01.Sep.2007 - Zelazny team crash at Radom Air Show, near Radom in Poland. The event took place in front of about thirty thousand spectators that had gathered to see aerobatics teams from 16 nations perform their programmes.
Three Zlin Z-526 aircraft from the Zelazny aerobatics team were performing their display. One of the maneuvers involved all three aircraft flying towards each other from different directions. Two of the aircraft, one piloted by the Piotr Banachowicz, and the other by the founder of the acrobatics group, Lech Marchelewski, crashed into each other at right angles, resulting in the complete disintegration of both aircraft and killing both pilots instantly. No persons were hurt on the ground, but officials stopped the show.
23.Jan.2008 The Royal Singapore Air Force aerobatic team Black Knights now flying on 6 F-16C. In this formation they will make debut on Singapore Airshow 2008 at 19-24 Feb 2008.
26.Fev.2008 - Red Arrows will probably make a North American tour in June 2008, but this information has not been confirmed from Red Arrows yet.
26.Fev.2008 - Swedish Team 60 will not be displayed in 2008. The reason is the economic situation of the Swedish Armed Forces.
09.Apr.2008 - PC-7 Team in new 2008 season color scheme. The teams planes receives red and white paint scheme for the new 2008 season. More on PC-7 Team page or on the official site.
21.Apr.2008 - Black Knights will fly at Thailand on 24 April in Bangkok's Don Mueang Airport. The team will arrive on 21 Apr, but the airshow is on 24 Apr. This is the first time they visit foreign country - Thailand.
24.Apr.2008 - Black Knights made its demostration with five planes at Thailand airshow in Bangkok's Don Mueang Airport, today. The couse is damage of #4 plane, which don't arrived in Thailand. Black Knights do not have spare planes.
01.May.2008 - New aerobatic teams crash videos on our Youtube channel. Blue Impuls crash, Snowbirds crash, and Patrouille de France crash. If you know something about these crashes, please write to us, especially about Patroulle de France crash.
08.May.2008 - Israel aerobatic team flying with four Fouga Magister airplanes display today at Israel Independense Day airshow. The team have'n permanent statute and name. They perform just at new pilot graduations and national celebrations. More about this team soon.
16.May.2008 - Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko mentioned in its report from April this year, that Ukrainian Falcons must be reestablished in near future. We must wait while this become true and this team begins to fly again.
27.May.2008 - New aerobatic team is appearing at the sky. This is Belarusian team Bela Rus (see photo). The team flies with special painted in national flag colors L-39 planes. It looks like the team is established in 2006, but there is no other information about. The team will display at Minsk Aero on 3,4 and 5 July this year. In this airshow will peform also Russian Knights and Strizhi.
15.June.2008 - The Russian Knights will not perform at Minsk Aero on 3,4 and 5 July this year. In this airshow will peform only Strizhi.
19.Aug.2008 - British Army Air Corps Blue Eagles team flies in 2008 season with the new helicopters formation, including Apache Attack Helicopter, Lynx, Gazelle and Scout and Alouette. This Blue Eagles formation will exist just in 2008 season, because of forty years celebration since team's creation.
22.Sept.2008 - On 16 Sept 2008 Silver Falcons receives the new and for the first time special color scheme. Also the fifth demonstration plane is added to the team. Silver Falcons perform in this new painting at Cape Town Air Show at 17-21 September.
20.June.2008 - Midnight Hawks start to use a smoke pods added on the each wing. The first practice with pods is on 17 June 2008, while the first display is on 20 June at Midnight Sun airshow. Photos Here
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13.Oct.2008 - Patrouille de France is currently integrating a woman : Cpt Virginie Guyot.
The 2 other new pilots for 2009 are Cpt Paco Wallaert and Cpt Sylvain Courtot. They arrived in Salon in late august 2008.
30.Oct.2008 - Snowbirds announced its new commanding officer Major Chris Bard. He has been appointed as Team Lead and Commanding Officer of 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, following a competitive selection process. Maj. Bard, previously a CP-140 Aurora pilot with 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron, 19 Wing Comox, B.C. takes command of the Snowbirds as of October 17th, 2008. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Maj. Bard joined the Canadian Forces in 1988 and has over 5,600 hours of combined flying experience on the CT-114 Tutor, CT-156 Harvard II and CP-140 Aurora aircraft.
