The crew of the Russian Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter first showed a new aerobatic maneuver at the international Dubai Airshow-2025. The pilots prepared it specifically for the show and practiced for months.
Crew commander, 1st class test pilot Alexander Cherednichenko noted that we are talking about a 540° turn on a hill. Such a figure has not been shown at air shows before.
That is, we perform a hill, and at the top of this hill, when the helicopter freezes, we make a turn in one plane. That is, the helicopter makes a full revolution, even turns and goes down.
According to him, the crew selected such elements for the program so that the performance would resemble figure skating. Then one figure smoothly transitions into another without stopping.
1st class test navigator Maxim Bespaly added that a number of the elements shown cannot be performed on a fighter, no matter how hard you try. Let us remind you that the Ka-52 is the only helicopter that performed as part of the flight program in Dubai.
