aerobatics (again!)
 

I had an intro to aeros in a Pitts with Alan Cassidy at the weekend.
Fanbleedintastic is the word that springs to mind!
Having notched up a couple of hundred hours I thought I was getting pretty good at this flying lark, but now I realise, and indeed am very pleased to learn, that there's a LOT more fun to be had in an aeroplane than you'd imagined!
I can feel my wallet contracting as I type!
Go try it!:ok:

For those of you who might like to have a look at some aerobatics here's the list of events for the rest of this year. Go along and see, you will be made most welcome. :ok:

Welcome to one the most addictive and worthwhile aspects of aviation.:ok:

Tis a slippery slope, this aerobatics thing, liberally greased with equal measures of adrenalin and pound notes.

And just to show that it doesn't have to be precise and "by the book", here's a short video I put together with the help of a couple of mates last month when there were good clouds to play with:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2bEFW3pT-8

Enjoy aerobatics. Once you start, you're spoiled for regular flying for the rest of your life!

Pitts2112

Indeed - you have discovered the Truth - if you commit aviation and *not* at some stage of the flight become inverted you should either a) be strapped in the back of something large, with access to a drinks trolley and a choice of movies or b) be strapped at the front of same and being paid to keep it from becoming inverted, lest it upset the drinks trolley. If (a) or (b) do not apply, then you're simply wasting fuel. :E

eharding - very, very well said!!! :):):)

eharding/2112 - we should get together this summer and just play. 1v1v1? I'll host.


Stik

Aerobatics
 

Alan Cassidy has a lot to answer for! I read with growing interest his articles in Loop magazine and decided to enter the complete novice competition they are holding at Gransden this weekend -to throw myself into it at the deep end. 2 hours in the Extra 200 at Cambridge and avidly reading Alans book and i am starting to hope the organisers really do mean 'Novice'. :bored: I have two more hours booked in G-GLOC before the big day and am beginning to think if the weather is awful it may actually help- wind assistance might just blow my manoevres into the shapes they are meant to be!
Any advice from any of you would be greatly received. Stickandrudderman get your name down for the last Loop day and join me in the world of novice competition.
Green side up blue side down, right?

Or, as in my case, suffer from severe devout cowardice. :uhoh: I'll stick to writing down the scores for you. :ok:

Done four aero lessons so far. Waiting for the ceiling to magically raise itself again to FL55 for some more. The weekend, particularly Saturday, was good but I was at Duxford watching something far more spectacular. Coming week doesn't look too good either. If I ever get to the solo stage anytime soon I might just enroll myself in the Dutch Open Championships.

See you two at Sherburn on 11th August then - I can't make Little Gransden.

Stik,

Get together sounds good with you and e, but i'm not so sure about 1v1v1. That sounds like too many variables and too much chance of someone trading paint with another. A bit of formation, though, might be good fun!!

Oh, yeah, when you guys have gotten bored with solo aerobatics, learn to fly off a mate's wing by less than 10 feet and 150 mph. That puts a whole new dimension of fun into everything!!

Pitts2112

Oh stickandrudderman, oh dear oh dear. Now you've been and gone and done it!

Did no-one warn you? Did you have no friends to tell you that you're entering aviation's biggest and most expensive trap, where 90% of rentable aeroplanes are now just so much wood/tin/plastic?

And the rest are twice as expensive (and worth the extra!!!)

Oh well too late now, welcome to REAL flying! :ok:
To anybody planning to go to Sherburn on 11/08, it's now my home airfield so see you there - hopefully be bimbling around in the new toy :E:E
regards.....

Get together sounds good with you and e, but i'm not so sure about 1v1v1


2112 - I was expecting just that response!!


Tail chasing, then - no reverse maneouvers a la Sir G!!

And we'll have fun, fun, fun 'til her Daddy takes the T bird away!
 

I might well do that If you'd care to explain something more about it....
In the mean time I'll google it..


2112,

Great video, Booker T and Angus, all to perfect synch. Well done!:ok:

Thanks SARMan. It was a lot of fun making it. Glad you liked it. Now get out there and do some for yourself!!

Pitts2112

Cassidy came second to Cassells recently I believe !

Bagby is where it is at :E

Novice competition
 

Loop magazine have put on three novice competitions at various places around the country to link to the Aeros/Alan Cassidy feature they have been running. The second one is this saturday at Little Gransden. The competition involves a 5 move sequence flown with an instructor in the morning either in your own plane or one they loan you- choices seem to be either a CAP10, slingsby or aerobat. Then after a bit of a show at lunchtime by Mark Jeffries you fly the same sequence in the afternoon with a now silent instructor to be judged by a panel on the ground. Medals for the top 3, i believe. The sequence as far as i know is loop, stall turn, wingover, half cuban 8 and roll.
It sounds like a great way to get into aerobatics safely and let family and friends have some fun watching you.
I will let you know how saturday goes, todays flying lesson was cancelled due to low cloud and tomorrow looks doubtful so i will probably be the novicest novice there. I really will have to 'wing it'.
google loopaero or the british aerobatics website for more info.

For those who may be interested the BAeA schedule of events for this year can be found here.

I may be being a bit thick here, but neither the loop or the BAeA web site make it obvious how to enter?
I'll speak to Mr Cassidy about it.
In the mean time......