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PC-7 Team

Field	Value
unit_name	PC-7 Team
Swiss Air Force Aerobatic team
image	File:PC-7 Team insignia.png
image_size	200px
caption	PC-7 Team insignia
dates	1989 – present
country
branch	Swiss Air Force
role	Aerobatic team
size	9 aircraft
colors	Red, white
aircraft_trainer	9 Pilatus PC-7

Swiss Air Force Aerobatic 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

The PC-7 team flies in a four ship formation

Soon after the PC-7 was introduced in 1982, the Swiss Air Force started to present the new airplane in solo displays. The first public team display was in 1987, performed by an ad-hoc team of nine volunteer pilots. When the Swiss Air Force celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1989, the PC-7 Team was officially established. Since then, it has been performing in Switzerland several times a year, and since 1992 also occasionally abroad.

Since its establishment the team has flown the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer. In October 2006, it was replaced by the NCPC-7, which is a PC-7 equipped with a new cockpit. The PC-7 Team currently flies nine Pilatus PC-7 in the standard configuration of the Swiss Air Force's PC-7. The PC-7 Team still uses the unique Swiss Air Force Bambini-Code for its radio communication.

The PC-7 Team's homebase is Dübendorf Air Base, but they often operate from Militärflugplatz Emmen or Locarno Airport. All pilots of the PC-7 Team are full-time military pilots and usually fly the F/A-18. The show program is made from 23 different elements. In 2014 the nine aircraft were fitted with smoke generators, it was publicly used for the first time on 1 August 2014 at Buochs Airport at the roll-out of the Pilatus PC-24. The smoke system was built and financed by the company Pilatus Aircraft. Currently seven smoking systems are available which can be mounted in the luggage compartment of the PC-7. The diesel-oil mixture is injected into the right exhaust of the PC-7.

Award

Royal International Air Tattoo UK "King Hussein Memorial Sword"

References

Swiss Air Force Page about the PC-7 Team (in German)
PC-7 Team homepage
Book PC-7 TEAM – Backstage SBN: 978-3-906055-07-7

References

"Pilatus PC-7 Turbo-Trainer". Swiss Air Force.
"History of the PC-7 TEAM". PC-7 Team.
Insider (Patrouille Suisse fan club newspaper) 2014 page 21
Insider (Patrouille Suisse fan club newspaper) 2014 page 13

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