developed western world are generally considered social conservative and highly Consumerism in nature....
    )
  • Blue Herons display team (UK, Royal Navy
    Royal Navy

    The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
    , FRADU)
  • Blue Diamonds
    Blue Diamond

    Blue Diamond may refer to:* "Blue Diamond", a song recorded by Gene Summers in 1963. The song title should have read Big Blue Diamonds and was later corrected on all future releases....
     (No. 92 Squadron RAF
    No. 92 Squadron RAF

    No. 92 Squadron, also known as No 92 Squadron, of the Royal Air Force was a fighter squadron which was formed as part of the Royal Flying Corps at London Colney as a fighter squadron on 1 September 1917....
    )
  • The Tigers (No. 74 Squadron RAF
    No. 74 Squadron RAF

    No. 74 Squadron RAF, also known as a "Tiger Squadron" from its tiger head motif, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It operated fighter aircraft from 1917 to the 1990s....
    )
  • The Firebirds (No. 56 Squadron RAF
    No. 56 Squadron RAF

    Number 56 Squadron is one of the oldest and most successful squadrons of the Royal Air Force, with battle honours from many of the significant air campaigns of both World War I and World War II....
    )
  • The Red Pelicans (UK, RAF)
  • Simon's Sircus
    De Havilland Sea Vixen

    The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen was a 1950s?1960s United Kingdom two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm designed by de Havilland. Developed from an earlier first generation jet fighter, the Sea Vixen was a capable carrier-based fleet defence fighter that served into the 1970s....
     (UK, Royal Navy
    Royal Navy

    The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
    , Fleet Air Arm
    Fleet Air Arm

    The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. The Fleet Air Arm operates the AgustaWestland EH101, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters, as well as the BAE Harrier II....
    )
  • Fred's Five
    De Havilland Sea Vixen

    The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen was a 1950s?1960s United Kingdom two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm designed by de Havilland. Developed from an earlier first generation jet fighter, the Sea Vixen was a capable carrier-based fleet defence fighter that served into the 1970s....
     (UK, Royal Navy
    Royal Navy

    The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
    , Fleet Air Arm
    Fleet Air Arm

    The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. The Fleet Air Arm operates the AgustaWestland EH101, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters, as well as the BAE Harrier II....
    )
  • The Red Knight (Royal Canadian Air Force
    Royal Canadian Air Force

    The Royal Canadian Air Force was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Forces....
    )
  • The Goldenhawks (Royal Canadian Air Force
    Royal Canadian Air Force

    The Royal Canadian Air Force was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Forces....
    )
  • Golden Centennaires
    Golden Centennaires

    The Golden Centennaires were a Canada military aerobatic flying team that performed in 1967 in aviation, the Canadian Centennial year. The team was created to celebrate not only Canadian Centennial, but also the 50th anniversary of military aviation in Canada....
     (Royal Canadian Air Force
    Royal Canadian Air Force

    The Royal Canadian Air Force was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Forces....
    )
  • Acrojets (USAF Fighter School at Williams Air Force Base
    Williams Air Force Base

    Williams Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base, located in Mesa, Arizona, and about southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona....
    , Arizona
    Arizona

    The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
     1949-1950)
  • Acrojets (USAFE at Fürstenfeldbruck AB, Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     in the mid-1950s
    1950s

    The 1950s decade was the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive. The Fifties in the developed western world are generally considered social conservative and highly Consumerism in nature....
    )
  • Skyblazers (USAFE at Fürstenfeldbruck AB, Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     from late 1940s
    1940s

    The 1940s decade, known as the forties, ran from 1940 to 1949....
     to 1962)
  • The Black Knights (38th Tactical Bombardment Wing
    38th Combat Support Wing

    The 38th Combat Support Wing is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force. Its last assignment was at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
    , USAFE, 1950s
    1950s

    The 1950s decade was the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive. The Fifties in the developed western world are generally considered social conservative and highly Consumerism in nature....
    )
  • Flying Jokers (Squadron 332, Royal Norwegian Air Force
    Royal Norwegian Air Force

    The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian armed forces on 10 November, 1944....
    )


See also

  • Aerobatics (radio-controlled aircraft)
    Aerobatics (radio-controlled aircraft)

    Aerobatics for radio-controlled aircraft are basically the same aerobatic maneuvers as those being flown by full scale aircraft but performed in model scale by remote control....
  • Air racing
    Air racing

    Air racing is a sport that involves small fixed-wing aircraft....
  • Aresti Catalog
    Aresti Catalog

    The Aresti Catalog is the F?d?ration A?ronautique Internationale standards document outlining the aerobatic maneuvers permitted in aerobatic competition....
  • Competition aerobatics
    Competition aerobatics

    Competition aerobatics is an air sport, in which referee rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatics flying.A popular name for aerobatics is "stunt flying." In competition aerobatics emphasis is on precise performance of a sequence of given or chosen aerobatic maneuvers....
  • Flight dynamics
    Flight dynamics

    Flight dynamics is the science of aircraft and spacecraft vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle's center of mass, known as pitch, roll and yaw ....
  • Flypast
    FlyPast

    FlyPast is Great Britain top-selling aviation magazine, published monthly, and edited by Ken Ellis. The magazine started as a bi-monthly edition in May/June 1981 and is owned by Key Publishing Ltd of Stamford, Lincs....
  • HASELL
    HASELL

    In aviation, in Australia, Canada, the UK, New Zealand and elsewhere, HASELL is a standard mnemonic to prompt a series of checks prior to carrying out many types of manoeuvres, such as stalls, Spin s, spiral dives or aerobatics....
  • Aerobatic maneuver
    Aerobatic maneuver

    Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in Aerobatic formation with several others....
  • Aero GP
    Aero GP

    Aero GP is a cutting-edge motor sports series involving high-performance aerobatics aeroplanes racing around a tight circuit at near ground level, dropping bombs on targets and competing in real air to air combat heats....
Aerobatic pilots

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