While you don't need any flying experience, you can get into the aerobatics quicker if you know how to fly.
By regulation you must wear a parachute, and you're also strapped in pretty well to keep you from floating out of the seat.
On each of the maneuvers Craig would fly it while I followed on the controls, then I would do it with his voice coaching me.
We started with a mild "Wing-over" (I think he was checking to see if I would need the barf bag). We then did a roll. That's like tipping over to one side and you just keep going until you "Roll" over to the other side.
then a loop. a barrel roll. and a Cuban eight.
Check out the video to see Craig's loop break-out from the formation.
I got to fly and do aerobatics in a Texan t-6 WWII flight trainer. Kim surprised me with this one. She knew I had a private pilot license, and although I hadn't flown in many years, I always enjoyed flying.
A few photos of Jim's flight - click!
Click here to download a movie of Jim's flight.
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| Near the end of the flight we met up with another "Warbird" | In this one you can see the plane's shadow on the clouds |
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