On Nov 19, 4:30 pm, "kirk.stant" wrote:
Awesome terminal velocity divebrakes - worth a high tow to check them
out. No excuse for ever getting slow in the pattern - just come in
high and fast and slow down on final.

Back in the 1970's, Les Horvath used to do an airshow routine in one.
The landing pattern was interesting....

Fly downwind right over the runway at 800-1000' AGL, then at some
distance beyond the threshold, he'd open the dive brakes and push over
into a vertical dive, roll 180 and pull out of the dive and complete
the landing.

Pretty cool!

-Tom