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Thread: [Acro] Fwd: RE: Barnstormer questions
Message: [Acro] Fwd: RE: Barnstormer questions
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From: "Doug Carter" <douglcarter at hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 21:28:50 UTC
----Original Message Follows---- From: "Michael Angiulo" <mikeang at microsoft.com> To: "Allyson Parker-Lauck" <princess70 at earthlink.net>, "Hans VanAmsterdam" <hans_pitts at yahoo.co.uk>, "acro" <acro at gf24.de> Subject: [Acro] RE: Barnstormer questions Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:37:25 -0800 Wow - on the pitts I'm building that handhold is just a piece of laminated wood (similar to the wingtip bows). Is it something stronger on the 2 seaters? I can't imagine the mess it would cause if that thing broke under the weight of a hanging jumper! -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Allyson Parker-Lauck [mailto:princess70 at earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 9:27 AM To: Hans VanAmsterdam; acro Subject: [Acro] RE: Barnstormer questions Hans, Go to this website: http://www.isd.net/chapter78/coolpix.htm The picture and story behind it are posted there. Allyson Parker-Lauck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Lo" <jlo at pacbell.net> To: "Hans VanAmsterdam" <hans_pitts at yahoo.co.uk>; "acro" <acro at gf24.de> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: [Acro] RE: Barnstormer questions > Yes, people actually do this. When my sister was still skydiving, she > jumped from a Pitts. I'll have to ask her exactly what the procedure > was, but it involved hanging from the handhold on the trailing edge of > the top wing for a photo before letting go and pulling her chute. > > Jeff Lo > jlo at pacbell.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans VanAmsterdam [mailto:hans_pitts at yahoo.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 8:27 AM > To: acro > Subject: [Acro] Barnstormer questions > > > On Guenther's web site I found the incredible picture > of a para hanging from an inverted S2A. > > http://acro.aerobatics.ws/images/jumping_s2a_640x455.jpg > > I would guess that this is a photo trick but some > people > do actually incredible things. Anybody knows the truth > behind this pic? > > In my corner of the world Pitts are rather rare and my > fellow pilots complain bitterly about the one-seat arrangement of my > S1S. I generally joke that there is plenty of power on board and that > they can hang on the cabane struts and ride on the step. (A bit like > riding the bus in some parts of the world.) > > In the mean while I am wondering if any barnstormer / > airshow pilot has actually done this in the past. > > Don't worry, I am just curious. I am not going to do > this myself. > > Furthermore I would like to thank everybody for the interesting > information that you put this year on this list with special thanks > for the answers to my questions. > > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, > > Hans. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
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