An aerobatic aircraft is an aerodyne (a heavier-than-air

aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines ...

) used in

aerobatics Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aerial" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and glid ...

, both for flight exhibitions and aerobatic competitions. Most fall into one of two categories, aircraft used for training and by flight demonstration teams, which are often standard trainers or fighters, and aircraft especially designed for aerobatics, usually at the expense of other attributes, such as stability, carrying passengers or endurance. Dates are of first flight.

Powered aircraft

Australia

* Victa/AESL Airtourer (1959)

Belgium

Renard R.34 __NOTOC__ The Renard R.34 was a 1930s Belgium, Belgian two-seat biplane Trainer (aircraft), trainer designed by Alfred Renard and built by Societé Anonyme des Avions et Moteurs Renard. Design and development The R.34 was built for a Belgian milit ...

(1934) *

Stampe SV.4 The Stampe et Vertongen SV.4 (also known incorrectly as the Stampe SV.4 or just Stampe) is a Belgian two-seat trainer/tourer biplane designed and built by Stampe et Vertongen. The aircraft was also built under licence in France and French Algeri ...

(1933) *

Tipsy Nipper The Tipsy Nipper T.66 is an aerobatic light aircraft, developed in 1952 by Ernest Oscar Tips of Avions Fairey at Gosselies in Belgium. It was designed to be easy to fly, cheap to buy and cheap to maintain. It was designed for both factory prod ...

(Homebuilt - 1957)

Brazil

Embraer EMB 312 Tucano The Embraer EMB 312 Tucano (English: ''Toucan'') is a low-wing, tandem-seat, single-turboprop, basic trainer with counter-insurgency capability that was developed in Brazil. The Brazilian Air Force sponsored the EMB-312 project at the end of ...

(operated by the ''Esquadrilha da Fumaça'') (1980) *

Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (English: ''Super Toucan''), also named ALX or A-29, is a Brazilian turboprop light attack aircraft designed and built by Embraer as a development of the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano. The A-29 Super Tucano carries a ...

(operated by the ''Esquadrilha da Fumaça'') (2012) * Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas IPT-16 Surubim (1959) *

Neiva Universal The Neiva N621 Universal is a Brazilian propeller-driven basic trainer and ground attack aircraft manufactured by Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva. It is a cantilever, low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction, with retractable undercarriage an ...

(operated by the ''Esquadrilha da Fumaça'') (1966) *

ACS-100 Sora __NOTOC__ The ACS-100 Sora is a Brazilian two-seat Light Sport Aircraft, designed by Advanced Composites Solutions. Development The Sora (originally designated the ACS-100 Triathlon) was developed from the CB-10 Triathlon project designed by t ...

(2008) *

CEA-309 Mehari __NOTOC__ The CEA-309 Mehari is a Brazilian single-seat, monoplane sports aircraft developed by CEA. Design and development In 2003 the project was started, with the participation of numerous engineers and students. The wing and empennage assembl ...

(2009) *

Wega 180 The Wega 180 is a Brazilian amateur-built aircraft designed and produced by Wega Aircraft of Palhoça, Santa Catarina, introduced at the Sun 'n Fun airshow in 2013. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ...

(2013) * CEA-311 Anequim (2014)

Canada

Acrolite Aircraft Acrolite The Acrolite is a family of Canadian amateur-built aircraft, designed by Ron Wilson and produced by Acrolite Aircraft of Kakabeka Falls, Ontario, in the form of plans for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Di ...

(Homebuilt - 1986) *

Canadair Sabre The Canadair Sabre is a jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. A variant of the North American F-86 Sabre, it was produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) until ...

(operated by the

Golden Hawks The Golden Hawks were a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aerobatic flying team established in 1959 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the RCAF and the "Golden" 50th anniversary of Canadian flight, which began with the AEA Silver Dart in 1909. ...

) (1950)(Fighter) *

Canadair CT-114 Tutor The Canadair CT-114 Tutor (company model CL-41) was the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and later Canadian Forces, standard jet trainer between the early 1960s and 2000. It was designed and produced by Canadian aircraft manufacturer Canadair ...

(operated by the

Snowbirds The Snowbirds, officially known as 431 Air Demonstration Squadron (french: 431e Escadron de démonstration aérienne, links=no), are the military aerobatics flight demonstration team of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The team is based at 15 Wing ...

) (1960) *

Canadair CT-133 Silver Star The Canadair CT-133 Silver Star (company model number CL-30) is the Canadian license-built version of the Lockheed T-33 jet trainer aircraft, in service from the 1950s to 2005. The Canadian version was powered by the Rolls-Royce Nene 10 turboj ...

(operated by the

Red Knight Red Knight ( cy, Marchog Coch, kw, Marghek Rudh, br, Marc'heg Ruz) is a title borne by several characters in Arthurian legend. In legends Tales of Perceval The Red Knight prominently appears in the tales of the hero Perceval (Percival) as his ...

) (1952) * de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk (1946) *

Raven 2XS A raven is any of several larger-bodied bird species of the genus ''Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", common names which are assigned t ...

(Homebuilt - 2009) *

Ultimate Aircraft 10 Dash The Ultimate Aircraft 10 Dash is a Canadian single-seat sport and aerobatic biplane designed and built by Ultimate Aircraft Corporation of Guelph, Ontario.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 1 ...

(1985) *

Ultimate 10-180 The Ultimate 10-200 is a Canadian homebuilt aerobatic biplane that was designed produced by Streamline Welding of Hamilton, Ontario, introduced in the 1990s. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of plans f ...

(1990s homebuilt) *

Ultimate 10-200 The Ultimate 10-200 is a Canadian homebuilt aerobatic biplane that was designed produced by Streamline Welding of Hamilton, Ontario, introduced in the 1990s. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for ...

(1990s homebuilt) * Ultimate 10-300 (1990s homebuilt Biplane) *

Zenith CH 150 Acro Zenith The Zenith CH 150 Acro Zenith is a Canadian single-engine, low wing, all-aluminum aircraft designed by Chris Heintz and produced by Zenair in kit form for amateur construction. The aircraft is intended for aerobatic use and was introduced at ...

(Homebuilt - 1980)

Chile

ENAER T-35 Pillán ENAER T-35 Pillán (, Mapudungún: ''volcano'' or ''ancestral spirit'') is a Chilean propeller-driven basic trainer aircraft. The student and the instructor sit in tandem. Production ceased in 1991 after 7 years but restarted briefly in 1998. ...

(1981)

China

Chengdu J-7 The Chengdu J-7 (Chinese: 歼-7; third generation export version F-7; NATO reporting name: Fishcan) is a People's Republic of China fighter aircraft. It is a license-built version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, and thus shares many si ...

(flown by the August 1st) (1966) *

Chengdu J-10 The Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon (; NATO reporting name: Firebird), is a medium-weight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft capable of all-weather operations, configured with a delta wing and canard design, with fly-by-wire flight contr ...

(flown by the August 1st) (1998) *

Hongdu JL-8 The Hongdu JL-8 (Nanchang JL-8), also known as the Karakorum-8 or K-8 for short, is a two-seat intermediate jet trainer and a light attack aircraft designed in the People's Republic of China by China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporatio ...

(1990) *

Nanchang CJ-6 The Nanchang CJ-6 () is a Chinese basic trainer aircraft designed and built by the Nanchang Aircraft Factory (now Hongdu Aviation) for use by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Development The CJ-6 (Chu Jiao 初教 = Chuji Jiaoli ...

(1958) *

Shenyang J-5 The Shenyang J-5 (Chinese: 歼-5) (NATO reporting name ''Fresco'') is a Chinese-built single-seat jet interceptor and fighter aircraft derived from the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. The J-5 was exported as the F-5 and was originally designated ...

