Cusco,
I know you, I like you and as the sun came up this morning I saw yr reference to Amanda and couldn't work out what you meant. I've met both Amanda's and Kyle's fathers - who perished in a mid-air a few years ago. I've seen Kyle and his dad pefrorm with Kyle on the wing of a jet powered Waco bipe
Thank you for posting that terrible Oz event - aviation can be as dangerous or safe as you want to make it! Spinning in from that height was a lot more cataclysmic than I'd believed possible.
I've spent the last few days doing close formation aerobatics - today, we had a fully-informed passenger. I guarantee that we were not as tight as we were yesterday. It alters the dynamic when you involve third-parties.
Stik