Sky Wing
The PLA Air Force Aviation University’s piston-engined display team on the Nanchang CJ-6 basic trainer, formed in 2011 as one of two school teams beside August 1st.
Sky Wing: how the team came to be and what it flies today
A team on the basic trainer
Sky Wing was formed in 2011 by the PLA Air Force Aviation University in Changchun, Jilin Province. Together with Red Falcon, it ended the August 1st team’s fifty years as the PLAAF’s only display team. It flies the Nanchang CJ-6, a two-seat piston-engined basic trainer used for the first stage of military flying training. With the two school teams added, the PLAAF had three display teams for the first time.
Changchun
The Aviation University traces its roots to the Northeast Democratic Allied Army aviation school of 1946, the first flying school in PLA history. Formed in its present shape in 2004, it is a military university whose main task is training pilots, and it hosts the Changchun air show and air force open days. Sky Wing is far less publicised than August 1st, and few details of its formation size or history have been released.
Sky Wing in numbers
The team
- Formation
- CJ-6 formation team
- Aviation University instructors
Piston-engined display team.
航空機
- Flown
- Nanchang CJ-6
- Nanchang CJ-6 (2011–)
家
- Based at
- PLA Air Force Aviation University
- Changchun, Jilin
Every type Sky Wing has flown
| 航空機 | 年 | Number | 注記 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanchang CJ-6 | since 2011 | Piston-engined basic trainer. |
Sky Wing, year by year
The aviation school from which the Aviation University descends is founded at Tonghua.
PLA Air Force Aviation University formed at Changchun.
Sky Wing display team formed by the Aviation University.
Air force open day and Changchun air show held at the Aviation University, with PLAAF aerobatic teams taking part.
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