(flown by the August 1st) (1956)

Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

Zlin 50LS SP-AUC (Żelazny 6) (3603508043)

* Aero L-29A Akrobat (1959) *

Aero L-39 Albatros The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer designed and produced in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. It is the most widely used jet trainer in the world; in addition to performing basic and advanced pilot training, it has also fl ...

(operated by the

Patriots Jet Team The Patriots Jet Team is a civilian aerobatic formation team that performs in air shows across the western United States of America. The team operates as a six-ship team, flying the Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros. The Patriots are based in Byro ...

) (1968) *

Avia BH-10 __NOTOC__ The Avia BH-10 was a single-seat aerobatic sports plane built in Czechoslovakia in 1924, based on the Avia BH-9, which was in turn developed from the BH-5 and BH-1. It was easily visually distinguished from the BH-9 by the tall anti-r ...

(1924) *

Avia BH-21 The Avia BH-21, first flown in 1925, was a robust biplane that served an important role in securing Czechoslovak national security during the period between World War I and World War II. As well as being a competent fighter, it was also an acco ...

(1925) *

Avia BH-22 __NOTOC__ The Avia BH-22 was a trainer aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1925, based on the Avia BH-21, BH-21 Fighter aircraft, fighter. A smaller engine was used and armament removed. The lighter engine required the wing stagger to be decreased ...

(1925) *

Avia B.122 The Avia B.122 was a Czechoslovak single-seat biplane aerobatic aircraft, which was developed in the mid-1930s. It saw some service in the first years of World War II. History In the spring of 1934, the Czechoslovak Army Command decided that s ...

(1934) * Beneš-Mráz Beta-Scolar (1937) * Zlín Akrobat * Zlín Trener Master *

Zlín Z 26 Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; german: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 73,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice river. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the ...

(1947) * Zlín Z-226 * Zlín Z-326 * Zlín Z-526 *

Zlín Z-50 The Zlin Z-50 is an aerobatic sports airplane built by the Czechoslovakian company Zlin Aircraft. History In the autumn of 1973 Zlín Aircraft decided to develop a new single seat aerobatic airplane. The design team was headed by Jan Mikula, ...

(1975) * Zlín Z-242L

Denmark

* SAI KZ II Sport (1937) * SAI KZ VIII (1949)

France

* Acrobin (= Avions Robin R2160),(1976) * Bernard S-72 (operated by

Antoine Paillard Born in Sainte-Gemmes-d'AndignéFrench website on ''Escadrille 111'Retrieved 25 August 2020 in 1897, sous Lieutenant Antoine Joseph Henri Louis Paillard was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories and was awarded three decora ...

- 1930) *

Blériot XI The Blériot XI is a French aircraft of the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909. This is one of the most fam ...

(first loop in Western Europe in 1913) (1909) * Dewoitine D.27 (operated by

Marcel Doret Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ...

) (1928) * Dyn'Aéro CR.100 (Homebuilt - 1992) * Dyn'Aéro R180 (Homebuilt) *

Fouga CM.170 Magister The Fouga CM.170 Magister is a 1950s French two-seat jet trainer aircraft that was developed and manufactured by French aircraft manufacturer ''Établissements Fouga & Cie''. Easily recognizable by its V-tail, almost 1,000 have been built in Fr ...

(operated by the

IAF Aerobatic Team The IAF Aerobatic Team is the aerobatic display team of the Israeli Air Force. Until summer 2010 the team flew the IAI Tzukit, a variant of the French Fouga Magister manufactured under license by Israel Aerospace Industries. Since then the team ...

) (1952) * Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr (1959) *

Fournier RF 4 The Fournier RF 4 is a single-seater motor glider designed by René Fournier in 1966. It is an aerobatic version of the Fournier RF 3.

(1966) * Gazuit-Valladeau GV-1020 (1969) Nizhny Novgorod Nieuport plane

* Gourdou-Leseurre GL B6 & B7 (1918) *

Morane-Saulnier G The Morane-Saulnier G was a two-seat sport and racing monoplane produced in France before the First World War.Taylor 1989, 648"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft", 2539 It was a development of the racing monoplanes designed by Léon Morane a ...

(1912) *

Morane-Saulnier MS.180 The Morane-Saulnier MS.180 is a single engine, single parasol wing aerobatic trainer designed in France in 1929. About seventeen were produced and used in French flying clubs, some surviving World War II and one remaining in use at a club until ...

(1929) *

Morane-Saulnier M.S.225 The Morane-Saulnier M.S.225 was a French fighter aircraft of the 1930s. It was produced in limited quantities to be used as a transitional aircraft between the last of the biplanes and the first monoplane fighters. Design and development The M.S. ...

(1932) *

Morane-Saulnier MS.230 The Morane-Saulnier MS.230 aircraft was the main elementary trainer for the France, French Armée de l'Air throughout the 1930s. Almost all French pilots flying for the Armée de l'Air at the outbreak of World War II had had their earliest flight t ...

(operated by the Patrouille d'Étampes) (1929) * Morane-Saulnier MS.560 (1945) *

Mudry CAP 10 The Mudry CAP 10 is a two-seat training aerobatic aircraft first built in 1970 and still in production in 2007. The plane was developed from the Piel Super Emeraude and was born as the CP100. The name changed to CAP 10, CAP for 'Constructions Aéro ...

(1968) *

Mudry CAP 20 The Mudry CAP 20 is a French family of aerobatic competition single seater monoplanes. Design and development The Mudry CAP 20 was developed at the same time as the CAP 10, as a single-seat aerobatic version. It was followed by a lightweight ver ...

(1976) *

Mudry CAP 21 The Mudry CAP 20 is a French family of aerobatic competition single seater monoplanes. Design and development The Mudry CAP 20 was developed at the same time as the CAP 10, as a single-seat aerobatic version. It was followed by a lightweight ver ...

(1979) * Mudry CAP 222 *

Mudry CAP 230 The CAP Aviation CAP-23x family is a family of aircraft designed for competition aerobatics. The CAP 230 airframe was a direct development of the CAP 21 competition single seater strengthened to cope with a 6-cylinder Lycoming AEIO-540 engine in ...

(1997) * Nieuport IV.G (first loop) (1911) * Nord 3202B1B (1957) * Peña Bilouis (Homebuilt - 1991) * Peña Capeña (Homebuilt - 1984) * Peña Dahu (Homebuilt - 1996) * Peña Joker (Homebuilt - 2002) * Piel Pinocchio II (Homebuilt - 1986) *

Romano R.82 The Romano R-82 was a two-seat intermediate and aerobatic trainer designed by Etienne Romano with production aircraft built by Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano. Design and development The prototype Romano R-80.01 was a private venture de ...

(1936) *

Scintex Super Emeraude The Piel CP-30 Emeraude (French: ''émeraude'' = "emerald") is an aircraft designed in France in the mid-1950s and widely built both by factories and homebuilders. Design and development The Emeraude is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed ...

(Homebuilt - 1954) *

Tech Aero TR 200 The Tech Aero TR 200 is a French homebuilt aerobatic aircraft that was designed and produced by Tech Aero of Glisolles, first flown in August 1988. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, Don ...

(Homebuilt - 1988)

France & Germany

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was developed specifically to perform trainer and light attack missions, a ...

(operated by the

Patrouille de France ), 1st Commandant of the Patrouille de France as of the official Aerial presentation on 14 September 1953, Commander of the 13th Aerial Brigade, World War II Veteran with 165 war missions. , identification_symbol= , identification_symbol_lab ...

