Truck-top landings with a Piper Cub
The humble and understated Piper Cub is a versatile airshow aircraft. It is the ideal machine to do a number of great acts in. These include, but are not limited to crazy flying routines
July 2, 2020
Category: Punching holes in the Sky
If you fly like a “Wussy” you better go fly something else
The T6 Texan or Harvard is a heavy piece of metal with a fair amount of attitude. Its strong body language suggests that if you fly like a “Wussy” you better go fly something else.
June 17, 2020
The Origins of Competition Aerobatics
Aerobatics started before the First World War. Some of it by mistake, such as Wilfred Parkes first successful, albeit unintentional recovery from a spin in 1912; and some of it gutsy adventurism, for example the brave Russian Nesterov
June 17, 2020
Flying beautiful loops
The loop is the “grandfather” of all aerobatic manoeuvres. Since it is the easiest to do and takes the least time to learn, it is usually the first manoeuvre that I teach. Before aerobatic training is commenced, the student should
June 6, 2020
Let’s fly the Pitts Special S2B and find out how to “Tame the beast!”
Starting up and getting going. Once you get over the fact that you can’t see very much from the back seat, flying the Pitts Special S2B is like flying any other taildragger.
June 6, 2020