Scudrunners

All my aerobatics are of the "arm chair" variety - above a couple thousand feet and ball in the center.  The link will take you to a video shot from inside the cockpit during a routine flown by a good friend of mine, Bud Granley.  He's flying a YAK 55 - a Russian aircraft designed specifically to do aerobatics.  Bud let me ferry it last summer - it's not comfortable, it flies nose high in cruise, and goes woefully slow (compared to my personal aircraft).  (;>0) 

Whoo hoo!  You don't get that good in a year.

You have to admire the old guys that still push
the negative G (though I suspect the jealous
haters here will not).

Agreed... thats 1000's of hours of aerobatics no doubt.

I wonder how long until TC goes gunning for his medical?

Another of Bud's stable of airshow aircraft.  In model form 1:48 scale.  His signature show opener in this aircraft is a dirty roll on take-off


Barney


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Barney:

Outstanding work!

J

Thanks John.  If the gold paint looks familiar , it is from the original pigment in 1958..same as the Hawks and Centennaires.


Barney

Maybe you remember this!


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Barney:

As my Newfoundland wife would say:  "I does, B'y; I does!"