PC-7 TEAM TO DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN POLAND
The organizers of the Antidotum Airshow Leszno have announced that the Swiss Air Force’s PC-7 Team will perform at the event, this will be the first time the team has ever displayed in Poland.
In a statement released on Wednesday, February 22, the organizers of the Antidotum Airshow Leszno have announced that the Swiss Air Force’s PC-7 Team will perform at the show. The news comes after the organizers already announced that the Swiss Super Puma Display Team will return to Leszno for the third year in a row to perform the only sunset display of the season.
This will be the first time ever the PC-7 Team have displayed in Poland and it will be one of the very few occasions to see this team perform during the setting sun.
PC-7 Team at NATO Days 2019
Antidotum Airshow
The Antidotum Airshow Leszno is remarkable for many reasons. It is one of the very few purely evening/night airshows in Europe, with the flying display running from 5 pm until 11 pm, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th of June.
The event is also known for its sheer diversity of performers from gliders and light aircraft to modern fighter jets and large military airlifters. But perhaps what stands out the most is the incredible hospitality and relaxed family-like atmosphere at the airshow.
The 2023 edition of the Antidotum Airshow Leszno will be the biggest and the best yet with many more exciting announcements to come.
For more information about the airshow visit the Antidotum Airshow Official Website and follow Antidotum Airshow on Facebook.
Tickets are still available online at tobilet.pl
PC-7 Team
The "PC-7 TEAM" is the second aerobatic display team of the Swiss Air Force. The team consists of ten Pilatus PC-7 turboprop trainers, nine display pilots, a single spare pilot, two commentators, the commander of the team and a number of technicians. The team's pilots each use "Turbo" call signs followed by their number. All the PC-7 aircraft are painted in an overall red and white paint scheme and are equipped with smoke generators. The PC-7 TEAM initially practices for 2 weeks in the spring and then once or twice before each show, normally on the day before the actual show.
The PC-7 Team's home base 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 display routine is made up of 23 different elements. In 2014 the nine aircraft were fitted with smoke generators, it was publicly used for the first time on the 1st of 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. For large airshows like RIAT or the Air14, the PC-7 Team flies in the opening of the flight demonstration also often with the Patrouille Suisse, the Hornet Solo Display Team or the Super Puma Display Team (Which will also be attending the event) in a joint flyover formation.
On September 7, 2014, at the Air14 Air Show in Payerne PC-7 Team performed a unique flight demonstration together with the Patrouille Suisse with a total of 15 aircraft.
PC-7 Team together with the Super Puma Display Team
The Official Statement
Statement from the organizers of the Antidotum Airshow Leszno;
“We are proud and happy to inform you that the famous Swiss PC-7 TEAM will perform at Lotnisko Leszno on June 16th and 17th! This will be one of the most awaited displays of Antidotum Airshow Leszno 2023
The formation consists of 9 Pilatus PC-7 military aircraft. The team's show is an extraordinary hybrid of virtuoso flying in formation and spectacular manoeuvres. PC-7 TEAM regularly visits the most famous aviation events in Europe. Are you ready to see them at the Leszno sky?!
That's a great moment to buy tickets for the show if you don't have them yet, especially that these are the last days of the EARLY BIRDS discount:”