) (1973)

Germany

Sbach Xtremeair 342 Private D-EIXA, BBJ Bitburg (Bitburg Air Base), Germany PP1278607092

* Akaflieg München Mü30 Schlacro (2000) *

Albatros L 79 Kobold __NOTOC__ The Albatros L 79 Kobold was a single-seat German aerobatic aircraft of the 1920s and 1930s. It was a single-bay A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aer ...

(1929) *

Arado Ar 79 The Arado Ar 79 was a German aircraft of the 1930s, designed as an aerobatic two-seat trainer and touring aircraft.Donald, p. 60. The Ar 79 was a monoplane with retractable, tailwheel undercarriage. The wings were constructed of fabric over ply ...

(1938) *

BFW M.35 The BFW M.35, sometimes known as the Messerschmitt M 35, was a German sports plane of the early 1930s. It was the last of a line designed by Willy Messerschmitt. Development During the period of 1927-33, Messerschmitt designed a series of six s ...

(1933) * Bücker Bü 131 (1934) * Bücker Bü 133 (flown by Alexandru Papană) (1935) * Dietrich DP.II (1923?) *

Extra EA-200 The Extra 200 (Type EA-200) is a two-seat, tandem arrangement, low-wing aerobatic monoplane with conventional (taildragger) landing gear fully capable of Unlimited category competition, built by Extra Flugzeugbau. Designed by Walter Extra, it w ...

(1996) *

Extra EA-230 __NOTOC__ The Extra 230 was a single-seat aerobatic aircraft developed in Germany in the early 1980s. Designed by aerobatic pilot Walter Extra based on the layout of the Laser 200 he was previously flying, the Extra 230 was a conventional (if shor ...

(1983) *

Extra EA-300 The Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, a German aerobatic pilot, and built by Extra Flugzeugbau. Design and development Design of the E ...

(operated by the Royal Jordanian Falcons) (1988) *

Fieseler F2 Tiger The Fieseler F2 Tiger was a German single-seat aerobatic biplane which was flown to victory in the 1934 World Aerobatics Competition (WAC) by its designer/builder Gerhard Fieseler. Design and development Gerhard Fieseler started his own com ...

(1932) *

Fieseler Fi 5 The Fieseler Fi 5 (previously F5) was a single-engined two-seat sportplane of the 1930s. It was produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Fieseler Flugzeugbau, which was started by the World War I fighter ace and German aerobatic star, Gerh ...

(1933) *

Focke-Wulf S 24 The Focke-Wulf S 24 ''Kiebitz'' (German: "Lapwing") was a sport aircraft built in Germany in the later 1920s. It was a single-bay biplane of conventional design with equal-span, unstaggered wings, braced with N-type interplane strut In aeronau ...

(1928) *

Focke-Wulf Fw 44 The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 ''Stieglitz'' ("Goldfinch") is a 1930s German two-seat biplane. An early design by Kurt Tank, it was produced by the Focke-Wulf company as a pilot training and sports flying aircraft. It was also eventually built under lice ...

(1932) *

Grob G 120 The Grob G 120 is a two-seat training and aerobatic low-wing aircraft with a carbon composite airframe, built by Grob Aircraft. It is based on the Grob G 115TA training aircraft and is specially designed for military and civil pilots training ...

(1999) *

Hirth Acrostar The Hirth Hi 27 Acrostar was designed by Arnold Wagner to win aerobatic competitions, in part by having handling independent of orientation, upright or inverted. A single engine, single seat low-wing monoplane, it was built in West Germany by W ...

(1970) *

Junkers Profly Ultima The Junkers Profly Ultima is a German aerobatic homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Andre Konig and produced by Junkers Profly of Kodnitz, introduced in 1993. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construct ...

(1993) *

Klemm Kl 35 The Klemm Kl 35 is a German sporting and training aeroplane developed as a successor to the Kl 25. A product of Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau Gmbh it shared the same single-engine, cantilever low-wing configuration as the earlier machine, the major ...

(1935) * MBB 223K-1 Flamingo *

Mylius My-103 Mistral The Mylius My-103 Mistral is a German two-seat aerobatic trainer of utility aircraft produced by Mylius Aircraft, Mylius Flugzeugwerk of Bitburg. Design and development The My-103 is a two-seat development of the Mylius My 102 Tornado, My-102 Tor ...

(1998) *

Raab-Katzenstein RK-26 Raab-Katzenstein RK-26 Tigerschwalbe, also known as the Fieseler F 1 Tigerschwalbe, was a German twin-seat biplane trainer aircraft designed by Gerhard Fieseler by the end of the 1920s. Design and development In December 1930, Fieseler was invite ...

(flown by

Gerhard Fieseler Gerhard Fieseler (15 April 1896 – 1 September 1987) was a German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion, and aircraft designer and manufacturer. From birth to the 1918 armistice Born in Glesch (near Cologne), Fieseler joined the Air Serv ...

) (1929) *

Udet U 12 Flamingo The Udet U 12 Flamingo was an aerobatic sports plane and trainer aircraft developed in Germany in the mid-1920s. Design and development The U 12 was a conventional, single-bay biplane of wooden construction with the wings braced by large I-stru ...

(flown by

Ernst Udet Ernst Udet (26 April 1896 – 17 November 1941) was a German pilot during World War I and a ''Luftwaffe'' Colonel-General (''Generaloberst'') during World War II. Udet joined the Imperial German Air Service at the age of 19, and eventually ...

) (1925) *

XtremeAir Sbach 300 The XtremeAir Sbach 300 is a German aerobatic aircraft, designed by Philippe Steinbach and produced by XtremeAir, of Cochstedt. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Direc ...

XtremeAir Sbach 342 The XtremeAir Sbach 342 (XA42) is a German high performance two-seat aerobatic and touring monoplane designed by Philipp Steinbach with Albert Mylius and built by XtremeAir GmbH of Hecklingen. The Sbach 342 (a marketing name for the XA42) is ...

Hungary

Corvus Racer 540 The Corvus Racer 540 is a single-seat, low wing, high performance aerobatic aircraft produced by Corvus Aircraft Ltd in Hungary. Design and development The Corvus Racer 540 design was started in 2007 when Corvus Aircraft signed a contract wit ...

(2010) * Genevation GenPro (2018)

India

* Hunter (1982) * Kiran MkII (1996) * Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH)

Italy

Aermacchi SF.260 The SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 (now Leonardo SF-260) is an Italian light aircraft which has been commonly marketed as a military trainer and aerobatics aircraft. The SF.260 was designed by Italian aircraft designer Stelio Frati, while production wor ...

(operated by the Belgian Diables Rouges) (1964) *

Aermacchi MB-326 The Aermacchi or Macchi MB-326 is a light military jet trainer designed in Italy. Originally conceived as a two-seat trainer, there have also been single and two-seat light attack versions produced. It is one of the most commercially successf ...

(operated by the

Silver Falcons The Silver Falcons is the aerobatic display team of the South African Air Force. Based at Air Force Base Langebaanweg near Cape Town, the Silver Falcons fly the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II, the basic trainer of the SA Air Force in a 5-ship routine. The ...

& the

Roulettes The Roulettes are the Royal Australian Air Force's formation aerobatic display team. They provide about 150 flying displays a year, in Australia and in friendly countries around the Southeast Asian region. The Roulettes form part of the RAAF ...

) (1957) *

Aermacchi MB-339 The Aermacchi MB-339 is a military jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Italian aviation company Aermacchi. The MB-339 was developed during the 1970s in response to an Italian Air Force requirement that sought a re ...

(operated by the

Frecce Tricolori The ''Frecce Tricolori'' (; literally "Tricolour Arrows"), officially known as the ''313° Gruppo Addestramento Acrobatico, Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale (PAN) Frecce Tricolori'' ("313th Acrobatic Training Group, National Aerobatic Team (PAN) Frec ...

