Having made its name as a combat training aircraft, it's since become the most widely used aerobatics plane in the world, and is the aircraft used by the Breitling Jet Team and other aerobatics teams around the world.
If its looks aren't impressive enough, you might have to pick your jaw up off the floor on hearing its stats. It tops out at a cool 466mph (and up to 910 in a dive) with a max G force of 8G and a thrust of 1800kg. If you're not au fait with plane speak, this all adds up to a particularly powerful piece of aircraft. More impressive still is the fact that the planes are designed to handle loop-the-loops, barrel rolls and more, all in formation with their wingtips less than 3m apart. You can find them online for around £200,000 – but if for some reason you'd rather entrust your life to a trained pilot, enter our competition below.
Mike Gibson was lucky enough to go up in an Albatros with the Breitling Jet team. Read about his experience here, or find out more information about the Team at breitling-jet-team.com.
