page_title: Ali İsmet Öztürk
section_title: Aerobatics career
hierarchical_section_title: Ali İsmet Öztürk / Aerobatics career
caption_attribution_description: English: Ali İsmet Öztürk's special biplane "Purple Violet", piloted by Ali İsmet Öztürk. Kraków Air Show 2007. Polski: "Purple Violet". Za sterami Ali İsmet Öztürk. Małopolski Piknik Lotniczy 2007.
context_page_description: Ali İsmet Öztürk is a Turkish professional display pilot, an aerobatic aircraft designer and an aviation businessman. He is the first civilian to be recognised as a professional aerobatic pilot in the country.
  He flies in international air shows in his custom designed and manufactured world-class performance aerobatic aircraft called "Turkish: Mor Menekşe".
  Ali İsmet Öztürk has been admired worldwide both for his accomplishments in the air as an air show pilot, and on the ground for his technical talent to build aerobatics aircraft. He is best known by air show fans and enthusiasts for his extremely complex and technical manoeuvres. He was also the first professional civil pilot to perform an aerobatics display over the Bosphorus.
  Between 2004 and 2008, Ali İsmet Öztürk performed in more than 80 international air shows, performing more than 559 displays in 19 different countries. He has performed before nearly 15 million spectators.
  His enthusiasm for aviation has grown since he took his first solo flight. As an aviation enthusiast, he puts a strong emphasis on recognition and appreciation of aerobatics.
context_section_description: Ali İsmet Öztürk flew an aerobatic aircraft for the first time in a small side-by-side seated airplane with one of his friends in 1988. He was so impressed that his aviation interests expanded to include acrobatics and performing in air shows became an ambition for him. Besides commercial piloting, he started out practicing aerobatics as well and as he developed aerobatics skills and he eventually purchased his first aerobatic biplane in 1992.
  In the early 2000s, after 16 years of remarkable aviation history and a well known entrepreneurial success in the international aviation arena,  he finally decided to go after his dream and opened a new colorful chapter in his career.  His ultimate goal was to be recognized worldwide in the field of air show aerobatics. To that end, from 2000 on he has just flown aerobatics and he committed all of his time and energy solely to aerobatics.
  He has trained hard on daily basis to prepare himself for air show performances. He has increased his ability to experience G levels up to +9/-6g and became capable to perform extreme, gravity-defying acrobatic maneuvers with ease.  Meanwhile, he successfully passed the exams of UK CAA (United Kingdom, Civil Aviation Authorities) in Unlimited Level and earned his DA (Display Authorization) Certificate which provided him the authorization to display legally in all international air show organizations.
  Besides his disciplined, passionate and persistent efforts,  his accumulated knowledge, skills and expertise derived from his past aviation experiences allowed him to be one of the most experienced aerobatic display pilots in a very short time span. When he started to perform in international air shows, thanks to his maturity and brilliance of style in the sky, he managed to amaze aviation circle soon and gained recognition and appreciation worldwide.
  By 2003, in a quest for perfection to bring the highest performance in the sky over world's best air shows Öztürk has custom built the "Mor Menekşe" (Purple Violet), an awesome, single-seat aerobatic biplane of his own design. With its extensively modified airframe and engine (407 hp),  Purple Violet is entirely in a class of its own.
  In 2005, he performed during the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT)  held in the United Kingdom and known as the world's largest military air show. Not only was he the first civilian Turkish pilot to join the show but he was awarded "the best aerobatic pilot" in the civilian category, as well.
  In 2006, he displayed in "ILA Berlin Air Show" organized by the German Aerospace Industries Association (Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft - und Raumfahrtindustrie e.V. - BDLI)  and he became the first Turkish pilot to be invited  to this "world’s oldest aerospace trade show".
  In 2007, he was honored by EAC (European Airshow Council) as the best professional airshow pilot to promote sponsors with best value.
  In 2011, he performed in the International Festival of Aviation held in Izmir/Turkey, combining the "Air Show Türkiye 2011" (the leading event of the Centennial celebrations of the Turkish Air Force (TuAF)) with the European Air Chiefs (EurAC) and the Global Air Chiefs Conferences. During the organisation he soloed among the most accomplished aerobatic teams of the world, as the only civilian professional aerobatic pilot from Turkey.
caption: Ali İsmet Öztürk piloting his special biplane called "Purple Violet" at the Kraków Air Show, 2007
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