Another magnificent aerobatic display team show by the russian Swifts (Стрижи or Strizhi Aerobatic Team), back at MAKS 2019, performing some maneuvers just straight above of my head!
This was the show on the August 31st.

The team usually performs at MAKS and other airshows doing formation flight aerobatics for which they are renowned worldwide.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Flight Display Highlights
4:14 - Full Video

The Swifts (Russian: Стрижи, Strizhi) are a Soviet and later Russian aerobatic demonstration team connected with the Russian Air Force.

The formation of a group of military pilots who perfectly mastered the technique of aerobatics for demonstration flights on MiG-29 aircraft began in the fighter air regiment in Kubinka in the mid-1980s, when aircraft of this type were only being flown by the Air Force.

The official "birth" of the aerobatic team was on May 6, 1991, when they first performed an aerial display under their current name on the MiG-29 fighters in their original white and blue coloring. After that, Aviation Marshal Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub personally presented the medals to the pilots of the group "For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth Between the States."

In October 1991, "Strizhi" performed abroad for the first time; a group of fighters from Kubinka paid a visit to the Uppsala airbase in Sweden. The first public foreign premiere of "Strizhi" was held in May 1992 in France though, at an air festival dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Normandie-Niemen squadron. The group impressed the Western audience with their skill. The aircraft formations were constantly changing - shifting from an arrow to a cross, pyramid, wing, star, etc. The performance ended with a spectacular formation break which was accompanied by a hail of flares.

In 1993, the Strizhi team also became participants in the LIMA'93 air show on Langkawi Island in Malaysia, as well as in air festivals in Belgium and Thailand, and at the exhibition in Thailand the group's aviation specialists set a speed record of aircraft assembly: 4 MiG-29s arrived there disassembled inside an An-124 Ruslan transport plane and the Russian technicians and mechanics managed to get them into operational status in just 3 days. This same year, the team was awarded the title "Best aerobatic team of the world".

In 1995, "Swifts" again visited Sweden, in 1997 they visited Finland.

Since 1991 the group "Swifts" has annually conducted 50 shows. The pilots have visited more than 28 foreign countries.

Mikoyan MiG-29 (Микоян МиГ-29)
SPECIFICATIONS

Crew: 1
Length: 17.32 m
Wingspan: 11.36 m
Height: 4.73 m
Wing area: 38 m²
Empty weight: 11,000 kg
Loaded weight: 14,900 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 18,000 kg
Fuel capacity: 3,500 kg internal
Powerplant: 2 × Klimov RD-33 afterburning turbofans, 81.59 kN each

Maximum speed:
- At high altitude: Mach 2.25 (2,400 km/h)
- At low altitude: Mach 1.21 (1,500 km/h)
Range: 1,430 km with maximum internal fuel
Ferry range: 2,100 km with 1 drop tank
Service ceiling: 18,000 m
Rate of climb: 330 m/s (initial); 109 m/s (average)
Wing loading: 403 kg/m²
Thrust/weight: 1.09
Maximum g-load: 9G

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