Air Show at WaterColor - video added

[Matt J]

That had to be intentional!

I only asked since they would go vertical at points and the engine would die. I know planes stall at certain points and can be restarted (the older ones) so I wasn't sure. SC just did a drive by posting and didn't answer the question.

Don't make me have to wiki for an hour!

 

[Smiling JOe]

The pilots were doing this kind of flying, right over the Gulf, maybe in front of Seaside. (Caution -- there is a cuss word on the video.) --->>>clicky

YouTube - Ethanol stunt plane, outragous stunts! Prairie air show 2006

 

[Matt J]

I'm no expert, but that seems REALLY stupid with waves involved.

 

[Smiling JOe]

wrong video. Try it again.

 

[Matt J]

Now it won't play.

 

[TreeFrog]

Acrobatics over Grayon?

About 5:30 this afternoon I could hear an airplane performing acrobatics. Once or twice, I saw it climbing, and from my place near Eastern Lake, it looked like the plane was maybe just past Seaside.

Got in the car and drove down there, but the plane was gone.

Anybody see or know anything?

 

[Smiling JOe]

Something is acting screwy. search google videos for "Ethanol stunt plane, outragous stunts! Prairie air show 2006"

 

[Will B]

I only asked since they would go vertical at points and the engine would die. I know planes stall at certain points and can be restarted (the older ones) so I wasn't sure. SC just did a drive by posting and didn't answer the question.

Don't make me have to wiki for an hour!

I'm back...
Without seeing the moves this is just speculation. If the plane is riding the engine going vertical, they will pull the throttle all the way back when they head back downhill. They do it for two reasons...overspeeding the airframe and overspeeding the engine. This is standard stuff. I could get all technical on you all and go into the difference between constant speed and fixed pitch props but won't. Just know that they mean to do it, and nothing bad will come of it!

The older airplanes that you may be mentioning are aircraft like Stearmen and Wacos. They have a gravity feed fuel system that isn't made to go upside down. You will actually hear the engine starve for fuel when they roll inverted, but it will start back up by itself when the airplane is righted. Again...normal stuff

 

[Smiling JOe]

just checked my videos of the stunts, and as suspected, I was too far away, so the vid is no good.

 

[Truffle Anne]

I see those guys about every weekend! They're terrific. They were flying over Okaloosa Isl and the FWB sound last weekend so low that I'm surprised there weren't wrecks. I've often seen them over the coast along SoWal when I beachwalk on Sunday mornings, although I haven't been there the last couple weeks. Wish I could let them know they're appreciated!