31.Oct.2008 - Blue Angels will end this season with five planes after one of the pilots removed from its duties. Also one other team member a woman is removed. The reason is an alleged inappropriate relationship between them. No names where released, but in our information this is #4 Slot pilot Major Clint Harris. In 1999 #3 plitot quits the squadron for same reason.
30.Oct.2008 - The Indian Air Force Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team has landed in China where it will perform at the seventh edition of the biennial Zhuhai Air Show (Airshow China 2008). The show is scheduled to be held from 4-9 November at the city of Zhuhai, located on China's eastern coast, near the metro city of Shanghai..
Blue Angels in five-ship formation at practice fligh before Lackland AFB airshow on 1 Nov.
03.Nov.2008 - It looks like Chinese August 1st display team will not participate in Zhuhai Airshow this year. There is no indication why?
16.Nov.2008 - Blue Angels announced its new leader Cmdr. Greg McWherter. McWherter is an Atlanta native, a former Top Gun instructor and commander of the World Famous Golden Dragons squadron. He joined the flight demonstration team, in September.
05.Jan.2009 - Blue Angels and Thunderbirds 2009 schedules added.
21.Jan.2009 - An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot Wing Commander Rajpal Singh Dhaliwal was killed today when a Surya Kiran trainer aircraft crashed near Bidar in Karnataka, about 130 kms from here. The aircraft, which was part of Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team, caught fire soon after takeoff from Bidar Air Force station. Wing Commander Dhaliwal, who had joined the aerobatics team recently, died on the spot. The aircraft crashed at 8.35 am shortly after it took off from the Air Force Station on a regular training flight. Dhaliwal (34) was piloting the subsonic Kiran-MK II aircraft when its engine caught fire in midair and crashed in Kunta forest area near Bidar.
15.Jan.2009 - Snowbirds 2009 schedules added.
18.March.2009 - The USAF Thunderbirds receives the F-16's Block 52, replacing Block 32s and come from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Their average age: 15 years.A Block 52 has updated digital avionics, sturdier landing gear and the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engine, which nets about 2,000 pounds more thrust than the nearly 24,000 pounds offered by the Block 32’s P&W F100-PW220.
The extra engine power allows the Thunderbirds to do their most high-profile new maneuver, a four aircraft, diamond-formation loop immediately out of takeoff. A loop on takeoff has never been done before on the Thunderbirds.
23.March.2009 - New Belgian Air Force aerobatic team is founded. The name is Hardship Red. The team is founded in 2008, but this year they receive official statute of an aerobatic team. (Thanks to Nicola Foschia).
20.March.2009 - Frecce Tricolori 2009 schedule added.
11.April.2009 - One of the New Zealand Air Force aerobatic team Red Checker's planes hit by a bird, during its performance at Classic Fighters Airshow at Marlborough, NZ. The plane separate from the main formation and minutes later joined again, while the pilot ensures the plane is ok. (aerobaticteams.net)
10.April.2009 - Patrouille Suisse 2009 schedule added.
16.April.2009 - This year from May to September, one F-86 Sabre painted in Golden Hawks colors, will be performed together with Snowbirds, as a tribute to the Canadian Centennial of Flight. (aerobaticteams.net)
07.May.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
The Live Airshow TV website will broadcast live via Internet the Barksdale AFB 2009 Defenders of Liberty Airshow on 9, 10 May, which incude Blue Angels and Snowbirds aerobatic teams.
12.May.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
The Turkish Stars will open 2009 season with display at Bulgarian airshow BIAF 2009 at 23 and 24 May.
13.May.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team Red Arrows announced that a female pilot is one of two candidates selected to join the world-famous 'Diamond Nine' for the 2010 display season.
16.June.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
Turkish Stars reportage from Bulgarian airshow (May 22, 23, 24) is published here. Interesting moments, like tire blown on one of the planes after practice landing, engine failure at take-off in first day show, stops one of the team's planes, photos and videos.
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3.July.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
Thunderbird #3 Maj. Kirby Ensser makes an emergency landing at Quad City Airport on the road to Battle Creek, Michigan where the team will perform this weekend. Engine failure is the cause of the landing at 2:22 p.m. local time, but still the reason is unknown. The rest of the Thunderbirds continue its way to Battle Creek. Maj. Kirby Ensser will get the spare plane, so the team will participate at the show.
