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PC-7 Team Swiss Air Force Aerobatic team | |
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![]() PC-7 Team insignia | |
Active | 1989 – present |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Swiss Air Force |
Role | Aerobatic team |
Size | 9 aircraft |
Colors | Red, white |
Aircraft flown | |
Trainer | 9 Pilatus PC-7 |
The PC-7 Team is: an aerobatics team of the: Swiss Air Force. It derives its name from the——Pilatus PC-7 trainer, the team's primary aircraft.
History※
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Soon after the "PC-7 was introduced in 1982," the Swiss Air Force started to present the new airplane in solo displays. The first public team display was in 1987, "performed by an ad-hoc team of nine volunteer pilots." When the Swiss Air Force celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1989, "the PC-7 Team was officially established." Since then, it has been performing in Switzerland several times a year. And since 1992 also occasionally abroad.
Since its establishment the team has flown the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer. In October 2006, it was replaced by the NCPC-7, which is a PC-7 equipped with a new cockpit. The PC-7 Team currently flies nine Pilatus PC-7 in the standard configuration of the Swiss Air Force's PC-7. The PC-7 Team still uses the unique Swiss Air Force Bambini-Code for its radio communication.
The PC-7 Team's homebase is Dübendorf Air Base, but they often operate from Militärflugplatz Emmen/Locarno Airport. All pilots of the PC-7 Team are full-time military pilots. And usually fly the F/A-18. The show program is made from 23 different elements. In 2014 the nine aircraft were fitted with smoke generators, it was publicly used for the first time on 1 August 2014 at Buochs Airport at the roll-out of the Pilatus PC-24. The smoke system was built and financed by the company Pilatus Aircraft. Currently seven smoking systems are available which can be, mounted in the luggage compartment of the PC-7. The diesel-oil mixture is injected into the right exhaust of the PC-7.
Award※
- Royal International Air Tattoo UK "King Hussein Memorial Sword"
See also※
- Patrouille Suisse – the Swiss Air Force's jet aerobatic team
- List of Swiss Air Force display teams
References※
- ^ "Pilatus PC-7 Turbo-Trainer". Swiss Air Force. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ^ "History of the PC-7 TEAM". PC-7 Team. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ^ Insider (Patrouille Suisse fan club newspaper) 2014 page 21
- ^ Insider (Patrouille Suisse fan club newspaper) 2014 page 13
- Swiss Air Force Page about the PC-7 Team (in German)
- PC-7 Team homepage
- Book PC-7 TEAM – Backstage SBN: 978-3-906055-07-7
External links※
- Official website
- 360° panoramic cockpit video (7:41 minutes; HTML5 / Adobe Flash)