In 2009, the Krasnodar aviation school enrolled female cadets but not for pilot training. Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Permanent Representative to the OPCW Vladimir Tarabrin noted that ...

Pilots of the Russian Aerospace Force will demonstrate the most complex and impressive aerobatics elements: a flight at extremely small speeds, synchronized barrel rolls as part of an aviation ...

Born in Kazakhstan, Svetlana Kapanina is now an aerobatic pilot in Russia — and one of the best in the world. Watch her fly loops for "Olympic Sky" in Sochi in footage taken by Artur Sarkisyan.