Document address: faq_aerobatics.html Frequently Asked Questions about Aerobatics Frequently Asked Questions about Aerobatics =========================================== Preface =======

All right! Can't a guy get away from civilization for a while, safely out of e-mail range, without the world falling apart? Ok, ok, maybe only that sliver of the world that cares about stalls and spins in light airplanes. I come home after nearly three weeks traversing the Pacific Northwest giving...

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Hi fellow aviators! My name is Ryan Chapman and I'm the contest director and President at this years Canadian Nationals. If you have an interest in competing or volunteering, please get in touch with me at or call 416 388 5850. We're expecting a great turn out and we always...

Feb. 24 - The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association on Tuesday provided initial support to four Massachusetts pilots - all AOPA members - facing a lawsuit filed by a few residents. The suit alleges that the noise signature from the aerobatics performed by the pilots caused significant harm; they...

Spins have NEVER been in the private pilot PTS. The PTS (Practical Test Standard) only has been in existence for around 20 years or so. The last time spins were required for a Private Certificate was back in the early 1950's or maybe the late 1940's. Note that there is nothing that prevents...

Is there a list of the big (and small?) aerobatics competitions in the US? Google only shows ones from overseas or the bigtime IAC ones.

I was just about to start a site on aerobatics(Normal html with few pages) when i found this site. This is pretty good. We have already chosen our domain name. http://www.magicofflight.com. Does anyone like this name. We can leave a link for discussion to this site. Great job.

What are the things I can do to speed up spin rotation?

Anybody willing to give us a first-person comparison? Handling in general, care and feeding, personal preferences (and why)? TIA, -Dave Russell 8KCAB /N2S-3

Hi, Sorry to intrude but I was wondering if anyone has information about the Honiley Aerobatics Competition between the wars? I have a watch (rather battered) with the inscription "Presented to Alfred John Phillips, Winner of the Honiley Aerobatics Competition 3 years running 1934 1935 1936)" ...

Need someone to settle an argument. I do not fly, so your answers need to be in laymans terms and hopefully put simply. I've occasionally watched aerobatic displays and seen a maneouver called a stall turn. Now, I more or less understand how this works, but there comes a point, just before the...

I'm looking for information or guidance writing a course of training for aerobatic flight. I've written courses for Private, Instrument, and Commercial 141 training, but am looking for assistance regarding aerobatics. My goal with the course is introducing the basic aerobatic maneuvers to...

Can you depart and spin from coordinated flight? Specifically a coordinated climbing turn? Several weeks ago I chimed in on an otherwise awful thread suggesting that if the ball was in the center the airplane would not spin. One of the posters ) responded that the...

PHOTOS: N14 and some PHL - August 07, 2010 - Kathy Jaffe Challenge First, what are the odds of getting C-FWUT (Challenger) at PHL going to Flying W and getting C-FWTT (Pitts) at Flying W. Lots of planes as usual, so here they are. Photos Link: http://phlairline.com/spotter/080710.html

Wow! These group brings back memories..got my commercial in a 7ECA and seaplane rating in a 7GCBC.. Regards, Clay Owen Kimberton,Pa.

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PHOTOS: N14 - March 20, 2010 Photos Link: http://phlairline.com/spotter/032010.html Cheers, Paul

Is it legal for a sport or commercial pilot in the US to rent a Yak-52 aerobatic plane for unassisted flight cross country? I guess these can only be certified currently for exhibition/airshow. Is that likely to change given they are still manufactured in Romania? -- W

Was hoping to get a bit of expertise here. I'm in the market for an emergency bailout chute for flying in my Pitts S-1D. The top US contenders seem to be National and Softie but with no experience in the field, and parachutes not exactly being the kind of object you can try on for size in the...

How come no one posts here anymore? Ed Sullivan