) (1976) *

Breda Ba.19 The Breda Ba.19 was an Italian single-seat aerobatic biplane aircraft developed as an air force trainer in 1928. Design and development The Breda Ba.19 was a single-bay, unequal-span, unstaggered biplane of conventional configuration which seat ...

(operated by the Squadriglia di Alta Acrobazia Aerea) (1928) *

CANSA C.5 The CANSA C.5 was a training biplane developed in Italy shortly before World War II. Design and development The C5's conventional open-cockpit, tailskid design was produced en masse in Italy under license. Originally aimed at the civil market, ...

(1939) * CANSA C.6 (1941) *

Caproni Ca.113 The Caproni Ca.113 was an advanced training biplane produced in Italy and Bulgaria in the early 1930s. Designed as a follow-on to the Ca.100, it was a more powerful and robust aircraft capable of aerobatics. It was a conventional design with two ...

(1931) *

Fiat CR.32 The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. Designed by the aeronautical engineer Celestino Rosatelli, it was a compact, robust and highly manoeuvrable aircraft for its era, leading to i ...

(flown by the Pattuglie Acrobatiche) (1933) *

General Avia F.22 The General Avia F 22 Pinguino is an Italian two-seat aircraft by GeneralAvia. It was designed by Stelio Frati and is his 22nd design. The aircraft was manufactured in four configurations, the "A" model with fixed gear, 116 hp Lycoming (O- ...

(1992) * IMAM Ro.26 (or Romeo Ro.26) (1932) * Magni Vale (1937) * New Avio C205 ''ultra-light'' operated by Walter's Bad *

Partenavia Alpha The Partenavia P.70 Alpha was a 1970s Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Ital ...

(1972) *

Piaggio P.148 The Piaggio P.148 was a 1950s Italian two-seat primary or aerobatic training monoplane designed and built by Piaggio Aero. Design and development The P.148 was an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear. It off ...

(1951) *

Sequoia Falco The Sequoia Falco is an Italian-designed lightweight 2-seater aerobatic aircraft.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 251. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. Design and development The aircraft was d ...

(Homebuilt - 1955) * Sivel SD28 (1995) *

Terzi T30 Katana The Terzi T30 Katana is an Italian single-seat competition aerobatic monoplane designed by the Milanese aeronautical engineer Pietro Terzi. Terzi built a limited series with his firm Terzi Aerodyne based in Milan, Italy. Design and developmen ...

(Homebuilt - 1991)

Japan

Mitsubishi T-2 The Mitsubishi T-2 was a supersonic jet trainer aircraft used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Introduced in 1975, it was the first Japanese-designed aircraft to break the sound barrier. It was the basis of the Mitsubishi F-1 military aircra ...

(1980) -

Blue Impulse (currently 11 Squadron 4th Air Wing, previously 21 Squadron 4th Air Wing) is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). The team was founded in 1960 as a team of six F-86 Sabres. They changed mounts to the Mi ...

Kawasaki T-4 The Kawasaki T-4 is a Japanese subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft developed and manufactured by the commercial conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Its sole operator is the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), in part due to historic ...

(1995) -

* Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru

New Zealand

Air Force Air Trainers in formation - Flickr - NZ Defence Force

PAC CT/4 Airtrainer The Pacific Aerospace Corporation CT/4 Airtrainer series is an all-metal-construction, single-engine, two-place with side-by-side seating, fully aerobatic, piston-engined, basic Trainer aircraft, training aircraft manufactured in Hamilton, New ...

(operated by the RNZAF

Red Checkers The Red Checkers was the aerobatic/precision flying Team of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The Checkers fly the Pacific Aerospace CT-4E Airtrainer. Previous aircraft used were the CT4B and North American Harvard (T-6). Until the year 1994 ...

team) (1972)

Pakistan

PAC MFI-17 Mushshak The PAC MFI-17 Mushshak (Urdu: مشاق) (English language, English: ''Proficient'') is a license-built Trainer (aircraft), fixed-gear basic trainer aircraft manufactered by PAC. An improved version of the Saab Safari (MFI-15), the MFI-17 is man ...

(1981)

Poland

PWS-11 The PWS-11 was a Polish aerobatic and trainer aircraft, developed in 1928-1929 by PWS (''Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów'' - Podlasie Aircraft Factory), which remained a prototype. Design and development In parallel with development of a fighter ...

(1929) *

PWS-35 Ogar The PWS-35 ''Ogar'' ( en, Polish Hound) was a two-seat, aerobatic training biplane that was designed by Kazimierz Nowicki, Marian Piątka and Michał Rosnowski at the Lviv Polytechnic in 1935/1936. Design and development The aircraft was design ...

(1938) *

PZL TS-11 Iskra The PZL TS-11 ''Iskra'' ( en, Spark) is a Polish jet trainer, developed and manufactured by aircraft company PZL-Mielec. It was used by the air forces of Poland and India. It is notable as being the first domestically developed jet aircraft to be ...

(1960) *

PZL-130 Orlik The PZL 130 Orlik ( en, Eaglet) is a Polish turboprop, single engine, two seat trainer aircraft. Development and design The Orlik was designed by PZL Warszawa-Okecie as a trainer for the Polish Air Force, intended as a replacement for its PZ ...

(1984) *

RWD 10 The RWD-10 was a Polish aerobatics sports plane, single-seat parasol wing monoplane, used from 1933 to 1939 and constructed by the RWD team. Development The aircraft was designed as a single-seater aerobatic sports plane that could also be used ...

(1933) *

RWD 17 The RWD 17 was a Polish aerobatics-trainer aircraft of 1937, parasol wing monoplane, constructed by the RWD team. Development The aircraft was designed for an order of the LOPP paramilitary organization, as an interim trainer aircraft between p ...

(1937)

Romania

* IAR 99 Șoim (1985) *

Yakovlev Yak-52 The Yakovlev Yak-52 (russian: Яковлев Як-52) is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It was produced in Romania from 1977 to 1998 by Aerostar, as ''Iak-52'', which gained manufacturing rights under agreement wit ...

(Iak-52, 1977, Aerostar Bacau)

Russia/Soviet Union

* Aviatika-900 Acrobat (1993) * Aeropract A-41 (2016) *

Mikoyan MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG- ...

(1977) *

MAI Kvant __NOTOC__ The MAI Kvant (also known as the MAI-SKB-3PM) was a Soviet aerobatic trainer designed by students at the Moscow Aviation Institute. In October 1967 the aircraft was displayed at the Economic Achievement Exhibition in Moscow. The Kvant was ...

(1967) * Nikitin NV-6 (1940) *

Sukhoi Su-26 The Sukhoi Su-26 is a single-seater aerobatic aircraft from the former Soviet Union, powered by a single radial reciprocating engine. The Su-26 has mid-mounted straight wings and fixed landing gear, the main gear mounted on a solid titanium ar ...

(1988) single-seater *

Sukhoi Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 (russian: Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet ...

(1977) *

Sukhoi Su-29 The Sukhoi Su-29 is a Russian two-seat aerobatic aircraft with a 268 kW (360 hp) radial engine. It was designed based on the Su-26 and inherited most of the design and technical features of its predecessor. Due to wide use of composi ...

(1991) *

Sukhoi Su-31 The JSC Sukhoi Company (russian: ПАО «Компания „Сухой“», ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (formerly Soviet Union, Soviet), headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civil ...

(1992) * Technoavia SP-91 Slava *

Technoavia SP-95 The Technoavia SP-95 is a Russian aerobatic aircraft, a production version of the earlier SP-91 Slava. The design is similar to the Sukhoi Su-26 family as it was designed by the same designer. It is an aerobatic competition aircraft and can be cha ...

