Twister The Twister erobatic Team display is an aerial ballet combining sweeping, close formation loops and barrel rolls with synchronised and opposition aerobatics plus some e tra sparkle from their acclaimed yro display streaming from the aircraft s wings. The aircraft also feature high powered spotlamps to illuminate the display smoke and coloured L s along the aircraft fuselage. They are the only formation team in urope performing this style of display.
The Yakolevs The Yakovlevs are a specialist airborne display team flying authentic cold war Russian training aircraft in precise, yet graceful combinations of tight formations and e citing aerobatics, high speed passes and breath-taking crosses. arning a reputation for e cellence over the last 1 years, and delighting over a billion people in the process, across four continents, the team flies the Russian aircraft made by the akovlevs design bureau. This display is sure not to disappoint. onsummate believers in pushing the boundaries of high performance, The akovlevs e ude the highest of standards in every aspect of their operation. ak H is based at a new facility on Henstridge irfield, in Somerset.
Strikemaster
ark etrie, a former R pilot who also now flies the Boeing reamliner aircraft with British irways will pilot the B Strikemaster. British jet-powered training and light-attack aircraft, the Strikemaster is a development of the Hunting et rovost trainer. The Strikemaster is an armed version of the et rovost trainer aircraft and is operated by S orth ales ilitary viation Services Ltd .
The Gyrocopter
The yro flying display is also known as a yrocopter or yroplane is described as a flying windmill or a rotating parachute, which looks like a sycamore seed gently floating down as it spins. This unusual aircraft is great to watch and is described by the pilots as fun to fly. The rotor blades of the gyro are completely freewheeling in flight, being driven solely by the air going up through the rotor disk.
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