Russia (aerobatic team)

In 1987, an aerobatic team was organized on the basis of the Vyazemsky UAC . For the created air group, ten L-39 aircraft were transferred to the Vyazemsky Training Aviation Center. On August 18, 1987, a group of ten aircraft (nine aircraft performed group aerobatics, one - solo aerobatics) took part in the air parade in Tushino . This was the first public appearance of the new aerobatic team ^[1] . The demonstration program of Vyazma pilots was watched by over 800 thousand visitors to the parade, as well as viewers from all over the USSR .

Soon, at the end of 1987, Colonel Yuri Dmitrievich Bykov was appointed the head of the Vyazemsky Training Aviation Center and the leader of the aerobatic team. The program of the aerobatic team was improved, and was also repeatedly shown at various celebrations.

On June 7, 1991, the first aviation disaster occurred in the history of the Vyazemsky Training Aviation Center. During the flight mission, the L-39 crashed under the control of the head of the center, Colonel Yu. D. Bykov. The pilot died. The leader of “Rus” was Evgeny Burchanov, Deputy Head of the Training Aviation Center. June 26, 1992 during the development of a new element of aerobatics crashed plane V.E. Arkhipova. The pilot died.

Since 1992, the Vyazemsky Aviation Training Center and the aerobatic squadron “Rus” have been headed by reserve instructor Colonel Reserve Kazimir Eduardovich Tikhanovich ^[2] . Soon Tikhanovich faced a serious obstacle - the government decree issued on May 12, 1992 on the liquidation of all training aviation centers threatens the fate of the aerobatic team and training base. Ignoring the orders of officials, the group continues training, proving the necessity of its existence. As a result, the Vyazemsky Aviation Training Center was renamed the Vyazemsky Aero Club , and the aerobatic team continued their performances.

In 1997, the Rus squadron made demonstrations in the Czech Republic , visiting Prague and Hradec Kralove . The team was highly praised by foreign experts. The professionalism of Russian pilots was especially noted by the representatives of the aircraft manufacturer L-39 - the company Aero Vodohodki . As a gift, they made spectacular coloring for group airplanes for free ^[3] .

Leading groups (at different times): in 1987 - Farid Akchurin, in 1987-1991 - Yu. D. Bykov, in 1991-2002 - Evgeny Burchanov ^[4] .

The initial composition of the group: Farid Akchurin (head of the air center), Valentin Selyavin, Sergey Borisovich Bondarenko, Sergey Petrovich Bondarenko, Nikolai Zhdanov, Kazimir Noreika, Alexander Pryadilshchikov, Nikolai Chekashkin, Vladimir Arkhipov, Nikolai Zolotarev, Victor Aleinikov (from 1991 to 1994 inclusive - lead) link). Separately, a solo performance was prepared by Nikolai Pogrebnyak ^{[2] [3]} .

The composition of the group in 2000:

• Link No. 1: Evgeny Valentinovich Burchanov (flight commander and leader of the aerobatic team, in the group since 1989), Alexander Mikhailovich Savlyuk (in the group since 1991), Sergey Maksimov (in the group since 1996).
• Link No. 2: Anatoly Mikhailovich Marunko (team leader, in the group since 1990), Mikhail Alekseevich Kolle (in the group since 1990), Vasily Petrovich Kogut (in the group since 1992).
• The closing group Nikolay Zherebtsov (in the group since 1992).
• Extreme followers (perform pair aerobatics, for example, a mirror ): Valentin Selyavin (in the group from the day of foundation), Sergey Petrovich Bondarenko (in the group from the day of foundation).
• Single aerobatics is performed by Valery Viktorovich Sobolev, master of sports ^[3] .

The composition of the group in 2007 (flight director Evgeny Burchanov):

• group leader Stanislav Lvovich Dremov; Sergey Petrovich Bondarenko, Nikolai Zherebtsov, Mikhail Alekseevich Kolle, Vasily Petrovich Kogut, Anatoly Mikhailovich Marunko, Alexander Mikhailovich Savlyuk, soloist Valery Viktorovich Sobolev ^{[2] [4]} .

Currently, the Rus squadron operates flights of 6 aircraft:

• The leader of the group is Anatoly Mikhailovich Marunko;
• The tail slave - Nikolai Mikhailovich Zherebtsov;
• Left wingman - Mikhail Alekseevich Colle;
• Right wingman - Nikolai Egorovich Alekseev;
• Solo aerobatics - Stanislav Lvovich Dremov;
• Solo aerobatics - Igor Anatolyevich Dushechkin.

