Svetlana Kapanina Aerobatic Pilot.

After winning the 2007 World Aerobatic Championship in the female category for the 6th consecutive time, Svetlana Kapanina keeps on demonstrating she is the best female aerobatic pilot of all times.

She has won a total of 38 gold medals in World Aerobatic Championships. The FAI (International Air Sports Federation), added to that impressive collection, by presenting her with the FAI medal for Best Pilot of the Century.

In 1987 Svetlana graduated from medical school, speciality - pharmacist. The following year she started flying in Kurgan, by 1991 she was a member of the Russian Aerobatic Joint Crew and by 1995 she had graduated from Kaluga Pilots School. Although she believed she would never devote her life to flying, what started out as a hobby has turned into serious work as a professional aerobatic pilot.

It didnt take her very long to join the world's elite aerobatic pilots. Perhaps her training as a gymnast and many hours on the trampoline has contributed to her success, without requiring so many flight hours.

In 1991, she was Absolute Champion of Russia and in 1993 she won silver at the European Aerobatic Championships, her first international aerobatic contest. She was awarded the medal For Service to the Motherland in 1995 and Award of Honor in 2002.

Even with her busy schedule she still had time to start her family, giving birth to a son in 2002 and a daughter in 2004. She trains within the Russian National Team structure and attends the 24 hour daily residence training camp at Borki Airport, not far from Moscow.

Nationality: Russian
Date of birth: 28 Dec 1968
Place of birth: Schuchinsk, Republic of Kazakhstan
Resident: Moscow, Russia
Marital Status: Married, 2 children
Interests: Spending a great time with family & friends
Aircraft:
Sukhoi 26

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• aerobatic
• russian
• best female pilot
• Schuchinsk
• Republic of Kazakhstan

[MsMarius1997]

Musik ???

[mollyisagooddog]

@MsMarius1997 It's 'Usher' and the song is called 'Yeah'.

[gargoloso]

that last one was a cobra? I thought that it was impossible with a piston aircraft like this,,,

[mollyisagooddog]

@gargoloso Yep, it's unbelieveable. She pushes it so hard. At one airshow she lost the canopy and another she lost one of the prop blades and managed to land safely. What a pilot.

[mamatalu]

@mollyisagooddog She's Russian, right? does that explain something?

[mollyisagooddog]

@mamatalu Sorry, I don't understand thhe question as you have framed it?

[likeawhispr]

now *THAT* is what I call an ideal female role model... I'd be embarrassed having a daughter poking around the house like Martha Stewart potting plants, steaming curtains, and making pie!

Keep flying Svetlana! Good work and fly safe!

[theReDBLeeD]

minchia, svetlana la puttana! a facc u' cazz!

[2004travlnman]

Wow!! Simply incredible footage, and it's amazing how cool and collected she is the entire time. Amazing pilot.

[JohnnyWoodA1A]

Sukhoi smoke rings at 1:55...too cool!

[fastestcararound]

man how i wish i was that seat belt strap !!

[MrMethadrine]

I would suck her toes.

[dedasdude]

women dont know how to drive. they fly.

[AVMamfortas]

I am in Lerve

[wreckdiver001]

Fantastic lady and a superb pilot. Great video!!

[mjmorrow76]

Svetlana Kapanina is my hero! S! MJ

[rhsjye]

That,s a cobra manoeuvre at the end. Svetlana is not only sweet n beautiful, she is a great pilot.