Jim Leroy went in today...

"Richard Riley" wrote in message

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. The story went
around that Phil Reed - the then new owner of Skystar - told Jimmy
he'd give Jimmy an extra $10 per foot of minimum altitude during his
show. If he kept it above 100 feet, he'd make an extra $1000.

He made an extra $30.

I saw that performance in the Kitfox and really, really enjoyed it. It was
very quiet due to the muffled Rotax. It was very graceful and smooth,
because that's the only way to fly an extended aerobatic sequence in a
draggy, low powered airplane.

I wish there were more acts like that and less noise/smoke/hardcore stuff.
I don't even pay attention to that stuff anymore at airshows. In fact,
those acts give me plenty of time to read through all the materials I picked
up earlier in the day at the vendor booths...

KB