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Alap-Alap Formation

Aerobatic display team of Brunei Darussalam

Summary

Aerobatic display team of Brunei Darussalam

Field	Value
unit_name	Alap-Alap Formation
(Kestrel Formation)
caption	The Alap-Alap Display team in formation Pilatus PC-7
dates	2011 to present
country	Brunei Brunei Darussalam
allegiance	Sultan of Brunei
branch
Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei
role	Aerobatic display team
size	3 aircraft, 3 pilots
garrison	Royal Brunei Air Force Base, Rimba
colours_label	Aircraft livery
colours	White, blue, red, yellow

equipment_label	Aircraft displayed
equipment	3x Pilatus PC-7 Mk.II

(Kestrel Formation) Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei

Pilatus PC-7 Mk.II]] (TUDB-304) as used by the Alap-Alap Formation.

The Alap-Alap Formation (Kestrel Formation) is the official aerobatic display team of Brunei Darussalam, operated by the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF; – TUDB). The Alap-Alap Formation display team was formed on .

Aircraft

The Alap-Alap Formation display team uses three of the four RBAirF / TUDB Pilatus PC-7 Mk.II turboprop aircraft purchased from Switzerland in 1997, a low-wing tandem-seat training aircraft powered by a 522 kW PT-6A-25C turboprop engine driving a four-blade variable-pitch propeller. All four PC-7 aircraft of the RBAirF are liveried in a white, blue, red, and yellow colour-scheme. The three aircraft used by the Alap-Alap Formation display team (registration numbers: TUDB-302, TUDB-303, and TUDB-304) are fitted with two under-wing smoke pods, mounted on external hard-points, which generate white smoke during displays.

Operation

Currently the Royal Brunei Air Force have a total of four PC-7 Mk.II aircraft. The aircraft are under the management of No 73 Squadron TUDB (originally known as 63 Squadron ATUDB), a flying squadron of No. 7 Wing RBAirF, part of the Flying Training School (FTS) of the training wing located at the Royal Brunei Air Force Base, Rimba.

Pilots

Identified by their respective 'Eagle' call signs, the display team consists of three pilots. One pilot is local, from the Royal Brunei Air Force, and two remaining pilots are from the British Royal Air Force (RAF), one on loan from the RAF and the other directly contracted to the RBAF.

Eagle One: Capt (LS) Richard Frick (TUDB / RAF)
Eagle Two: Lieutenant Colonel (U) Pg Mohd Zulhusmi Bin Pg Mohd Roslan (TUDB)
Eagle Three: Richard Homer (RAF)

Displays

Alap-Alap Formation have displayed during the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) 50th Anniversary, and continue frequent training. They are the first team in Brunei to carry out formation aerobatics at low level altitudes of 500 ft.

References

(n.d.). "Alap-Alap Formation". Aerobatic Display Teams.
SchwarzeMitternacht. (20 March 2014). "BRIDEX 2013 static aircraft display: Royal Brunei Air Force aircraft". Parut Kami Bulat... Ngapa Kian?.
(9 July 2011). "Photo of TUDB-302, TUDB-303, and TUDB-304 in formation flight with smoke trailing".

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