Russian Air Force demonstration squadrons Russian Knights and Swifts will leave its present home base Kubinka and relocated to Lipetsk Air Base. Most of the Kubinka Air Base area was sold to a Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov in 2010 and will became an international airport. The Lipetsk Air Base...
Hm, from the first post link, the photo is Hawks of Romania display team - http://aerobaticteams.net/hawks-of-romania-gallery.html The RMAF has an aerobatic teams named Smokey Bandits - http://aerobaticteams.net/smokey-bandits.html But for me is strange, why their Air Force formed a team flying EXTR...
Following the tragic incident, which killed a Red Arrows pilot Flt. Lt. Sean Cunningham, all Canadian CT-155 Hawk aircraft from 15 Wing based at Moose Jaw are now grounded for safety reasons. The Canadian and RAF Hawks are fitted with Martin Baker Mk.10 ejection seat. http://aerobaticteams.net/news....
The reason of the death of Red 5 Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham was due to the ejection seat parachute failed to open. He dies from multiply injures in the hospital. The incident occurs at the morning of 8th November, when the Red Arrows Hawk T1 aircraft taxi to the runaway for a training flight ...
A Red Arrows pilot Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham flying as Red 5, killed early morning today in an ejection seat incident at team’s home base Scampton. The injured pilot was transfer by helicopter to a hospital, when he died. The team now is on a winter training program, where the new team’s pil...