Air Sunday: see how the Esquadrilha da Fumaça performed at AFA; SEE VIDEO AND PHOTOS

Another edition of the traditional Air Sunday is held this Sunday (1st), at the Air Force Academy (AFA), in Pirassununga (SP). The organization expects to attract more than 80 thousand people during the day.

The event is one of the most anticipated in the aviation sector in the country and delights audiences of all ages with acrobatics, flyovers by cutting-edge military aircraft, such as the Super Tucanos of the Esquadrilha da Fumaça and the new Gripen, and various interactive activities on the ground.

For the first time, g1 São Carlos e Araraquara, in partnership with EPTV, a TV Globo affiliate, broadcast the Esquadrilha's stunts live. At around 12:30 pm, EPTV broadcasts the Domingo Aéreo Especial program, lasting two hours.

The live broadcast on g1 started at around 9:30 am, when those passionate about military aviation watched the passage of the modern F-39 Gripen, the new fighter of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), which performed overflights.

The legendary Esquadrilha da Fumaça, main attraction of the event, performed at 10am. During approximately 40 minutes, the seven Super Tucanos performed around 50 maneuvers, including the Lancevak, the Break, the inverted Tonneau and Espelhão.

"It's a lot of training so that we can do everything in the best possible way", said captain João Paulo of Esquadrilha da Fumaça.

The demonstration begins with seven planes grouped together. After the first aerobatic sequence, the pilots perform a maneuver called Break - which is one of the few performed with all the aircraft together.

During the maneuver, the planes point towards the audience and mirror each other frontally, each going to a corner. Then, the stunts are done in groups.

In the demonstration, the public watched maneuvers developed by the Squadron's own pilots, including the Lancevak, which is an acrobatics in which the aircraft appears to roll over during execution and is performed exclusively by pilot number 7.

A trademark of the Squadron, the public also followed the Espelhão, which brings together three aircraft in normal flight and another three mirrored, that is, flying inverted, above.

Among the maneuvers carried out are crossings between aircraft. Although the public believes that there is some special effect or optical illusion, the planes, in fact, pass very close to each other during the presentation.

And one of the moments most awaited by the public: the heart maneuver. To carry it out, three planes make a turn to one side, while another three make the same turn on the opposite side, leaving the design of a heart in the sky.