I was fortunate to be able to experience aerobatics at the farm, in the back seat of Diana's Citabria. It was the first time I'd experienced any aerobatic maneuvers and also the first time I'd been in a spin and the first time I'd worn a parachute in a small plane.
Diana is a very, very good pilot. She's also very careful and solicitous of her passengers. She explains each maneuver before she performs it and then asks how you feel. I felt fine after each maneuver -- no nausea or motion sickness at all. During the maneuvers, we pulled from .5 to 4.0 Gs (she has a G meter in the Citabria).
Brent, another pilot who accompanied us, has had two years of classes in taking and producing video. I owe him a large debt for videotaping the flight. All of the clips in the following video come from the video he made with my video camera.
Brian's first aerobatics flight
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Very cool, glad to hear you had such an awesome time. Looks like we've got another pilot who loves to spin now, too! ;-)
ReplyDeleteMan that was awesome Brian!! Im Jealous now big time!!! I will be tracking Diana down asap!!
ReplyDeleteGarrett
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Brian, thank you for the kind words. :) It was fun flying with you. We hope you come back and see us again. :)
ReplyDeleteBrian,
ReplyDeleteGreat web page!!
I hope the rebuild goes well.
Don't forget, a porkburger is waiting for you at C62.
Roger