Aerobatic Maneuvers

[VNugget]

No one asked you to give a crap, just for some common courtesy (and no, having nothing to do with a reach-around.)

 

[WMUchickenhawk]

Wow, I dont check out my Email for a couple days and a thread I thought had died has grown.
So I guess you can tell now that it wasn't me in the crash.

 

[WMUchickenhawk]

I was new, I made a pretty nasty comment. I didn't know the person and they knew that. Lesson learned. It wasn't ribbing friends...and FNFAL certainly isn't a friendly ribbing toward the WMU kid using someone's untimely death as a joke.

I was out of line then, would be nice for FNFAL to see that he's out of line now.

I didnt mind it. I've been around long enough to not let anything like that bother me, even if I had found it slightly offensive, which I didnt.

 

[WMUchickenhawk]

I never critiqued anyone's flying, I just asked the guy who wanted to learn aerobatic flying in an EXTRA by reading from the internet, if that was him.

I wasn't expecting to learn Aerobatic flying in an EXTRA by reading, anymore than a student who reads about stalls knows how to do them. I was just looking for a little info so I would be more prepared for the lesson.

 

[FlyingFisherman]

I didnt mind it. I've been around long enough to not let anything like that bother me, even if I had found it slightly offensive, which I didnt.

I wasn't talking about you there Mr. Stuckup

I was talking about an incident from when I lived in Florida two years ago and when I learned to keep my mouth shut except when eating humble pie. I had two pieces that day.

 

[FN FAL]

I wasn't expecting to learn Aerobatic flying in an EXTRA by reading, anymore than a student who reads about stalls knows how to do them. I was just looking for a little info so I would be more prepared for the lesson.

That's a very good attitude to have and I'm glad to hear that you would put forth the effort. Good luck with learning this new facet of aviation and be careful out there. Which I am sure you will be.

 

[jws717]

There are a couple things you never want to hear in an airplane.

One is "Oh S!@T"

Another is a loud "SNAP" or "BANG"

You'll get both.

Now...didn't happen to me but the guy who checked me out in a Pitts. It's one of those stories that makes the hair on your neck stand up and make you make sure if you ever loop a 152 (I have) you aren't 15 knots too slow.

i belive they usualy occur in the other order, and boy/girls take advice from and old instuctor. Dont play top gun in the cessna i poped a rudder cable once in a spin recovery. was sure i was gona die.

 

[TrafficInSight]

I attended Nick's memorial today.

There were at least 500 people there and it was really beautiful. I don't know if I've ever known anyone that loved aerobatics more than Nick did and all he ever wanted to be was an airshow pilot. He was an incredibly down to earth and positive person and I think it showed in the number of people that showed up and the stories about him they told.

Sean Tucker spoke and nearly cried.