On the Day of the City in Saransk on June 12, 2011, “Rus” performed as part of 5 aircraft. 4 aircraft in the “corporate” coloring performed group aerobatics, 1 aircraft in camouflage and the Russian Air Force signs performed individual figures. On June 25, 2011, at the Wings of Parma festival in Perm, Russia performed as part of 5 aircraft, group aerobatics was performed both in a group of 5 aircraft and out of 4 aircraft. On June 29 and 30, 2013, in the same Perm, “Wings of Parma” performed group aerobatics on 4 and 5 aircraft, and Stanislav Lvovich Dremov performed solo aerobatics.

1987

• August 18 - performance at the air parade in Tushino

1992

• International Aviation and Space Exhibition "Mosaero Show-92" (August 11-16, 1992)

1993

• I International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-1993 (August 31 - September 5, 1993)

1995

• II International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-1995 (August 22-27, 1995)

1997

• III International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-1997 (August 19-24, 1997)
• Brest , Belarus ^[2]
• air show in Prague , Czech Republic ^[4]
• air show CIAF-97 ( Czech. Czech International Air Fest ) in Hradec Kralove ), Czech Republic ^{[2] [4]}

1998

• Performance at the Russian piston aerobatics championship
• Latvia ^[2]

1999

• June 12 - performance at the celebration of the 1140th anniversary of Veliky Novgorod ^[5]
• IV International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-1999 (August 17-22, 1999)

2001

• V International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2001 (August 14-19, 2001) ^[6]

2003

• May 24 - performance at the City Day in Yaroslavl
• May 31 - performance on the Day of the city of Tambov
• June 12 - performance at the celebration of the Day of Russia in Nizhny Novgorod
• July 18 - performance at the Day of the metallurgist in Magnitogorsk
• August 2 - Demonstration program at the World Cup in parachuting in Stupino
• August 16 - performance in Kursk in honor of the 60th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Kursk
• August 22-24 - VI International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2003 (August 19-24, 2003) ^[7]

2005

• June 11 - performance at the City Day in Kirov
• August 16-21 - VII International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2005

2009

• June 26 - performance at the Youth Day in Naberezhnye Chelny
• June 28 - performance at the City Day in Arkhangelsk

2010

• July 25 - performance at the Navy Day in Severodvinsk
• August 12 and 15 - performance at the InterAeroCom 2010 Air Show in St. Petersburg
• September - performance at the Hydroaviation show in Gelendzhik
• October 2 - performance at the Aeromir-XXI airshow ( Ukrainian Aviasvit-XXI ) in Gostomel , Ukraine

2011

• June 12 - performance at the City Day in Saransk
• June 25 - performance at the Sokol airbase in Perm . The performance was held as part of the White Nights project.
• June 30 - performance at the V International Naval Salon in St. Petersburg
• August 16-21 - X International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2011
• September 11 - performance at the City Day in Nizhny Novgorod

2012

• May 12-13 - performance in honor of the opening of the port-museum "Lennusadam" in Tallinn , Estonia
• July 7 - performance at the rock festival Nashestie
• August 10-12 - performance at the General Sky air show, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force
• September 15 - performance at the bottom of the city of Penza
• September 22 - performance in Veliky Novgorod at the celebration of the 1150th anniversary of Russian statehood
• September 27-30 - performance at the 8th International Aviation and Space Salon "AVIASVIT-XXI" in Kiev (ggt Gostomel, Kiev-Antonov airdrome)
• October 14 - performance at the military historical festival "Moscow is behind us: 1941"

2013

• June 20 - performance at the graduation in Ulyanovsk ("Runway 2013")
• June 29-30 - performance at the Wings of Parma festival in Perm, at the Sokol airbase and the Froly airfield
• July 4 - performance at the opening of the Naval Salon in St. Petersburg
• July 28 - Day of the Navy, Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk
• August 2 - performance at the corporate company of Wargaming.net (in honor of the 15th anniversary of the company) over the Stalin Line (Republic of Belarus)
• August 30-September 1 - XI International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2013

2014

• March 2 - Paralympic torch relay in Kubinka
• April 12 - air show over the landing site of Yuri Gagarin (near the city of Engels ) ^{[8] [9]}
• June 8 - performance at the bottom of the city of Vyazma
• June 21 - speech at the festival of aviation and sports dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Minsk Aero Club DOSAAF and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders
• July 13 - solo performance by Stanislav Dremov at the military festival "Battlefield"
• August 17 - performance in Ulyanovsk ( Day of the Air Fleet of Russia )
• October 4 - performance in Taganrog at an aviation festival dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after Berieva .
• October 12 - performance in Sochi at a sports festival dedicated to the first in the 21st century Formula 1 automobile competitions in the Russian Federation.