16.Aug.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
Russian Knights crashed today, killing team leader, 45 years old Colonel Igor Tkachenko. He had more than 2,500 hours of flying experience. He was married and had a son and daughter. The two Russian Knights - Su-27 and Su-30 collided in mid-air during practice flight in preparation for the MAKS 09 airshow beginning this week. Nose of the Su-30 colide with the leader's exhaust. All three pilots ejected safely in low altitude, but Tkachenko's parachute caught on fire and he dies. Other two pilots from two-seat Su-30, receives minor injuries. The jets had taken off from the Zhukovsky airfield southeast of Moscow and crashed over the near village injuring five people on the ground. The reason probably is a one of the pilots mistake. Sadly this maybe will be the end of the Russian Knights, while now their composition is four planes. (Thanks to Renato Gomes).
23.Aug.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
Russian Knights closed the MAKS 2009 airshow, performing a four-ship flyby in tribute to its leader Colonel Igor Tkachenko, who died previous Sunday, when two of the team's planes collided in practice flight. Even that the Russian Knight future is unstable. Hopes the Russian can work hard and the team will be performing again soon.
18.Sept.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
The Thunderbirds will display at Malaysia on Oct 3 at Royal Malaysian Air Force Subang Air Base. The Royal Malaysian Air Force announced that Malaysian Sukhoi aerobatic team will perform too, but nothing more is known about this team. It looks like a new display team is formed. We will see on Oct 3.
22.Sept.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
One of the Red Arrows Hawks hit a seagull, when the team arrived in Gibraltar on 19, Sept. The plane receives a hole in the fuselage, but landed safely. No more information was posted. Seems the plane is fixed shortly.
30.Sept.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
Frecce Tricolori and Patrouille de France confirmed its participation at Dubai Airshow on 15-19 November.
01.Oct.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
The People's Republic of China marks 60th anniversary today. At the military parade at Tiananmen Square, Beijing, two aerobatic teams fly-over: Chinese August 1st and Taiwan Thunder Tigers, both teams leaded from IL-76 transport plane and use red, blue and yellow smokes.
02.Oct.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
Blue Angels announced the new team officer members for 2010 season:
F/A-18 Hornet Pilots:
Navy Lt. Robert Kurrle, Jr., 30, of Statesville, N.C., is currently assigned to VFA-106 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. He is a 2002 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Navy Lt. Christian Simonsen, 33, of Coon Rapids, Minn., is currently assigned to VFA-106 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. He is a 2002 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Navy Lt. James Tomaszeski, 30, of Coronado, Calif., is currently assigned to VMFAT-101 at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif. He is a 2000 graduate of Florida State University.
C-130 Aircraft Commander:
Marine Capt. Benjamin Blanton, 31, of Ojai, Calif., is currently assigned to VMGR-452 at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, N.Y. He is a 2002 graduate of the University of California at San Diego.
Maintenance Officer:
Navy Lt. John Thompson, 44, of Baltimore, Md., is currently assigned to NAVAIR 5.0D, Patuxent River, Md. He is a 1982 graduate of Dundalk Senior High School, Baltimore, Md.
Public Affairs Officer:
Navy Lt. Katie Kelly, 27, of Elgin, Ill., is currently assigned to Navy Office of Information West. She is a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. She will join the team in 2011.
Supply Officer:
Navy Chief Warrant Officer Three Clive Dixon, 40, of Bronx, N.Y., is currently assigned to HM-14 at Norfolk, Va. He is a 1987 graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, N.Y.
11.Oct.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
Blue Angels ground their air display after two fly-passes at San Francisco Fleet Week, because of a fog appearing at the show site near Golden Gate Bridge. Blue Angels took off from San Francisco International Airport at 3 p.m., were the weather conditions was ok, but after arriving at the show site, fog rolled, and for the safety reasons the leader order all Blue Angels to go back to the airport. US NAVY flight demonstration squadron needs of a 3 miles minimum visibility to perform an airshow. The crowd was disappointed, but we hope that on Sunday, the skies will be clear. The Blue Angels must take off at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
12.Oct.2009 - (aerobaticteams.net)
Blue Angels perform at Fleet Week airshow despite the fog over San Francisco. US NAVY display team displayed a low airshow including only horizontal maneuvers, below of the fog. They starts its show at 3p.m. on Sunday.