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Breitling Jet Team soars over Great Wall of China

By General Aviation News Staff · August 21, 2013 ·

On Tuesday, the seven L-39c Albatros jets of the Breitling Jet Team soared in close formation over the Great Wall of China, as the grand finale of their 2013 Asian tour.

L-39C AlbatrosFlying less than three meters apart and with speeds of up to 750km/h the pilots, shown here in the famous Avenger formation, navigated their way low-level over the challenging mountainous landscape of the Karamay region of North Western China.

 

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  1. Craig says

    August 23, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    So cool. I saw them in the Philippines this year at the old Clark AFB. Great time was had by all, except if you fell in the mud that one rain day.

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