Friday, June 15, 2007

Upset training

Today I had my first introduction to aerobatics! Loved every second of it, and will definately be looking into it as an (expensive) hobby in future... for now i'll have to make do with the other two upset flights i still have to look forward to.

Today I was taught how to induce a spin, and how to recover from it... and here's a video of me spinning towards the ground at 1,500 feet per minute!


and loops and stall turns:




The guy teaching me was great (first time I've flown with him) and said I had a natural "flare" for it - commence smug grinning. Really enjoyed myself, and was good to fly a different kind of plane too... cessnas are a bit too vanilla for my tastes!

Here's a couple of slightly higher quality captures from the videos:


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