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Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:16 pm

Great Video and if you ever get the honor to ride with Nelson, you will always remember it :D

Thanks Nelson...

Lynn

Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:17 pm

Wow! :shock: What a ride! :D

I'd love to see that video in high-res full-screen!

Very cool! 8)

Dean the impressed

Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:22 pm

Thank you for the link! An excellent video - it really shows the pure enjoyment in flying these aircraft. It looks like it flies like an airplane should fly.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:54 pm

VERRRY NICE. BUT...I wanna' know who the midget running the camera was.
I know how much room there ISN'T behind the pilot.

Mudge the large :oops:

too bad they put muzik in the video...

Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:04 am

..the sound from the cockpit of that is VERY SWEET...yes I do personally know cauze i have been there---in that plane---with lefty flying it.

Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:15 am

Short sleeves and no helmet. Just like the good ole days...

I hope the Feds don't see that video. Low-level acro with a passenger is a big no-no these days.

Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:01 am

DB2 wrote:Short sleeves and no helmet. Just like the good ole days...

I hope the Feds don't see that video. Low-level acro with a passenger is a big no-no these days.


Breckenridge has an aerobatic box....

Lynn

Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:11 am

DB2 wrote:Low-level acro with a passenger is a big no-no these days.
What do you mean by that? Illegal, ill advised or 'pollitically incorrect'? I am not US based so simply curious about your statement.

Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am

Regardless of whether or not there is a hot aerobatic box, I believe you have to file a form (7711?) with the FSDO, and have it approved, each time you wish to fly aerobatics below 1500 AGL with a passenger.

Does everyone do that all the time? No way. But if some Fed with a a stick up his tushy sees that video, he could bring the hammer down on Nelson (re: Bob Hoover).

I believe on AvWeb or some other news outlet recently there was an article about the FAA bringing action against a pilot based on a video posted on the internet.

All that said it is a great video!

Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:45 am

Umm, not being able to see the altimeter, I note that all of the aerobatics were done after a several second steep climb, more than enough to climb through 1500' AGL.

Also, I doubt the FAA would take action against Nelson unless they had reliable proof that he'd violated the FARs, especially after the Hoover fiasco which made them look like a bunch of vindictive little children (like most of their other actions recently haven't...).

Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:43 pm

DB2 wrote:Regardless of whether or not there is a hot aerobatic box, I believe you have to file a form (7711?) with the FSDO, and have it approved, each time you wish to fly aerobatics below 1500 AGL with a passenger.
Wow - something we can do with fewer restrictions here in the UK, thats a rare thing!
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