hi peter unfortunately there is not any other way then avpin but i am working to find out if there is any avpin in europe but i expect it will be extremely expensive if there is. i myself just back from batanica in serbia filming mig29s, mig21s, oraos, super galebs, jastrebs, galebs and mil8s.
this saturday if it is a calm day we will be jacking 458 up with the undercarriage jacks and doing rotractions i think we are the only lightning that does this in the country rmc