2015

• April 18 - performance in Borodino at the opening of the rally: “Roads of Glory” from Moscow to German Torgau.
• May 2 - performance over the Bogoroditsky field (Vyazma) at the International Motor Rally DOSAAF of Russia “Roads of Glory”
• May 9 - performance in Salekhard at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. ^[ten]
• May 30-31 - performance at the Olympic Sky Air Show in Sochi.
• June 6 - performance at the 55th anniversary of the Vyazemsky Training Aviation Center
• July 1, July 5 - performance at the opening and closing ceremonies of IMDS-2015 in St. Petersburg.
• August 28-30 - performance at MAKS-2015

2016

• May 9 - performance in Syktyvkar at the celebration of the 71st anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. ^[eleven]
• May 27-29 - performance in Yaroslavl at the Aviaregion-2016 air show, held at the Tunoshna airport , and the celebration of City Day on May 28, 2016.
• August 27 - performance in Rybinsk as part of an air show at the bottom of the city.
• September 11 - performance at the celebration of the City Day in Samara.

2017

• May 9 - performance in Tolyatti at the celebration of the 72nd anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War . ^[12]
• July 23 - performance at MAKS-2017
• August 6 - performance in Novosibirsk at the celebration of Aviation Day.
• August 26 - performance in Voronezh at the airport on an open day.

2018

• August 2 - performance in Ufa at the celebration of the Airborne Forces Day.
• August 4 - performance in Omsk at the bottom of the city
• August 5 - performance in Novosibirsk at the celebration of Aviation Day.
• August 10 - performance in Kazan at the festival "I choose the sky"
• August 25 - performance in Voronezh at the airport on an open day.

Aerobatics

The aerobatic aerobatic team "Rus" has its own program of performances, containing various elements of group and solo aerobatics. The overload experienced by the pilots ranges from −4 to +8. ^[13] The minimum distance between aircraft during flight is one meter.

Group aerobatics

• “Passage through the ranks” is an element of oncoming aerobatics. One plane goes through a system of six aircraft.
• “Fan” - a single plane performs a barrel around five planes flying in the rhomb formation. It was originally carried out with just two planes - one makes a barrel around the trajectory of the other.
• "Mirror" - the passage of a pair of aircraft with landing gear released, the presenter makes a half barrel and begins an inverted flight. When flying in front of the audience for a short time, the impression of a “mirror reflection” of the slave aircraft is created.
• “Cross” - a group of planes flies in the “cross” formation (Christian). This figure is performed by a group of 6 or 9 aircraft. In a group of 6 cars, the aerobatics element is performed as follows: four planes are arranged in a row behind each other, and two more are symmetrically on each side at the level of the second aircraft in a row; in a group of 9 aircraft — five planes are lined up sequentially in a row, the remaining four — symmetrically in pairs on the sides of the second in a row.
• Dissolution "Fountain" - performed by four aircraft.
• Dissolution "Tulip" - is carried out by six aircraft.
• “Heart” - Two airplanes (or two links - six airplanes) draw a heart-shaped figure with a white loop, a single airplane - “arrow” “pierces” it.
• “Four barrel” - four planes make a barrel around their trajectory (at the same time there is a “revolution” of the system, and then return to their original positions).
• “Double barrel” - is similar to “Four barrel”, but two planes carry it out.

Single aerobatics

• Flight on PMV - the plane flies over the runway with the landing gear released, after which it removes them and continues flying at an extremely low altitude equal to one meter. The speed of the aircraft is 400 km / h.
• “Bell” - see. Bell .
• "Rising corkscrew" - a barrel with a climb. For the first time on L-39 performed by the soloist of the group "Rus" Valery Sobolev.
• “Landing of a drunk pilot” - when landing, the aircraft begins to perform sharp maneuvers with gain and loss of altitude.

See also in the section "Links" - video clips of speeches.

• Vyazemsky Aero Club
• Dvoevka (airfield)
• International Aviation and Space Salon

• The official website of the aerobatic team "Rus"
• The history of the aerobatic team "Rus" (inaccessible link)
• Squadron Rus
• In a corkscrew - "Rus"
• Russian aerobatic teams

Photo

• Performance of the aerobatic team "Rus" at MAKS-2003
• Photo of the aerobatic team "Rus"
• Photo album of the aerobatic team "Rus"

Video

• Air show "100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force" in Zhukovsky
• Video clips of performances and aerobatics elements of the squadron "Rus"
• Elements of aerobatics. Aerobatic team "Rus"

Interactive

• 360º full-screen panorama of the performance of the Rus Squadron in Tallinn, Estonia.