Stampe SV4 - Stampe Formation Flying Team

Video from the channel High Flight about Stampe SV-4, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 13:14. Language: English. Video type: Air show.

The video shows a performance by the Stampe Formation Flying Team, a formation of Stampe SV-4 biplanes, at an airshow. Between passes there are announcer comments and brief statements from pilots and organizers. One of them explains that the event aims to put as many aircraft as possible in front of the public and show as wide a range of aviation as possible.

Most of the footage shows the biplanes flying in formation over the airfield, stringing together maneuvers accompanied by music and the audience's applause. In the interviews, one pilot says that the cockpit is fairly comfortable and that the aircraft itself was what encouraged him to join the team.

According to the commentary, Stampe production began in 1933 and only 35 units were finished before the Second World War broke out. With the Germans approaching, the aircraft were hidden, and production resumed after the war, when the model was used as a basic trainer. One pilot adds that today, for anyone wanting to buy one, examples with the Gipsy engine are preferable.