Auto accidents, Car accidents, Truck accidents, Motorcycle accidents are all happening around us. We try to drive our vehicles as carefully as possible but it is always the other drivers' that we have to worry about - right?
How else can we cope with the potential of an accident. Being aware of everything around you when you drive and not be distracted by cell phones, dvd players, gps systems etc. Of, course its easy for me to say all of this, but you know that what I'm writing is true.
Get rid of the distraction and the concentratoin is more on driving, and then being able to deal more speedily with the other driver's bad driving.
Higher res vid at www.8kcab.com. Goofing around in a Pitts and RV4 one weekend. Formation and fighter trail. A bumpy Santa Ana day. A bit of an airborne ghost rider. Some formation aerobatics and some aerobatic tail chases. RV4 PIC Frank Britton. PIC Pitts Niccolai Murphy
Second in a series of formation aerobatic videos. Higher res vid at www.8kcab.com. More aerobatic formation flying and dog fighting in a Pitts and RV4. Formation aerobatics and fighter trail. A bit of an airborne ghost rider. RV PIC Frank Britton. Pitts PIC Niccolai Murphy. Music by, ERA - The Champions, ERA - Enae Volare and Ray Manzarek - O Fortuna.
More to the aerobatics collection, Trying out a new camera setup. Meant modifying the formation to fly further back than usual.
Taken from a Van's RV4.
Loops rolls and clovers.
Some aerobatic formation including tail chase and dog fight clips. Some air to air clips of solo aerobatics including a spin in an RV4. Music is the tune Jessica by the Allman Brothers, that I first heard a long time ago as the signature tune for the TV show Top Gear.
The DR107 One Design prototype was powered by a 150 hp Lycoming IO320. The aircraft is very aerobatic and was designed by Dan Rihn. It is about the same size as a Pitts Special and handles similarly to a Sukhoi or Extra. It is home built from plans. Most current DR107's are powered by IO360's modified to produce 200 to 230 hp.
Higher res vid at www.8kcab.com. Goofing around in a Pitts Special S-1T, testing a helmet cam for the first time. Some tumbling aerobatics followed by the intermediate known IAC aerobatic sequence.
Higher res vid at www.8kcab.com. Third in a series, joined by a second Pitts. Formation and a canyon run like Star Wars. Some formation aerobatics and some aerobatic tail chases. RV4 PIC Frank Britton. PIC Pitts S-2C Rory Moore. PIC Pitts S-1T Niccolai Murphy. MUSIC: Ennio Morricone: The Ecstasy of Gold from the movie "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
