Red Letter Day stunt flying.
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croyde said:
eharding ? What's that?
A lot of people have asked that...generally while pointing and laughing.Not being a CPL, I'm afraid I can't offer voucher flights, but I can point you in the direction of some of the very best in the business for your next trip, assuming you enjoy the first one.
The venerable Aerobat is capable of basic aerobatic figures, but sadly will spend an inordinate amount of time wheezing back up to the required height to start the next figure, which will eat into your airborne time. In terms of price/performance in aerobatic training, the best trade-off is invariably provided by the Pitts S2 - if you enjoy the 150, the Pitts will blow your socks off.
Robwhite said:
There's a guy in Lincolnshire who'll take you up in his Jet Provost - completely barmy - what an experience!!
If you mean Eddie Todd at Sandtoft, he's long gone - in fact, I think a PH'er bought Eddie's JP a while back (in a non-flying condition). Eddie's operation was..um...interesting..to say the least.Sent my Mrs up with Ultimate High, based in Kemble. She loved it and would love to have another go. they did lots of aero's with her. loops, rolls etc etc and even gave her control at one point.
We didn't see much as the aero's are all done away from the airfield, but I did get to spend some time lusting over a chipmunk there.
We didn't see much as the aero's are all done away from the airfield, but I did get to spend some time lusting over a chipmunk there.
eharding said:
croyde said:
eharding ? What's that?
A lot of people have asked that...generally while pointing and laughing.Not being a CPL, I'm afraid I can't offer voucher flights, but I can point you in the direction of some of the very best in the business for your next trip, assuming you enjoy the first one.
The venerable Aerobat is capable of basic aerobatic figures, but sadly will spend an inordinate amount of time wheezing back up to the required height to start the next figure, which will eat into your airborne time. In terms of price/performance in aerobatic training, the best trade-off is invariably provided by the Pitts S2 - if you enjoy the 150, the Pitts will blow your socks off.
Sorry Mr Harding, I thought it was an aeroplane term.
eharding said:
croyde said:
eharding ? What's that?
A lot of people have asked that...generally while pointing and laughing.Not being a CPL, I'm afraid I can't offer voucher flights, but I can point you in the direction of some of the very best in the business for your next trip, assuming you enjoy the first one.
The venerable Aerobat is capable of basic aerobatic figures, but sadly will spend an inordinate amount of time wheezing back up to the required height to start the next figure, which will eat into your airborne time. In terms of price/performance in aerobatic training, the best trade-off is invariably provided by the Pitts S2 - if you enjoy the 150, the Pitts will blow your socks off.
croyde said:
Just looked it up and it's a 152. Is that any better. Some scary vids on YouTube.
The 152 is just an update of the 150 - as said, it's not going to knock your socks off, but it'll be a good introduction to aerobatics. During the EFT I did in the RN, we covered stalling, spinning, and aerobatics (barrel rolls, loops, wing overs, cubans, etc.) in Slingsby Firefly M260s. Muchos fun - the Cessna won't be as lively, but you should still have fun - enjoy your flight!
Edited by Taffer on Thursday 12th November 18:01
Edited by Taffer on Thursday 12th November 18:02
Taffer said:
croyde said:
Just looked it up and it's a 152. Is that any better. Some scary vids on YouTube.
The 152 is just an update of the 150 - as said, it's not going to knock your socks off, but it'll be a good introduction to aerobatics. During the EFT I did in the RN, we covered stalling, spinning, and aerobatics (barrel rols, loops, wing overs, cubans, etc.) in Slingsby Firefly M260s. Muchos fun - the Cessna won't be as lively, but you should still have fun - enjoy your flight!
Edited by Taffer on Thursday 12th November 18:01
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