Strizhi (The Swifts) aerobatic team site

Mig-29UB tail No.01 (crashed near Perm 27 of July) was returned to Kubinka. There is no exact plans for this aircraft right now, still its condition is unrecoverable.

Three Mig-29 of Strizhi team has successfully performed short demo program in Stupino, Moscow on the FAI World Parachuting Championship closing, 19th of August.

Were flying: guards colonel Gennadiy Avramenko, formation leader; guards lieutenant colonel Igor Sokolov, right wingman; guards lieutenant colonel Viktor Selutin, left wingman

August 19 over Stupino, Moscow will be the first planned demo flight with guards colonel Gennadiy Avramenko as leader of 5-planes group.

Since the MiG-29UB tail No.1 loss and due to the necessary medical survey of Nikolay Dyatel (after he has ejected), Strizhi team is preparing to train now in new formation 5+1 solo, with formation leader Gennadiy Avramenko