Last Wednesday (07) was marked by thousands of people taking to the streets to celebrate the bicentennial of Brazil's independence. The September 7, 2022 parades were the first since 2019, as the 2020 and 2021 editions were canceled due to the pandemic. In several cities there were presentations of aircraft from the armed forces and public security.
Check now how were the air parades of planes and helicopters in some Brazilian cities.
Brasilia
As usual, the air parade in the Federal Capital was the most complete, with the participation of aircraft from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and the Brazilian Army (EB), Federal Highway Police (PRF) and Federal District Fire Department (CBMDF).
The civic-military parade began with the traditional presence of the Esquadrilha da Fumaça (the Air Demonstration Squadron), which wrote in the skies and then made two beautiful es, using for the first time the smoke colored with the colors of the flag in their aircraft. A-29 Super Tucano.
This moment, in homage to the year #Bicentennial da Independência do Brasil, the aircraft of @eda_oficial I fly over Esplanada dos Ministérios with a fumarça nas cores da Bandeira Nacional🇧🇷.
🎥 TCel Almeida#7September #FumaçaJá #EsquadrilhadaFumaça pic.twitter.com/12IRQqHg7r— Brazilian Air Force 🇧🇷 (@fab_official) September 7, 2022
While the EB troops marched on the ground, the HA-1 Esquilo/Fennec, HM-1 Pantera, HM-3 Cougar and HM-4 Jaguar helicopters flew in formation, representing Army Aviation.
The FAB air parade had the participation of F-5M Tiger II and AMX A-1M fighter and attack jets, reconnaissance R-99, transport planes C-99, SC-105/C-105 Amazonas C-130 /KC-130 Hércules and KC-390 Millennium, the modernized T-27M Tucano trainers and the unprecedented presence of the Airbus KC-30 (A330-200), the newest aircraft in the Brazilian fleet.
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After the FAB and EB flights, PRF and CBMDF aircraft also thrilled the public in Brasília.
Manaus
In the capital of Amazonas, seven FAB aircraft flew low while the military paraded through the Sambódromo. There were three ages of the C-105 Amazonas, C-97 Brasília, C-98 Caravan and H-60L Black Hawk helicopters from the Arara, Cobra and Harpia squadrons from Manaus Air Base.
UH-12 Esquilo helicopters from the Brazilian Navy also participated in the celebrations in Manaus.
Porto Alegre and Santa Maria
In Rio Grande do Sul, the cities of Porto Alegre and Santa Maria had different FAB presentations that caught the public's attention. As anticipated by AEROFLAP, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul had its first air parade in 10 years.
The presentation began with the release of eight army paratroopers in two ages of a C-95M Bandeirante over the Guaíba River. This was the opening of the parade.
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Later, F-5EM and F-5FM fighters flew over the Orla do Guaíba next to Avenida Edvaldo Pereira Paiva, followed by a P-95 Bandeirulha and a C-95 Bandeirante. In addition to FAB aircraft, Koala and Bell 407 helicopters from the Military Brigade and PRF also participated in the parade.
In Santa Maria, an AMX A-1M jet and an H-60 Black Hawk helicopter made several low es over city buildings.
Rio de Janeiro
After writing in the skies over Brasilia and flying over the Esplanada dos Ministérios with colored smoke, the Esquadrilha da Fumaça traveled to Rio de Janeiro, where it performed around 15:30 pm on Copacabana Beach.
What most drew attention in the EDA presentation was a new maneuver, with eight aircraft instead of the traditional seven.
Similar to the DNA maneuver, present in the team's presentation curriculum for a long time, yesterday's stunt was performed with six planes in the "Espelhão" (three in normal flight and three on the back), while two other A-29s rotated around the smoke, again in the colors of the national flag.
Together with EDA's Super Tucanos, the civil team Esquadrilha Céu flew low and performed several stunts in Copacabana
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Across the country, aerial presentations, mainly by the FAB, marked the return of the September 7 festivities in the year in which Brazil celebrates the 200th anniversary of its independence.