Yakovlev UT-1 The Yakovlev UT-1 (russian: Яковлев УТ-1) was a single-seater trainer aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force from 1937 until the late 1940s. Development The Yakovlev UT-1 was designed as a single-seater advanced trainer and aerobatic air ...

(1936) *

Yakovlev Yak-11 The Yakovlev Yak-11 (russian: Яковлев Як-11; NATO reporting name: "Moose") is a trainer aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force and other Soviet-influenced air forces from 1947 until 1962. Design and development The Yakovlev design burea ...

(1946) *

Yakovlev Yak-18 The Yakovlev Yak-18 (russian: Яковлев Як-18; NATO reporting name Max) is a tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft manufactured in the Soviet Union. Originally powered by one 119 kW (160 hp) Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial p ...

(1946) * Yakovlev Yak-20 (1949) *

Yakovlev Yak-50 (1975) The Yakovlev Yak-50 (russian: Яковлев Як-50) aerobatic aircraft is a single-seat all-metal low-wing monoplane with retractable main wheels and exposed tail wheel. The control surfaces are fabric-covered to save weight. The aircraft is ...

(1976) * Yakovlev Yak-53 (1982) *

Yakovlev Yak-55 The Yakovlev Yak-55 is a single-seat aerobatic aircraft. Pilots flying the Yak-55 have won several world aerobatic championships.Gunston, 1997 Development The Soviet team in the 1976 World Aerobatic Championship, although dominating the champions ...

(1981) *

Yakovlev Yak-54 The Yakovlev Yak-54 is a 1990s Russian aerobatic and sports competition aircraft designed by the Yakovlev Aircraft Corporation. Design and development Part of a new generation of acrobatic aircraft from the Yakovlev design bureau which has a ...

(1993)

South Africa

Slick Aircraft Slick 360 The Slick Aircraft Slick 360 is a South African aerobatics aircraft produced by the Slick Aircraft Company of Pretoria, South Africa. It is designed exclusively as an aerobatic competition aircraft, to compete in events such as the Advanced World ...

(2004)

Spain

CASA C-101 Aviojet The CASA C-101 Aviojet is a low-wing single engine jet-powered advanced trainer and light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Spanish aircraft company Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA). The C-101 was developed in response to ...

(1977)

Sweden

Andreasson BA-4B The Andreasson BA-4B is a single-seat aerobatic biplane which was marketed for homebuilding and also produced complete. Design and development The BA-B4B was based on Andreasson's 1944 wooden Andreasson BA-4, BA-4 revised to take advantage of ...

(Homebuilt - 1966) *

Saab 105 The Saab 105 is a Swedish high-wing, twinjet trainer aircraft developed in the early 1960s as a private venture by Saab AB. The Swedish Air Force, which had opted to procure the type for various roles, issued the aircraft with the designation ...

(operated by

Team 60 Team 60 is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Swedish Air Force. The team, at the time still unnamed, was formed in 1974 as a group of 4 SK 60 (Swedish Air Force designation for the SAAB 105) from the Air Force Central Flying School at ...

) (1963)

Switzerland

Pilatus P-3 The Pilatus P-3 was a military training aircraft built by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. Design and development The Pilatus P-3 was designed for primary and advanced training (including night flying, aerobatics and instrument flying). The ...

(operated by the P3 Flyers) (1996) *

Pilatus PC-7 The Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer is a low-wing tandem-seat training aircraft designed and manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. The aircraft is capable of all basic training functions including aerobatics, instrument, tactical and ni ...

(operated by the

PC-7 Team 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 Soon after the PC-7 was introduced in 1982, the Swiss Air Force started to present the new a ...

) (1989) *

Pilatus PC-9 The Pilatus PC-9 is a single-engine, low-wing tandem-seat turboprop training aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. Designed as a more powerful evolution of the Pilatus PC-7, the PC-9's first flight was made in May 1984 after ...

(operated by the Blue Phoenix) (1984) *

Pilatus PC-21 The Pilatus PC-21 is a turboprop-powered advanced trainer with a stepped tandem cockpit. It is manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. Development In November 1997 Pilatus flew a modified PC-7 Mk.II in order to test improvements for ...

(operated by the RAAF Roulettes) (1989)

Taiwan/Republic of China

AIDC AT-3 The AIDC AT-3 Tzu Chung (; "Self Reliance") is an advanced jet trainer operated by the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF). A total of sixty-two aircraft were manufactured by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation of Taiwan in colla ...

Republic of China Air Force Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team

United Kingdom

DH82A Tiger Moth K2585 (G-ANKT) (6732893625)

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin The Armstrong Whitworth Siskin was a biplane single-seat fighter aircraft developed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. It was also the first all-metal fighter to be operated by the Royal Air Force ( ...

(operated by the

Siskins The Siskins were a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aerobatic flying team that was established in 1929 at Camp Borden, Ontario. It was the air force's first official aerobatic team. Flying three Armstrong Whitworth Siskin biplanes, the Siskins qui ...

) (1921) *

Arrow Active The Arrow Active is a British aerobatic aircraft built in the 1930s. Design and development The Arrow Active is a single-seat biplane of conventional configuration, with single-bay, staggered wings of unequal span and chord, bordering on being ...

(1931) *

Auster Aiglet Trainer The Auster J/5 Aiglet Trainer was a 1950s British single-engined four-seat high-wing training and touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire. History Despite its name, the aircraft type had nothing to do with ...

(1951) *

Avro Avian The Avro Avian was a series of British light aircraft designed and built by Avro in the 1920s and 1930s. While the various versions of the Avian were sound aircraft, they were comprehensively outsold by the de Havilland Moth and its descendants ...

(1926) *

Avro Cadet The Avro Cadet is a single-engined British biplane trainer designed and built by Avro in the 1930s as a smaller development of the Avro Tutor for civil use. Design and development The Avro 631 Cadet was developed in 1931 as a smaller, more e ...

(1931) *

BAE Hawk The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft. It was first flown at Dunsfold, Surrey, in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and B ...

(operated by the

Red Arrows The Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Waddington. The team was formed in late 1964 as an all-RAF team, replacing a number of unofficial teams ...

) (1974) *

Cranfield A1 Eagle The Cranfield A1 Eagle is a British single-seater aerobatics monoplane, powered by a flat-six engine. Two seats can be fitted for training purposes. Only one was built. Design and development The A1 is a monoplane#Types, low-wing cantilever m ...

(1976) *

Currie Wot The Currie Wot (pronounced as ''"what"'') was a 1930s British single-seat aerobatic biplane aircraft. Plans were sold for home building of the aircraft. Design and development The Wot was designed by J R (Joe) Currie, and two examples were ...

(Homebuilt - 1937) *

De Havilland Tiger Moth The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...

(1931) *

de Havilland Sea Venom The de Havilland Sea Venom is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom. It served with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and with the Royal Australian Navy. The French Navy operated the Aquilon, develo ...

de Havilland Sea Vixen The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the 1950s through to the early 1970s. The Sea Vixen was designed by ...

(operated by Simon's Sircus) (1951) *

FLS Sprint The Sprint is a light aircraft developed in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, originally known as the Trago Mills SAH-1. It was produced by FLS Aerospace in two versions, the Club Sprint, and the Sprint 160. In both versions, it is a low wing, ...

(1983) *

Folland Gnat The Folland Gnat is a British compact swept-wing subsonic fighter aircraft that was developed and produced by Folland Aircraft. Envisioned as an affordable light fighter in contrast to the rising cost and size of typical combat aircraft, it wa ...

