Explores the
artistry and skill of elite air display teams worldwide with 150 stunning
aircraft profiles.
Air
forces all over the world showcase the talents of their aviators and regularly
thrill audiences with aerobatic and formation flying performances. Air display
teams, with their trails of coloured smoke, strikingly decorated aircraft and
the incredibly skilful flying of their elite pilots are hugely popular with air
show crowds and act as international ambassadors.
Modern
Aerobatic Teams features
150 profile artworks of display team aircraft, past and present, by renowned
aviation artist JP Vieira – including, from Britain, the Red Arrows’ Hawk,
Tigers’ Lightning, Red Pelicans’ Jet Provost and Black Arrows’ Hunter, as well
as, from the US, the Thunderbirds’ F-84G, F-100, F-4, T-38 and F-16, the Blue
Angels’ F9F, Cutlass and F/A-18, the Sabre Dancers’ F-86, the Minute Men’s F-80,
F-86 and F-16 and more.
Also
included are the Belgian Red Devils’ SF260, Patrouille de France Ouragan,
Mystere, Magister and Alfa-Jet, Italy’s Frecce Tricolori F-86 and MB-339,
Ukrainian Falcons MiG-29, Russian Knights Su-30, Patrouille Suisse F-5E, EMB-314
from Brazil’s Smoke Squadron, 300L from Chile’s Halcones, K-8E from Egypt’s
Silver Stars, J-10 from China’s August 1st Aerobatic Team and many more from
around the world.