Last Wednesday (27), an A-29B Super Tucano aircraft belongs to the Smoke Squadron crashed at the Air Force Academy, Pirassununga, headquarters of the acrobatic team.
Unofficial information indicates that on board the aircraft were Captain Aviador Moreno, #6 External Right Wing, and 1st Sergeant Elias da Silva, a specialist in flight equipment. Both ejected and ed well, according to the Brazilian Air Force.
The Air Demonstration Squadron (EDA), as the Squadron is officially called, had four demos scheduled for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and next Monday.
The demonstration on the 28th in Lençóis Paulista was suspended, while activities in Santa Rosa, Balneário Camboriú and Ponta Grossa were scheduled for May.
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Check the new dates below.
- Santa Rosa (RS) – May 06th at 16 pm
Location: Alfredo Leandro Carlson Exhibition Park - Balneário Camboriú (SC) – May 07th at 15:30 pm
Location: Central Beach - Ponta Grossa (PR) – May 08th at 16 pm
Location: Jockey Club Ponta Grossa
Return of presentations
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Esquadrilha da Fumaça resumed public performance activities in early March. In all, 17 demonstrations have already been carried out this year, seven during FIDAE 2022 in Chile, where it was highlighted representing the FAB.
The last two demonstrations took place in Porto Seguro (BA) and Ipatinga (MG), celebrating the 522nd anniversary of the discovery of Brazil and the anniversary of the Cidades do Vale do Aço, respectively.
The Esquadrilha will complete 70 years of history on May 12th. Over the seven decades, the squadron used aircraft T-6 Texan, T-24 Fouga Magister (only jet aircraft used by the team), T-25 Universal, T-27 Tucano and A-29 Super Tucano.
The mission of the unit is “to carry out aerial demonstrations in order to disseminate, nationally and internationally, the institutional image of the Brazilian Air Force”. Its head office is the Academia da Força Aérea, in Pirassununga (SP).