(operated by the

Yellowjacks The Yellowjacks were a Royal Air Force aerobatic display team which flew Folland Gnat trainers painted yellow. The team was formed informally in the summer of 1963 by a group of flying instructors, led by Flight Lieutenant Lee Jones, at No 4 Fly ...

and the Red Arrows) (1955) *

Hawker Hunter The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-R ...

(operated by the

Black Arrows The Black Arrows,one of the predecessors to the current Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows, were an aerobatic demonstration team formed in 1956 by Squadron Leader Roger L.Topp, then Commanding Officer 111 Squadron ("treble-one"). ...

) (1951) *

Hunting Percival Jet Provost The BAC Jet Provost is a British jet trainer aircraft that was in use with the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1955 to 1993. It was originally developed by Hunting Percival from the earlier piston engine-powered Percival Provost basic trainer, and ...

(operated by the

Red Pelicans The Red Pelicans were one of a number of aerobatics display teams of the Royal Air Force before the Red Arrows were selected to represent the service in 1965. The Red Pelicans flew the BAC Jet Provost aircraft. History In 1958, the Central Fly ...

) (1954) *

Miles Satyr The Miles M.1 Satyr was a 1930s United Kingdom, British single-seat aerobatic biplane designed by Frederick George Miles, F.G. Miles and built for him by George Parnall and Company. Design and development The Satyr was designed in 1932 in avia ...

(1932) *

Slingsby T67 Firefly The Slingsby T67 Firefly, originally produced as the Fournier RF-6, is a two-seat aerobatic training aircraft, built by Slingsby Aviation in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire, England. It has been used as a trainer aircraft by several armed forces, as ...

(1974) *

Sopwith Scooter The Sopwith Swallow was a British parasol wing fighter aircraft of the First World War. A single example was built, but it saw no production, offering no performance advantages over contemporary biplanes. Design and development In June 1918, ...

(1918) *

Sopwith Swallow The Sopwith Swallow was a British parasol wing fighter aircraft of the First World War. A single example was built, but it saw no production, offering no performance advantages over contemporary biplanes. Design and development In June 1918, t ...

(1918) *

Southern Martlet The Southern Martlet was a single-engined, single-seat biplane sports aircraft. Six were built, including the rather different and unsuccessful Metal Martlet. Design and development The Southern Martlet was the first aircraft designed by tea ...

(1929) *

Speedtwin E2E Comet 1 The Speedtwin E2E Comet 1, originally named the Phillips ST1 Speedtwin, is a two-seat, twin engined aircraft designed in the UK to be capable of aerobatics and the only civil twin certified for intentional spinning. After a long development t ...

(1991)

United States

Acro Sport I The Acro Sport is a single-seat aerobatic sportsplane designed by US aviation enthusiast Paul Poberezny in the early 1970s for homebuilding. Plans are marketed by Acro Sport Inc. The Acro Sport is a short-span biplane of conventional taildra ...

(Homebuilt - 1972) *

Acro Sport II The Acro II is a two-seat aerobatic sportsplane designed by US aviation enthusiast Paul Poberezny in the 1970s for amateur construction. It is an enlarged version of his previous Acro Sport I, sized up to carry two persons. Plans are availa ...

(Homebuilt) *

Aircraft Technologies Acro 1 The Aircraft Technologies Acro 1 is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Fred Meyer and produced by Aircraft Technologies of Lilburn, Georgia. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of ...

(Homebuilt 1993) *

Aircraft Technologies Atlantis The Aircraft Technologies Atlantis is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft, built by Aircraft Technologies of Lilburn, Georgia. The aircraft is supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter � ...

(Homebuilt - 1996) *

American Champion Citabria The Citabria is a light single-engine, two-seat, fixed conventional gear airplane which entered production in the United States in 1964. Designed for flight training, utility and personal use, it is capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses from ...

(1964) *

American Champion Decathlon The American Champion 8KCAB Decathlon and Super Decathlon are two-seat fixed conventional gear light airplanes designed for flight training and personal use and capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses between +6g and −5 ''g''. The Decathlo ...

(1970) *

American Champion Super Decathlon The American Champion 8KCAB Decathlon and Super Decathlon are two-seat fixed conventional gear light airplanes designed for flight training and personal use and capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses between +6g and −5 ''g''. The Decathlo ...

(1976) *

Bede BD-8 __NOTOC__ The Bede BD-8 was an aerobatics aircraft developed in the United States in the mid-1970s. It was a low-wing, single-seat monoplane of conventional configuration, albeit very short-coupled, and of all-metal construction. The single pro ...

(Homebuilt - 1980) *

Beechcraft T-34 Mentor The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is an American propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston- ...

(1948) *

Beechcraft Bonanza The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. The six-seater, single-engined aircraft is still being produced by Beechcraft and has been in continuous prod ...

(1947) *

Boeing F2B The Boeing F2B was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in the 1920s, familiar to aviation enthusiasts of the era as the craft of the Three Sea Hawks aerobatic flying team, famous for its tied-together formation flying.Swanborou ...

(1926) * Bradley BA-100 Aerobat * Bradley BA-200 ATAC * Cessna 150 Aerobat (1957) * Cessna 152 Aerobat (1977) Airventure 2007 Aeroshell

* Christen Eagle II/Aviat Eagle II (1977) *

Culp Special The Culp Special is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft designed and produced by Culp's Specialties of Shreveport, Louisiana. The aircraft is supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - ...

Curtiss JN-4 The Curtiss JN "Jenny" was a series of biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for th ...

(1915) * Curtiss F7C Seahawk (1927) *

Curtiss Hawk II The Curtiss P-6 Hawk is an American single-engine biplane fighter introduced into service in the late 1920s with the United States Army Air Corps and operated until the late 1930s prior to the outbreak of World War II. Design and development Th ...

(1932) * Curtiss Gulfhawk (1923) *

D'Apuzzo Senior Aero Sport __NOTOC__ The Parsons-Jocelyn PJ-260 was an aerobatic biplane aircraft built in the United States to participate in the 1962 World Aerobatic Championships in Budapest. It served as the prototype for a family of closely related aircraft produced u ...

(Homebuilt - 1962) * Franklin Demon-1 (Homebuilt) * Freiberger Ron's 1 (Homebuilt - 1971) *

Giles G-200 The Giles G-200 is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft that was produced by AkroTech Aviation of Scappoose, Oregon. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or a kit for amateur construction. The ...

(Homebuilt) *

Giles G-202 The Giles G-202 is an unlimited-level aerobatic airplane designed by Richard Giles. This carbon fiber composite monoplane was manufactured by AkroTech Aviation in Troutdale, Oregon. The tandem two-seater was based upon the single-seater Giles G ...

(Homebuilt) *

Great Lakes Sport Trainer The Great Lakes Sport Trainer is an American biplane trainer and aerobatic aircraft. It was originally produced in large numbers before the company building it went bankrupt in the Great Depression in 1933. Owing to its continuing popularity, ho ...

(1929) * Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II (1938) *

Hatz Classic The Hatz Classic is an American homebuilt biplane, designed by Billy Dawson and produced by the Makelan Corporation of New Braunfels, Texas. The aircraft is supplied as a kit or, alternatively, in the form of plans for amateur construction.Pur ...

(Homebuilt - 1990s) * Howland H-2A Honey Bee (Homebuilt - 1986) *

Keleher Lark __NOTOC__ The Keleher JK-1 Lark is a single-seat aerobatic sport aircraft that was designed in the United States in the early 1960s and later marketed for homebuilding. It is a conventional, mid-wing, strut-braced monoplane with fixed tailwhee ...

