Hi Bill;

The J3 was better flown solo from the back seat for weight and balance. Some
were altered weight and balance wise for solo from the front I believe, but
this one was not one of those. The PA11, and PA18 were flown from the front.
The day before, it had been flown with two people in it; the pilot I believe
was in front and the photographer was in the back. The rear stick had been
removed to accomodate the photoghrapher and his equipment I believe.
Dudley Henriques

"Bill Baker" wrote in message
...
On 2007-05-16 19:44:41 -0700, "Dudley Henriques"
said:

...He had "borrowed" the airplane he was killed in at Reading from a New
Jersey
friend who had used the airplane the day before for a photo shoot and
forgotten to replace the cotter pin in the rear cockpit stick. The stick
came out in Dick's hand during a low altitude hammerhead and he went in
from
the back side right in front of where Dick Jr. and I were standing on the
podium.

Dudley, I must be missing something. Why would an experienced acro. pilot
fly a stunt performance from the rear seat?


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