RUSS is a flying aerobatic team. They perform death-defying tricks in the air with the greatest of ease: the loop-the-loop performed simultaneously by four planes, 360-degree turns in mid-air, and the vertical break maneuver in which the planes fly straight up and split their formation. Today, the RUSS squadron is a world-class team of ace synchronized pilots.
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Denis Maximov
RUSS is a flying aerobatic team. They perform death-defying tricks in the air with the greatest of ease: the loop-the-loop performed simultaneously by four planes, 360-degree turns in mid-air, and the vertical break maneuver in which the planes fly straight up and split their formation. Today, the RUSS squadron is a world-class team of ace synchronized pilots.
Denis Maximov
The flying team enhances its program each year. The Russian pilots' professionalism caught the eye of representatives of the Czech company, Aero Vodochody, best known as "Aero", the manufacturer of the L-39 airplane. The company painted the group's planes in black and gold as a gift.
Denis Maximov
There's very little space for personal belongings in the jet's cockpit. All necessary items are placed in a special compartment in the nose of the aircraft.
Denis Maximov
The RUSS squadron's pilots are the only ones in Russia that perform in L-39 "Albatros" jets. These light attack aircraft are used as training jets in the Russian Air Force. They are employed by militaries in 30 countries.
Denis Maximov
The L-39's modest performance characteristic in comparison with fourth generation jets-its maximum speed is 750 km/h determine its style of piloting.
Denis Maximov
The group's "cherry on top" is the airshow's colorful accompaniment. Each plane is equipped with a system of generating colored smoke, which makes it possible to present well-known maneuvers in a new light.
Denis Maximov
The planes all take off together, which is especially unique when compared to civil aviation. They literally fly wing to wing. You can even see what the pilot in the next jet is doing.
Denis Maximov
The group performs extremely difficult stunts, such as the "Tulip", a maneuver in which five planes fly up and separate. At this moment, pilots start to feel gravitation force (g-force), a serious challenge for the human body.
Denis Maximov
The "Fountain" is a figure in which the aircrafts take off vertically and scatter in different directions.
Denis Maximov
Some of the program's invariable treats are the group's pass in tight formation; simultaneous individual dead loops; the "mirror", a stunt which features one plane flying upside-down under another; and, the "Khokhloma", an aerobatic figure whose form resembles a traditional Russian Khokhloma painting.
Denis Maximov
The airshow that the RUSS squadron gives its spectators is an unforgettable rollercoaster ride of complex piloting maneuvers.
