I flew a fighter jet on an acrobatic flight (L-39 Albatros, 750 km/h)

Video from the channel Shin Fujiyama about Aero L-39 Albatros, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 25:05. Language: Spanish. Video type: Air show.

Shin Fujiyama attends the San Pedro Sula air show (Honduras), held next to Villeda Morales airport. There he flies as a passenger in an Aero L-39 Albatros with Scott, a pilot who came from the United States. The event is annual and raises funds for the Mil Escuelas foundation and the Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital. The Honduran Air Force and United States units take part in it.

Much of the video covers the static display and the atmosphere of the event. A serviceman presents an A-37B from the base and a deactivated 500-pound high-explosive bomb. An American pilot describes the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in its F version, used for cargo and troop transport. A Black Hawk and a Cessna also appear, along with paid helicopter flights for the public. A flagman explains the signals he uses to guide aircraft on the ground. A young aspirant talks about his intention to enter the Palmerola Military Aviation Academy, near Comayagua.

Rain and wind nearly got the flight cancelled. A serviceman notes that aerobatics are only performed in visual conditions. When the weather improves, Shin puts on the flight suit and parachute, and climbs into the cockpit with a camera.

The L-39 takes off and performs aerobatic maneuvers in front of the public before landing. On getting out, Shin says he blacked out several times and even fainted. According to him, they were going 600 or 700 km/h, three or four times faster than the light aircraft he had flown before. From the air he recognized Chamelecón and the Rivera Hernández neighborhood, two areas of San Pedro Sula where his foundation has built schools.