I’m looking for some information on the Czech Stress Team. What are they, are they a demo team, test pilots or what? When were they formed and are they still flying? Any thing along this line of information would be greatly appreciated. I have tried every combination of words on Google but nothing with any amount of data.
Thanks in advance.

Official name was “Letecké středisko inspektora letectva a PVO AČR” / “Flying centre of Air Force and Air Protection Surveyor of Army of the Czech Republic” 😀 later “Letecký zkušební odbor” / “Flying Test Departmen” existed since 1.3. 1994 (to chief of Air Force genmjr. P. Štrůbl direction) on Čáslav AB to 1998 on Plzeň-Líně AB, the “stress squadron” was canceled nearly after crash of MiG-21 MF (7711, pilot mjr. Luboš Kubát) and MiG-21UM (3756, pilot mjr. Miroslav Holak and technician Roman Kovařík – against Czech Air Force rules on the board!!!) over České Budějovice town in 8.6.1998 due to bad weather by arriving from an air show..

photo of the mentioned migs and photos from crash instantly after that

crash photos – just roll down on the webpage (thanx for god, nobody was killed or injured)
http://iriska9.sblog.cz/cb/

main objective of the unit was developing of the new tactics, trainings procedures and aplication of that for fight units. Very soon the unit have got task to display Mig-21 on various air shows (Czech Air Force “Delta Team”) as well.

Commander of the unit was pplk. Josef Rada, former commander of the 9.sbolp on Bechyně AB, most of the unit´s pilots are from 9.sbolp as well. Unit´s aircrafts – MiG-21MF – 4307, 5209, 7701, 7711 (all silver except 7711, and from 11.slp Žatec AB), 9410, 9412, 9414, 9802 (all in green-brown camo and from 1.šlp Přerov AB), MiG-21UM – 0165 and 3756, MiG-21R – 1501, 2149 and one L-39ZA number 5013.

December 1994 the unit was resited from Čáslav AB to Plzeň-Líně AB (because on the Čáslav AB were a lot of “normal” air force squadrons). Since Januar 1995 the unit was renamed as “Letecký zkušební odbor” (LZO)

some other the unit´s MiGs

crazy MiG-21UM
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=28875&nseq=186
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=398143&nseq=148

7711 of Delta Team
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=252198&nseq=167
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=138266&nseq=179

7701 silver and in later special camo

Wow!

When I was asking about how the cannon pod is aimed I was referring to the pilot. How does he aim it? Does it show a funnel type sight in the HUD like you’d find on many modern fighters these days?

there is video about ZPL-20 aiming and firing in air-to-ground mode from cockpit on the link. Btw during live firing exercise in Sweden Czech pilots with L159A and ZPL-20 had same or even better results in some cases than their colleagues on Gripens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGaYbJqnpJo

Atentát, 1964. Czech drama depicting the assasination of bestial swine Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 by Czech parachutists from the group ANTHROPOID, almost recontruction

videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4hlURkFA5Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x09H517SOcA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwKQ6MZoZlM

Vlasta Parkanová, Chief of Ministry of defence, and Karel Schwanzenberg, chief of Ministry of foreign Affairs, after this week visit in Afghanistan and negotiation with President Hamid Karzai have informed about Afghan interest in buying L159A ALCA. Vlasta Parkanová has invited Afghan military experts to visit the Czechlands as soon as it get.

in Czech: http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/vyhledavani/index_view.php?id=247172

only small note in English: http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/vyhledavani/index_view.php?id=247182