(Homebuilt) * Kraft Super Fli (Homebuilt - 1974) *

Laser 200 The VTech Laser 200 is an 8-bit home computer from 1983, also sold as the Salora Fellow (mainly in Fennoscandia, particularly Finland), the Seltron 200 in Hungary and Italy, the Smart-Alec Jr. by Dynasty Computer Corporation in Dallas, Tex ...

(Homebuilt - 1970) * McCarley Mini-Mac (Homebuilt - 1970) * * Merkel Mark II (Homebuilt) *

Monocoupe 110 Special The Monocoupe 110 Special was a United States sporting and racing aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. Development The Monocoupe 110 was developed from the Monocoupe 90 using the higher-powered 110 h.p. Warner Scarab radial engine housed in a cow ...

* Mustang Aeronautics Midget Mustang (Homebuilt - 1948) *

Mustang Aeronautics Mustang II __NOTOC__ The Mustang Aeronautics Mustang II is a two-seat aerobatic sports airplane developed and marketed in the United States for homebuilding.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, De ...

(Homebuilt - 1966) T-38s USAF Thunderbirds Wilmington NC 1980

MX Aircraft MX2 The MX2 is a carbon fiber, two seat tandem sport aircraft produced by MX Aircraft of Perth, Western Australia. The MX2 has been used by competitors in the annual Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Design and development The MX2 was based on th ...

(2002) *

MX Aircraft MXS The MXS is a single-seat aerobatic aircraft made of carbon fiber and built by MX Aircraft Company, a manufacturer located at Jandakot Airport in Perth, Western Australia. The MXS-R is a race variant flown by several pilots in the Red Bull Air Ra ...

North American P-51 Mustang The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter aircraft, fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team ...

(1940) * North American SNJ/T-6 Texan (1935) *

Piper J-3 Cub The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is Pi ...

( Flying farmer act) (1938) *

Piper PA-18 Super Cub The Piper PA-18 Super Cub is a two-seat, single-engine monoplane. Introduced in 1949 by Piper Aircraft, it was developed from the PA-11 Cub Special, and traces its lineage back through the J-3 Cub to the Taylor E-2 Cub of the 1930s. In close ...

(1949) *

Pitts Special The Pitts Special (company designations S-1 and S-2) is a series of light aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944. The Pitts biplanes dominated world ae ...

(Homebuilt - 1944) *

Pitts Model 12 The Pitts Model 12 (also known by its nicknames "Bolshoi", "Macho Stinker", "Pitts Monster") is a high performance aerobatic biplane designed around the Vedeneyev M14P/PF engine. The aircraft can be built from plans or as a kitplane, or can be ...

(Homebuilt - 1996) *

Rans S-9 Chaos The Rans S-9 Chaos is an American single-engined, tractor configuration, single-seat, mid-wing monoplane designed by Randy Schlitter for aerobatics and manufactured by Rans Inc. The Chaos is available in kit form for amateur construction.Down ...

(Homebuilt - 1986) *

Rans S-10 Sakota The Rans S-10 Sakota is an American single-engined, tractor configuration, two-seats in side-by-side configuration, mid-wing monoplane designed by Randy Schlitter for aerobatics and manufactured by Rans Inc. The Sakota is available in kit form ...

(Homebuilt - 1988) *

Rans S-16 Shekari The Rans S-16 Shekari is an American single-engined, two-seat, low-wing, aerobatic monoplane designed by Randy Schlitter, built by Rans Inc and sold as a kit for amateur construction.Downey, 2004, p.77Purdy, 1998, p.241Bertrand, 2003, p.194Down ...

(Homebuilt - 1994) *

Reflex Lightning Bug The Reflex Lightning Bug, also called the Jones Lightning Bug, is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Nick Jones and produced by Reflex Fiberglass Works of Walterboro, South Carolina, introduced in the mid-1990s. When it was av ...

(Homebuilt - 1990s) *

Rihn DR-107 One Design The Rihn DR-107 One Design is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Dan Rihn and first flown in 1993. The aircraft is supplied by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty of Corona, California in the form of plans and a materials ...

(homebuilt - 1993) *

Rose Parakeet The Rose Parrakeet was a single-seat sporting biplane produced in small numbers in the United States during the 1930s. It was a conventional design with staggered single-bay wings of equal span braced by N-struts. The cockpit was open, and the fi ...

(Homebuilt - 1931) *

Rowley P-40F Rowley may refer to: Places Canada * Rowley, Alberta * Rowley Island, Nunavut United Kingdom * Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet * Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England * Rowley, Shropshire, a location in Shropshire, England * Rowley Regis, ...

(Homebuilt replica - 1986) * Rud Aero RA-2 (2012) * Rud Aero RA-3 (2013) * Ryan STA (1934) *

Shober Willie II __NOTOC__ The Shober Willie II is an American two-seat sporting or aerobatic aircraft designed and built by Shober Aircraft Enterprises. The aircraft was designed to be sold as plans for amateur construction. Design The Willie II is a braced sin ...

(Homebuilt - 1971) * SkyDancer SD-260 (Homebuilt - 1990s) * Skipper Scrappy UAC-200 (Homebuilt - 1970) * Skyote Aeromarine Skyote (Homebuilt - 1976) *

Sonex Aircraft SubSonex The SubSonex is an experimental, single-seat, amateur-built jet aircraft from Sonex Aircraft's "Hornet's Nest" development division. Design and development The JSX-1 is a single place, single engine, jet aircraft similar in design to an ...

(Homebuilt - 2009) *

Sorrell Hiperbipe The Sorrell SNS-7 Hiperbipe is a two-seat, negative stagger, conventional landing gear-equipped cabin biplane designed for amateur construction that was produced in kit form by Sorrell Aviation of Tenino, Washington and since 2015 by Thunderbir ...

(Homebuilt) * Spinks Akromaster (Homebuilt) * Sport Flight Talon Typhoon (Homebuilt - 1989) *

Starfire Firebolt The Starfire Firebolt, sometimes called the Starfire Firebolt Convertible, due to its removable canopy, is an American homebuilt Homebuilt machines are machines built outside of specialised workshops or factories. This can include different th ...

(Homebuilt) * Staudacher S-300 (1990) * Staudacher S-600 (2010) *

Stearman Model 75 The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane formerly used as a military Trainer (aircraft), trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing i ...

(1934) *

Steen Skybolt The Steen Skybolt is an American homebuilt aerobatic biplane. Designed by teacher Lamar Steen as a high school engineering project, the prototype first flew in October 1970.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure ...

(Homebuilt - 1970) *

Stephens Akro Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America *Alison Stephens (1970–2010), Brit ...

(Homebuilt - 1967) *

Stewart S-51D Mustang The Stewart S-51D Mustang is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Jim Stewart and produced by Stewart 51 of Vero Beach, Florida, introduced in 1994. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur ...

(Homebuilt - 1994) * Stolp Acroduster (Homebuilt) * Stolp Acroduster Too (Homebuilt) * Stolp Starduster (Homebuilt) *

Stolp Starduster Too The Stolp Starduster Too SA300 is a two-seat, conventional landing gear equipped homebuilt biplane. Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co currently holds rights to sell plans for the aircraft. Design and development The Starduster Too was developed t ...

(Homebuilt) *

Stolp SA-900 V-Star The Stolp SA-900 V-Star is an American aerobatic homebuilt biplane, currently produced by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co in the form of plans for amateur construction. In the 1990s it was also available as a kit from Stolp Starduster Corpora ...

(Homebuilt) * Super Chipmunk (modified de Havilland Canada Chipmunk) Waco ASO (NC662Y) - 1

Terle Sportplane The Terle Sportplane was an original Homebuilt aircraft, homebuilt design built by Joseph Terle, who had no prior aircraft design experience. Design and development The aircraft was developed from aviation articles and magazines between 1929 and ...

