On Thursday 19 April 2007 08:53, Hal V. Engel wrote: > On Wednesday 18 April 2007 23:27, Dene wrote: > > Hi all, > > This was circulating at work and thought it might have group interest; > > http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/airshow05/riat05/partone/curtis.jpg > > > > That would be a challenge to model in AI... > > > > Cheers > > Dene > > NZWN > > I have actually seen this particular air show act at the Reno National Air > Races and these photo are an accurate reflection of what I have seen in > person. He really does fly inverted under those ribbons. Also the ribbon > connecting the poles is designed to to be easily broken or cut. So he > first makes an inverted pass under the ribbons and then makes a second > inverted pass slightly over the ribbons but close enough to cut them with > his rudder. A very impressive demonstration of flying skill. > > Hal
I have not looked through my own photo collection but I may actually have a very similar photo of this same aircraft doing the same maneuver. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
