The Baltic Bees Jet Team is a civilian aerobatic display team based in Tukums, Latvia, 60km west of the capital, Riga. It flies six, occasionally seven Czech Aero L-39 Albatros jets.[1]
The team flies a display lasting around 20 minutes that includes formation flying, opposition passes, solo routines, and synchronized maneuvers.
They fly in shows in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, as well as in China.[2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, during an air show in China, some of the aircraft were left stranded there. However, the aircraft left at Tukums, have been conducting pleasure flights in Italy, away from the team’s usual base in Latvia.
The last jets stranded in China were recovered over the winter, allowing the team to resume airshow activities later in 2024. Participation in two airshows were confirmed: the Imekrei Raunig Flugshow in Austria and Rodzinny Piknik Lotniczy in Poland, both in July, as a two-plane and a four-plane show.
