The air show begins with paratroops jumps, follows by fly-passes of Turkish Air Force planes in three ship formations.
First of the display teams was Croatian Air Force demonstration team Wings of Storm (Krila Oluje). They trilled the crow with its performance, but the most applause maneuver was the three planes tail slide. Three PC-9 planes of the team going up in 90 degrees until losing the speed and stall simultaneously. Sliding on the tail all three airplanes going down, until the pilots pull up again as one. The other very interesting maneuver of the team, was when five planes flying in tight formation, but inverted. The team's performance lasts about 25 minutes.
Next one team was the mighty US Air Force Thunderbirds with six F-16C. One of the oldest and one of the best demonstration team in the world. Just before the take-off, the team's leader Lt Col Case Cunningham greetings the Turkish public for the Turkish Air Force Anniversary and for the strong relationships between USA and Turkey. The amazing maneuver performed from the Thunderbirds was the loop of the diamond formation immediately after take off. A maneuver, which no other team do. In difference of the lasts years the squadron now use for demonstration only one seat versions of F-16C Block 52. Before 2010 season the squadron used two seat F-16D as a slot airplane.
The C-27 performed alongside other world renowned aerial demonstration teams, to honor 100 years of Turkish aviation.
After USAF Thunderbirds, in the air took off the Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori, the biggest aerobatic team in the world.
Watching how all ten Aermacci MB339 planes rolling in the sky as one is always beautiful.
The dazzling maneuver was the last one of their program, while the nine formation airplanes trailing the colors of Italian flag red, white and green and the solo pilot #10 crosses this flag under the music performance of the Luciano Pavarotti. From that point of the airshow the weather condition became dusty, because of the too smoky aerobatic teams and the sea breeze also.
Patrouille de France was next, but the malfunction of the leader's plane delayed the team's demonstration with 20 minutes.
The Patrouille de France's Alpha Jets rolled at the end of the taxiway, when the leader Athos 1, as it named in the team, Commandant Cedric Tranchon indicated problems with his helmet radio communication. Then he go back at the other site of the airfield and get the spare plane with tail number 0. Probably the problem was not only in the helmet! Then he returns to the other seven planes to lead them into the skies of Cigli Air Base.
Next was the host aerobatic team, Turkish Air Force demonstration squadron Turkish Stars. They received the biggest admiration of the public, but off course, they performed in front of home Turkish public. I'm not mean that Turkish Stars made simply demonstration. Noway, their demonstration shows unique technique of formation flying with eight supersonic NF-5 2000 Freedom Fighter advanced trainer jets, as no other aerial team fly such count of supersonic jets.
The most spectacular maneuvers performed by the both solo pilots. This was the turn performed in tight formation, while the lead solo inverted upside down and the barrel roll in the same formation. These maneuvers do not display on supersonic aircrafts even from the famous Thunderbirds or Blue Angels.
Royal Air Force display team Red Arrows was next in the Turkey Air Show schedule program. Nothing other to say except brilliant performed air display. As always.
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In addition, the last of the aerobatic teams was the Patrulla Aguila (Eagle Patrol) aerobatic display team of the Spanish Air Force with their Casa C-101 Aviojets. I see for the first time Aguila's demonstration in live and was surprised. Very good performance except the two errors of outer right wing, who delay from the formation in two maneuvers. The astonishing was the inverted loop performed by the solo pilot.
The pilot inverted upside down his CASA C-101 Aviojet plane with Eagle (Aguila) painted on the tail, and start a full loop. No other jet aircraft performed such a maneuver, as I know. Moreover, in the final all seven Patrulla Aguila's airplanes landed in formation, a maneuver performed from almost every military aerobatic team in the past, but today, only Patrulla Aguila do.
A TUSAS F-16CG Night Falcon shows stunts during the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Air Force at the Cigli Millitary Air Base in Izmir, Turkey, june 5, 2011.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine canard-delta wing multirole aircraft joined the demonstration in Cigli AB
The Romanian Air Force IAR-99 was in Izmir
The Polish Air Force PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra Display Team Cerwono Biali Iskry (Red White Sparks) breaking to land after their display.
Turkish aviation enthusiasts have their cameras ready to catch the Belgium F-16 during Air Show Turkiye 2011 at Cigli Air Base, June 4.
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The Austrian Saab J-105 get ready for takeoff show at Cigli Air Base, Turkey on June 03, 2011.
Some 146 jets from 20 countries, including the United States, Pakistan, France and Croatia, received applause from the Turkish audience, but it was the unique show by the Turkish teams the Turkish Stars and Solo Türk, an F-16 jet that moved many to tears as they cheered the risky moves.
Source: News agencies, aerobaticteams.net and xairforces news
Photo: TURKEY - Izmir, Cigli AB, [XAIRFORCES NEWS]
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