Free your inner pilot with RT’s 360 cockpit view of Moscow Victory Day parade rehearsal

Barrel-rolls, skewed-loops, ‘Cuban diamonds’, Nesterov maneuvers… experience all the aerial stunts from the cockpit of a fighter jet in RT’s 360 panoramic video taken at a rehearsal for this year’s Victory-Day parade in Moscow.

Russian Defense Force aircraft have been practicing their maneuvers at Kubinka, just outside of Moscow, with some 100 helicopters and airplanes – 71 main craft and up to 40 as backup – pulling off the stunts.

Two cameras were secured in the cockpit of the leading “Russian Knights” Su-27, which has been practicing one of the toughest aerobatic maneuvers – the ‘Cuban diamond’, also known as the “Cuban Eight” – with aircraft ‘drawing’ a Bowditch curve in the air. It was performed by five Su-27s and four MiG “Swifts”.

Seventy-one aircraft are planned to fly over Moscow’s Red Square on the 71st WWII Victory Day parade, with the newest military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A set to grace the parade for the first time.

A total of 17 groups will take part, from heavy and operational-tactical aircraft to long-range and military transport planes. Time intervals between the groups are preliminarily set for about 20 seconds, with aircraft flying at an altitude of between 150 and 400 meters. 

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Apart from aircraft, the May 9 parade will feature last year’s sensations, such as T-14 Armata battle tanks, T-15 heavy infantry combat vehicles, Kurganets-25 light tracked armored vehicles and missile systems.

T-90 battle tanks, BTR-80 armored personnel carriers and a variety of other armored vehicles will also take part in the annual parade.