(Homebuilt - 1931) *

Travel Air 2000 The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. During the period from 1924–1929, Tra ...

(1925) *

Travel Air 3000 The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. During the period from 1924–1929, Tra ...

(1928) *

Travel Air 4000 The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. During the period from 1924–1929, Tra ...

(1929) *

Van's Aircraft RV-14 The Van's Aircraft RV-14 is an American aerobatic kit aircraft designed by Richard VanGrunsven and produced by Van's Aircraft. It was introduced at AirVenture in July 2012. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Bernard, M ...

(Homebuilt - 2012) *

Viper Aircraft Viperfan The Viper Aircraft Viperfan was an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Viper Aircraft of Kennewick, Washington, introduced in the late 1990s. The aircraft was intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction, ...

(Homebuilt, 1990s) * Velox Revolution 1 (Homebuilt) * Waco 10/GXE/ASO/CSO/DSO/ATO/CTO (1927) *

Waco A series The Waco A series is a range of light American-built twin side-by-side seater sporting biplanes of the early 1930s. Development The Waco A series was introduced in 1932 as an affordable private-owner aircraft with cross-country range and baggage ...

(1932) *

Waco F series The Waco F series is a series of American-built general aviation and military biplane trainers of the 1930s from the Waco Aircraft Company. Development The Waco 'F' series of biplanes supplanted and then replaced the earlier 'O' series of 1927 ...

(1930) *

Zivko Edge 540 The Zivko Edge 540 manufactured by Zivko Aeronautics is a highly aerobatic aircraft. Capable of a 420 degree per second roll rate and a 3,700 foot per minute climb rate, it has been flown to victory on the international Unlimited aerobatics cir ...

(1993)

Yugoslavia

Rogožarski SIM-XI The Rogožarski SIM-XI (Serbian Cyrillic: Рогожарски СИМ-XI) was a single-seat, single-engine trainer monoplane built in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1938. It was designed and built at the Rogožarski factory in Belgrade. Design ...

(1938) *

Soko G-2 Galeb The Soko G-2 Galeb ( en, Seagull) is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav single engine, two-seater jet trainer and light ground-attack aircraft. The G-2 was developed during the 1950s by the Aeronautical Technical Institute at Ž ...

(1961)

Gliders

Bulgaria

* Kometa-Standard ''glider'' (1960)

Czechoslovakia

Letov LF-107 Luňák The LF-107 Luňák ( en, Kite) is a Czech aerobatic glider designed by Prague-based company Rudý Letov in the late 1940s. The design was developed within a prolific group of aeronautical engineers and sailplane pilots, including K. Dlouhý (lat ...

''glider'' (1948) * Let L-13A Blanik * Let L-13AC Blanik

Germany

Akaflieg München Mü28 The Akaflieg München Mü28 is a research glider aircraft that was designed and built in Germany in 1983. Only one example of the design was built. Development Students at Akaflieg München started the development of a high performance aerobat ...

''glider'' (1983) *

DFS Habicht The DFS ''Habicht'' (German: "Hawk") is an unlimited aerobatic sailplane that was designed in 1936 by Hans Jacobs with support provided by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug. Four planes were made available for the Olympic Games of 19 ...

''glider'' (1936) * Glaser-Dirks DG-300 Acro ''glider'' (1983) *

Glasflügel H-101 The H-101 ''Salto'' ('Loop') is an aerobatic glider of glass composite construction, developed in Germany in the 1970s. Based on the Standard Libelle H-201, it was designed by Ursula Hänle,Coates 1978, p. 101. widow of Eugen Hänle, former Di ...

''glider'' (1970) *

Grob G103a Twin II The G103 Twin II (originally designated the G 118) is a high-performance two-seat sailplane manufactured in Germany by Grob Aircraft. The aircraft is of T-tail configuration, and is fitted with upper-surface airbrakes and a non-retractable under ...

''glider'' (1980?) * LCF II ''glider'' (1975) * Schempp-Hirth Standard Austria ''glider'' (1959) *

Schleicher ASK 21 The ASK 21 is a glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) two-seat glider aircraft with a T-tail. The ASK 21 is designed primarily for beginner instruction, but is also suitable for cross-country flying and aerobatic instruction. Design and development Th ...

''glider'' (1979) 900 built--> *

Vogt Lo-100 The Lo-100 is an aerobatic glider of classic wood and fabric construction well suited to amateur building methods. The designation Lo was bestowed by the designer Alfred Vogt in memory of his brother Lothar Vogt, with whom he had developed the ...

''glider'' (1952) * Glasflügel H101 Salto "Glieder" (1970)

Italy

* Bonomi BS.14 Astore ''glider'' (1935) *

Piana Canova PC.500 The Piana Canova PC.500 single-seat glider (sailplane), glider was a development of the earlier PC.100 primary glider, more robust and capable of aerobatics. Both were designed and built in Italy in the mid-1930s and they shared an unusual thick ...

''glider'' (1937)

Poland

* Allstar SZD-59 ''glider'' (1991) * Instytut Szybownictwa IS-4 Jastrząb ''glider'' (1949) * Marganski Swift S-1 ''glider'' (1991) *

MDM MDM-1 Fox The MDM MDM-1 Fox is a Polish, composite mid-wing two-seater aerobatic glider with fixed undercarriage and conventional tail unit. This sailplane was first displayed at the World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Venlo, Netherlands, 1993, wher ...

''glider'' (1993) * SZD-C Żuraw ''glider'' (1952) *

SZD-21 Kobuz The SZD-21 Kobuz was a single-seat aerobatic glider designed and built in Poland at Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny (Glider Experimental Works) in Bielsko-Biała from 1958. Development The SZD-21 was a successor to the IS-4 Jastrząb. Dev ...

''glider'' (1961) *

SZD-22 Mucha Standard The SZD-22 Mucha Standard (''Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny'' – Glider Experimental Works) was a single-seat aerobatic glider designed and built in Poland from 1957. Development Developed especially for the 1958 World Gliding Championshi ...

''glider'' (1958) *

SZD-24 Foka The SZD-24 Foka (Seal) (''Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny'' - Glider Experimental Works) was a single-seat high-performance aerobatic glider designed and built in Poland in 1960. Development The SZD-24 Foka was designed for competition fly ...

''glider'' (1960) * SZD-32 Foka 5 ''glider'' (1966) *

SZD-50 Puchacz The PZL Bielsko SZD-50 ''Puchacz'' (Polish: "eagle owl") is a Polish two-place training and aerobatic sailplane. Development The Puchacz was designed by Dipl-Ing Adam Meus based on the prototype SZD-50-1 Dromader. It was intended to serve as the ...

''glider'' (1979) * Allstar SZD-59 ''glider'' (1991) * Allstar SZD-54 Perkoz ''glider'' (2011) IAR-35 Acro

Romania

* ICA IS-28 ''glider'' (1970) * ICA IS-29 ''glider'' (1970) * ICA IAR-35 ''glider'' (1986)

Soviet Ukraine

Antonov A-13 __NOTOC__ The Antonov A-13 was a Soviet aerobatic sailplane flown in the 1950s and 1960s. It was a small, single-seat, all-metal aircraft developed from the A-11 which could optionally be fitted with that aircraft's longer-span wings. It was a mi ...

''glider'' (1958)

South Africa

Celair GA-1 Celstar The Celair GA-1 Celstar is a South African mid-wing, single-seat, aerobatic glider that was designed by Pieter Celliers and produced by his company, Celair (Pty) Limited. Design and development The GA-1 was especially intended for flying com ...

''glider'' (1989)

Sweden

* Radab Windex ''glider'' (1985)

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