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Thread: [Acro] Fw: Re: Pitts Landings
Message: [Acro] Fw: Re: Pitts Landings
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From: "Chris Burns" <cjburns1 at optushome.com.au>
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 01:11:53 UTC
About 15yrs ago a guy used to water ski a Pitts S2A across Hong Kong harbour then one day he hit a piece of floating wood. He never did it again. Chris Burns ----- Original Message ----- From: "Easy Monney" <noflytoolow at hotmail.com> To: <randall.a.lupien at intel.com>; <acro at gf24.de> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 11:06 PM Subject: [Acro] Re: Pitts Landings > Before you start talking about how cool it is to water ski an airplane you > should ask to see the video of Kirby's waterskiing in China last year. We > are lucky to have one of our best pilots still with us. > He totally lost his Edge 540 and almost his life when something went wrong. > I have heard that a possible malfunction may have caused it incident, but > the same malfunction may not have been a problem if there had been distance > between the wheels and terra semi firma. > EM > > > >From: "Lupien, Randall A" <randall.a.lupien at intel.com> > >To: "'AcroList'" <acro at gf24.de> > >Subject: [Acro] Re: Pitts Landings > >Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:46:09 -0700 > > > >I have some video of Kirby Chambliss performing the water ski thing with a > >Pitts S1. Very cool! > > > >T..... > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Charles Graves [mailto:cgraves at secor.com] > >Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 10:37 AM > >To: jeffery at texas.net; acro list (E-mail) > >Subject: [Acro] Re: Pitts Landings > > > > > >[Water skiing a Pitts?] I believe that pic was taken out at Firebird lake > >( at > >Firebird Raceway) here in Phoenix. > >It is a man made lake used for drag race boats. This was many years ago if > >I recall. (don't know the exact date) > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: jeffery at texas.net [mailto:jeffery at texas.net] > >Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:13 AM > >To: petera at nortelnetworks.com; acro at gf24.de > >Subject: [Acro] Re: Pitts Landings > > > > > >Water skiing a Pitts? Hmm.... Probably shouldn't try this at home. So, > >what's next? How about flying around the main cavern room at Carlsbad > >Caverns? Actually, I probably shouldn't give anybody any ideas. > > > >Jeffery Poehlmann > > > > > > > > Its probably the one time when a flimsy S-2 Canopy was a god-send. They > >come > > > off if you just look at them wrong! Can't imagine getting out of an S-1 > > > upside down in the water. > > > > > > Speaking of water landings, you guys seen that picture of Kirby water > >skiing > > > an S1 near a beach, check this out. I would not have believed it. > > > > > > http://www.aviators-studio.com/int/photos/chambliss.htm > > > <http://www.aviators-studio.com/int/photos/chambliss.htm> > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Virginia M. Jacobson [SMTP:virginia at odysseypub.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:27 PM > > > To: acro at gf24.de > > > Subject: [Acro] Re: Pitts Landings > > > > > > No disrespect intended. > > > > > > I thought that it had a happy ending in that both parties walked > > > away unharmed. I too would still like to hear about it if Bill cares to > > > share it with us. > > > > > > Virginia Jacobson > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: DSowder at aol.com <mailto:DSowder at aol.com> > > > To: virginia at odysseypub.com <mailto:virginia at odysseypub.com> ; > > > acro at gf24.de <mailto:acro at gf24.de> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:24 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Acro] Re: Pitts Landings > > > > > > In a message dated 5/30/02 5:13:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > > virginia at odysseypub.com <mailto:virginia at odysseypub.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I for one still would love to hear Sub Mariner Finigan's > > > story. I'm still in for a good laugh. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm afraid that Finigan's story may be more of a tear jerker. But > > > I'd like to know why his Pitts flamed out. > > > > > > Doug Sowder > > > > > > re youe > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. >