Aerobatics

Aerobatics 1) Cobra manoeuvre: (193 KB, 4.7 sec) A Sukhoi Su-30 aircraft performs a "Cobra" manoeuvre, in which it pitches nose up to an impossible looking angle beyond the vertical before recovering and returning to level flight. The video was taken at the December 1996 Aero India airshow at Bangalore, India.

2) Mirage 2000: (358 KB, 5.6 sec) A Mirage 2000 at the 1996 Aero India airshow performing a weird "corkscrew" manoeuvre.

3) Su-30 MKI: (356 KB, 17.8 sec) A thrust vectoring Su-30 MKI does a nose up manoeuvre up to the vertical, after which it continues to fly forward at an a very high angle of attack for a seemingly impossible period of time before turning away to the left. The video was shot at the Decembar 1998 Aero India airshow at Bangalore

4) Suryakirans: (242 KB, 9.7 sec) This is a video clip of the Suryakirans, the aerobatic formation team of the Indian air force at the 1996 Aero India airshow.

5) Suryakirans in 1998: (287 KB, 7.5 sec) An immaculate 9 aircraft formation of the Suryakirans at the 1998 Aero India Airshow.

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