Admin Alex Posted January 16, 2005 Admin Posted January 16, 2005 Well this is my latest adventure and it was truely amazing. I had an aerobatic flight is this little plane, a Pitts Special 2A. I got to do barrel rolls, loops, snap turns, stall recovery, inglerom manauvres and every other type of manouvre you can think of ! Unfortunatly though it wasnt the slightest bit scary, i thought being such a little plane it would be jumping all over the place. But to be honest the plane ride was so smooth it felt completly normal whilst doing all the aerobatics. The only annoying thing was that i really wanted to know how much g we were pulling in some of the manouvres but it was waaaayy to much to get my head forward to see the guages! Anyway all i can say is that this IS one of the things you have to do before you die! And now i have decided that im going to have to learn to Fly. With my latest two hobbies of scuba and skydiving, along with motorbikes, cars and eventually flying im going to have to get a proper job!
plain darren Posted January 16, 2005 Posted January 16, 2005 Stunt flying is awesome isn't it? Great to hear your having a blast
Moderator YamaHead Posted January 16, 2005 Moderator Posted January 16, 2005 That sounds like blast Alex! I too, have always wanted to try that.
Pete Posted January 16, 2005 Posted January 16, 2005 I got to do barrel rolls, loops, snap turns, stall recovery, inglerom manauvres and every other type of manouvre you can think of ! Yeh...I heard them Aussie birds can go a bit!
liquidcooled Posted January 16, 2005 Posted January 16, 2005 nice one alex! i'm quite jealous you know! it's something i've always wanted to do
RDly Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 Alex you da man !!!!!!!! You have no idea how much I would want to be in your shoes and no it's not for the smelly sock experience
Admin Alex Posted January 18, 2005 Author Admin Posted January 18, 2005 Yeah it was pretty cool! Im actually just looking at how much it will cost to get me a PPL so i can learn to fly... god i need a job
Admin Alex Posted January 19, 2005 Author Admin Posted January 19, 2005 Thinking of flying im off to a school tomorrow to find out about hanggliding and gliding lessons, just for a bit of fun as the weather has turned shite!
Moderator YamaHead Posted January 19, 2005 Moderator Posted January 19, 2005 Hang-Gliding is another sport I'd love to try ...... Closest thing I've done to that was a bit of Para-Sailing.....being pulled by a boat with a 500ft. rope whilst in Mexico. The take-off from the beach is something to behold!
Admin Alex Posted January 19, 2005 Author Admin Posted January 19, 2005 If you liked parasailing you should have a go at parabungy! That is quite good, you are on a platform that lifts to about 150m by a parasail and then you jump off!
RDly Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 Paragliding looks a cool sport. Trouble is most of the people doing it end up with broken backs or worse Edited by me cos me keyboard's knackered
Pete Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 Closest I've come to hang gliding is wearing platform shoes in the 70's.
daglad Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 Hi Yamahahead Hang Gliding, you must be as mad as badger! You wouldn't get in one of those things, for a sniff of Kylies Knickers!
Moderator YamaHead Posted January 19, 2005 Moderator Posted January 19, 2005 Haven't actually been Hang-Gliding yet daglad......but I'll tell ya, Para-Sailing is an absolute RUSH ...the thing I remeber about it the most, was when I took 3 steps towards the ocean on the take-off, & then next thing I knew I was 10 levels up!.......felt like my stomach was in my toes!
Admin Alex Posted January 20, 2005 Author Admin Posted January 20, 2005 for a sniff of Kylies Knickers! For that i would do anything!
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