Belaya Rus (demonstration team)

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Belaya Rus
Aerobatic flight display team
Size6 Aircraft
Part of206 Flight Training Center
BaseLida
ColoursRed, White, Green    
Aircraft flown
FighterAero L-39 Albatros

Belaya Rus (

Republic of Belarus
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Overview

2010 Minsk Victory Day Parade

The group was created in 2006 after the purchase of ten Czech-made L-39 Albatros training aircraft from Ukraine. It is part of the 206 Flight Training Center in Lida.[1] In addition to performances, the group's planes play the role of training aircraft for cadets of the Aviation Department of the Military Academy of Belarus. Since 2008, the Belaya Rus aerobatic team has been participating in all air parades during the Minsk Independence Day Parade and the Victory Day Parade over the central Avenue.

In 2008, there was information that at the same time as the Belaya Rus group, a new aerobatic team of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces on the

Major General Igor Azarenok. An agreement was reached on training Belarusian specialists in Russia in 2008, where several aerobatic teams operate, in particular, the Swifts.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ На авиационном празднике в июле выступит пилотажная группа «Белая Русь».http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2009/06/03/ic_news_116_312354/
  2. ^ Пилотажная группа «Крылья Беларуси» будет создана в ВВС и войсках ПВО.http://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2008/08/07/154701.html
  3. ^ "Пилотажная группа "Белая Русь" примет участие в авиашоу "Минск Аэро 2008"".