Jim Leroy went in today...

On Jul 29, 1:16 pm, Richard Riley wrote:
I was at Osh in 92 when Jimmy Franklin fliew the Kitfox in the
airshow. He'd done his routine in his black Waco and scared the
audience with an inverted pull out at 5 feet or so.

My stomach would churn watching Jimmy pull the WACO out so low that he
would disappear in the low ground behind runway 18/36. Exciting to
watch, but frightening, too.

Charlie

On Jul 28, 4:44 pm, "Blueskies" wrote:
..Spun in down at Dayton.

Now all the masters of disaster have gone to the great airshow in the sky...

Blue skies forever...

Seeing the TV videos, I wonder what went wrong. It was a spin but
didn't look
flat. Bill Hale

Kyle Boatright wrote:

I really don't think anyone, even the lowest knuckle dragger wants to see
anyone get killed, which is a very common result of bent sheet metal in the
aviation world.


Nope. The knuckle draggers want to see someone knock on the door of
death and deftly sidestep at the last split second as the beast comes
roaring out. The only proof that death actually comes roaring out is
for the occasional performer to not be quite deft enough. If no one
ever dies, then it gets stale like a carnival ride.

Remember, the job of the carnival ride designer is to make you think
you're going to die while keeping you securely nestled.