Kapanina has been called the Russian Valkyrie, Queen of Heaven and even the best pilot in the world. She is a seven time absolute champion of the world, a two-time champion of the World Air Games and has beeThe most decorated female pilot in the history of aviation, Svetlana Kapanina, inspected her Sukhoi Su-26 plane at Kimry Airport in the Moscow region, before taking to the skies and performing stunts.
Kapanina has been called the Russian Valkyrie, Queen of Heaven and even the best pilot in the world. She is a seven time absolute champion of the world, a two-time champion of the World Air Games and has been crowned world champion a further 39 times in various individual events. n crowned world champion a further 39 times in various individual events.