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Lusting after a Pitts Special

mules83

getting salty...
pilot
gatordev said:
Mules, Mules, Mules. Now that you've been selected, I can't let this slide again. We're not a bunch of tight-wearing pole riders (well, maybe the O-4s...). It's AERObatics, not acrobatics!!!


nice nice words in the beginning there.

and roger that, wont happen again
 

phrogdriver

More humble than you would understand
pilot
Super Moderator
The CH-46E NATOPS chapter 4 used to have "acrobatics" listed under Ch 4 prohibited manuevers. I always thought, "Okay, we'll do some loops and wingovers, but you guys in back--no somersaults or cartwheels, got it?"
 

McNamara

Copilot, actually.
pilot
mules83 said:
Also with noise, you better find legal parts of the sky to do it in. If a person calls to complain about you being upside down high over their house and the FAA finds a victor airway also goes over the house, you are in deep poo poo.

Yep, gotta stay at least 4 miles from the center of any airways (FAR 91.303[d]). Hopefully I'll be living near some open airspace or an aerobatic box when I get that plane. I understand what you're saying about noise complaints and pissing off your 'benefactors;' that would be another benefit of owning vs. renting.

I flew in a friend's SNJ-5 Texan and the prop tips sometimes went supersonic. It was VERY audible! I believe it's got a bigger prop than the Pitt's, but I don't know how the RPM compares.
 
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