range of the sun the aerobatic team on the kiran mk ii a twin cockpit jet trainer broke into aerial manoeuvers performing precise loops barrel rolls and its signature stunt the nine aircraft spewed smoke produced by coloured dye mixed with diesel into the jets exhaust through a network of pipelines pilots control the spray depending on the requirement for wing commander and commanding officer of surya kiran prajwal singh the eighth edition of aero india is a special one for the first time we did sky writing we literally formed iaf in the sky that was very special for us he saidsquadron leader and team pilot k ramji yadov couldnt hold back his excitement either its a great feeling to paint the sky with the indian tricolour we split up into small units to perform different manoeuvers like the star burst and for all the lovely ladies we are forming a heart shape display with an arrow piercing it he saidits no joke to carry off these stunts with such precision it took them close to one month of rigorous practise stretching up to six hours every day to perfect these stunts it takes three hours per sortie and all of us have to do it in sync yadov added the kiran mkii is modified with global positioning system and transponder system the aircraft is fitted with a rolls royce orpheus 70105 engine capable of carrying two 250 kg bombs or 68 mm sneb rocket besides the 762 mm gun the sneb rocket societe nouvelle des etablissements edgar brandt is an unguided airtoground rocketthough surya kiran performs fixed manoeuvers they will break into different variations and perform twice a day as the air show is thrown open to visitors during weekends the men in red are all set to woo the ladies with a perfect heart formation just before valentines day