The Russian Knights aerobatic team

The Russian Knights Aviation Promotion Foundation was established on 31 January 1997. Its primary objective is to popularise and support the Russian Knights aerobatics team. In addition, the Foundation renders assistance to other units of the Russian Air Force.

To popularise the Russian Knights aerobatics team, the Foundation has released a video and booklets, with numerous souvenirs being in production too (calendars, trinkets, pins, badges, wristwatches, aircraft models, T-shirts, baseball caps, etc.). In addition, the Foundation renders direct support to pilots and their dependants. It runs the social, technical and presentation support programme aimed at the Russian Knights aerobatics team. The Foundation supports the demonstration tours of the Russian Knights aerobatics team both in Russia and abroad.

Title	Goals	Tasks
Festival	The first festival of the worldрs aerobatic teams	Invitation of 2-3 aerobatic teams to perform at the festival to commemorate the Russian Air Forceрs 90^th anniversary
Air show	Adequate representation of the team at air shows throughout 2002	Custom tailoring new uniforms, production of presentation and representative stuff, assistance in preparing and holding air shows
Photo exhibition	Patriotic education and military pilotрs job promotion	Setting up a photo exhibition at the Moscow Show Room to celebrate the Air Forceрs 90^th anniversary
Opening to the World Wide Web	Internet propaganda and coverage of the teamрs activities	Building and updating an official web page of the Russian Knights aerobatic team
Celebrations in smb.рs honour	Rewarding the distinguished persons	Rewarding best pilots, based on their annual results
Memory	Aiding the families	Assisting in holding mourning and funerals, aiding the families of the deceased
Calendar	Promotion of the team	Issuing a wall calendar for 2002
Museum	Historical and patriotic education	1. Setting up a permanent exposition on the history of Russian aerobatic teams at the Central Air Force Museum 2. Setting up a permanent exposition of the Russian Knights aerobatic team in St.Petersburg
Popularisation	Popularisation of the activities of the Aircraft Demonstration Centre and aerobatic teams	Holding regular tours of the Aircraft Demonstration Centre at Kubinka AFB and Central Air Force Museum, the team personnelрs visits of schools, colleges, various organisations, etc.
Virtual Su-27 pilots	Popularisation of the military pilotрs job and the Su-27 fighterрs strengths	Establishing a permanent club of virtual Su-27 pilots, assisting in holding national championships amongst virtual pilots
Rubbing shoulders	Swapping the experiences and expertise between Russian aerobatic pilots and their foreign counterparts	Honing the flying skills and enhancing the performance through transfer of expertise, holding the seminar on expertise transfer
Health	Round-the-year recreation of the Russian Knights and their families at sea-side resorts	Long-term real estate lease. Overhaul. Personnel recruitment. Flying crewsр family recreation tour organisation.
Presentation	Keeping the public and media abreast of the effort to publish the book History of the Russian aerobatic teams	Holding the bookрs presentations to the Russian Air Force and Defence Ministry top brass, pilots and veterans of aerobatic teams, military-industrial complex leaders, media, etc.
Education	Providing the flying crewsр children with formal education abroad as well as short-term educational visits	Holding English training courses in English-speaking countries for 15 children to provide them with good grasp of the language