FeMike 0 #1 December 24, 2003 The plane in the foreground is fellow Perris Skydiver and pilot Mike Mangold's. The plane doing the high alpha pull up is Kirby Chamblis', who's wife Kelli is a pilot at Eloy. Anyone who saw Mike fly at Perris knows how cool Zivkos are. MDS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #2 December 24, 2003 Damn Good Picture! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #3 December 24, 2003 WICKED!!!!__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #4 December 24, 2003 Once my girlfriend gets her commercial license, I'm going to see if she'll try flying one of THOSE...after the prerequisite 35 hours of training, of course. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #5 December 24, 2003 NOICE!! I've flown the 540 a few times.....sweet airplane! Unlimited Class is an understatement for that airplane. I taught a guy to fly aerobatics many years ago in a Pitts S2B and an Extra 300, and a couple years ago he bought a 540. I ran into him at OshKosh, and he told me about his plane. I joked about taking it for a "spin", and he handed me the key. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FeMike 0 #6 December 24, 2003 Who's Edge did you fly? I flew one once. Mike's is for sale.....My favorite acro mount is the Sukhoi 31. I have about 1200 hours in the Pitts and it does great knife edge and looks cool but nothing beats the Sukhoi....Even the Edge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bshl 0 #7 December 24, 2003 I'd settle for being able to afford the paint job. Blue skies and happy landings! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdgregory 0 #8 December 24, 2003 One word for that Picture Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #9 December 24, 2003 I want one.....Scratch that I NEED one. I have told folks several times that if I had a good Acro plane I could easily quit jumping. I have time in Decathalons, Citabrias some time in a Great Lakes...But nothing in something like that. I have toyed with the idea of renting a Pitts or and Edge....Now Im thinking about it again. DAMN YOU ALL!!!"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #10 December 24, 2003 A few years back, Mike Mangold took me up for a half-hour's worth of aerobatics in his Pitts S2. He talked me through all the usual stalls and spins (both upright and inverted) inside and outside loops etc. Sure the Pitts did all the same moves as a Cessna 150 Aerobat, just a lot QUICKER! That is the only time I have ever seen stars while flying an airplane. Mike helped me overcome my fear of aerobatics. Now I just need a spare lotto ticket to get good at it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
