The Breitling Jet Team or Patrouille Breitling is a French civilian aerobatics formation sponsored by Swiss watch manufacturer Breitling since 2003.
The team's home base is Dijon. It has been flying in nine Aero L-39 Albatros aircraft since 2008. In formation, flying is done to within 2.5 meters of each other. Aerobatics are performed between 30 and 100 meters altitude at speeds between 100 and 700 km/h. The pilots undergo G-forces from -4 to +8G.
Breitling stopped sponsoring at the end of 2019.
This photo was taken on September 8, 2018 during the Belgian Air Force Open Days at Kleine Brogel Air Base.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…