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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


Message:

  


----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.
 >
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