Russkije Vitjasi
| Russkije Vitjasi | |
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 Russia
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| Currently used aircraft type: | Su-27P , Su-27UB , Su-30SM |
| Sponsor: | Russian Air Force |
| Base airfield: | Kubinka military airfield |
| Founding: | April 5, 1991 |
| Colours: | Red, blue, white |
| Weblink: | Official website |
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The Russkije Witjasi ( Russian Русские Витязи , German Russian warriors ) are an aerobatic team of the Russian Air Force .
history
The squadron was established on April 5, 1991 and is stationed at the Kubinka military airfield . She flies the Sukhoi Su-27 and, since autumn 2016, the Su-30SM , with which a public demonstration was flown for the first time at the LIMA aviation trade fair in Langkawi in March 2017 . The commanding officer is Colonel Guard Andrei Alexejew, who was born in Germany. The season made its foreign debut on August 24, 1991 in Poznań . The Russkije Vitjasi often show joint demonstrations with the Strischi aerobatic team , which is also based in Kubinka. The three teams Berkuti , Russkije Vitjasi and Strischi are now among the standard teams at the MAKS air shows and the victory parades in Moscow.
Accidents
On December 12, 1995, in adverse weather conditions, two Su-27s and one Su-27UB crashed into a nearby mountain while approaching the Cam Ranh air force base in Vietnam . On December 29, 1995, the bodies of four crew members were found and flown to Russia.
On August 16, 2009, two Sukhoi Su-27s collided during a training flight at the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon. The pilot Igor Chenko was killed. Several weekend houses caught fire from falling debris, injuring at least five people.
On June 9, 2016, a squadron plane crashed during a demonstration for the inauguration of a memorial for pilots who died in World War II near Moscow, killing the pilot.
Individual evidence
- ^ Andy Gröning: Su-27 . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-613-03951-3 , p. 33 .
- ↑ Sascha Linkemeyer: Airshow on the island's sea eagles . In: Fliegerrevue . No. 06/2017 , p. 44 .
- ^ History. In: "The Russian Knights" Aerobatic Team. russianknights.ru, accessed June 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Pavel Sidorow: Катастрофа «Русских Витязей». In: airbase.ru. December 12, 1995. Retrieved October 12, 2015 (Russian).
- ↑ Bodies of Russian display pilots whose planes crashed in jungle in Vietnam were brought back to Russia. In: itnsource.com. Reuters, December 22, 1995, accessed June 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Russian aerobatic planes collide, one dead. In: b92.net. Reuters, August 16, 2009, accessed October 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Su-27 fighter jet crashed near Moscow - pilot dead. In: de.sputniknews.com. Retrieved June 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Su-27 fighter jet: the last minutes before the crash - VIDEO. In: de.sputniknews.com. Retrieved June 9, 2016 .
Web links
- Авиационная группа высшего пилотажа "Русские Витязи". russianknights.ru, accessed October 12, 2015 (Russian, official website).