Flying Acrobatic Stunts - cockpit view ... good pilot!

[Penderic]

Great flight video of Svetlana Kapanina performing at Sochi Olympics 2014 with an Extra 330 LC RA-1568

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8d9_1434844777

[HardAspie]

Wonderful!

[HardAspie]

Another good pilot:

Joe Horta and Sukhoi 31M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek9-UCQZZD4

[Murray]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImW8Kydqtc4

Motors are for wimps! :P

[MG McANICK]

Motors are for wimps! :P

Of course Murray, you have to understand that that sailplane was designed to be flown without an engine.  Aerobatics, done correctly, do not put undue negative "G" stress on an airframe.

Now THIS is impressive. A cabin class twin engine plane  was not meant to be flown like that. 

Bob Hoover has been called "the pilot's pilot" among other things.  It was not his turn to fly the Bell X1 (I think that's the model number) the first time Chuck Jaeger took it past the sound barrier, or Hoover might have been the first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhkmY3rELeY Wait until about half way through.

Bob Hoover has retired from flying.  At one point his license was revoked under (apparently) misguided suspicions of the Federal Aviation Administration, so he got an Australian license,  but by now he's given up.  Rumor has it that alzheimer's disease has taken its toll.  I saw him do his routine three times over the years.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hoover

As for the Russian aerobatic champion,  the cockpit pictures would have become quite blurry if I'd been up there with her without a sick-sack, and I've flown hundreds of hours as PIC.   

[Chuck in Indiana]

Of course Murray, you have to understand that that sailplane was designed to be flown without an engine.  Aerobatics, done correctly, do not put undue negative "G" stress on an airframe.

Now THIS is impressive. A cabin class twin engine plane  was not meant to be flown like that. 

Bob Hoover has been called "the pilot's pilot" among other things.  It was not his turn to fly the Bell X1 (I think that's the model number) the first time Chuck Jaeger took it past the sound barrier, or Hoover might have been the first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhkmY3rELeY Wait until about half way through.

Bob Hoover has retired from flying.  At one point his license was revoked under (apparently) misguided suspicions of the Federal Aviation Administration, so he got an Australian license,  but by now he's given up.  Rumor has it that alzheimer's disease has taken its toll.  I saw him do his routine three times over the years.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hoover

As for the Russian aerobatic champion,  the cockpit pictures would have become quite blurry if I'd been up there with her without a sick-sack, and I've flown hundreds of hours as PIC.

I don't normally even look up when there is an air show going on, but Bob Hoover was worth watching. Quite a character, too. Probably the best pilot this country has ever produced.

[twhitaker]

I saw Bob in the early 80s where he got in the Grumman after doing a show in the 51. WOW!

[Bill N]

Her coolness was impressive. She seems immune to G forces. Watching the video wore me out. 
Bill

[cloudbase]

Motors are for wimps! :P

Damn right.  The propeller is only there to keep the pilot cool, since they really begin to sweat when it stops turning during flight.

[Murray]

Bob Hoover has retired from flying.  At one point his license was revoked under (apparently) misguided suspicions of the Federal Aviation Administration, so he got an Australian license,  but by now he's given up.  Rumor has it that alzheimer's disease has taken its toll.  I saw him do his routine three times over the years.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hoover

I saw his routine at the Avalon Airshow in the late 90's.