A Short History of Aerobatics: Part II

NO OCR TEXT ________ L Right WACO Taperwing aerobatic biplane Golden Age NO OCR TEXT flying lessons Home airborne hobos generally bindle spread under wing night living wherever could hustle up enough marks raise food gas money Aerobatics came along ride sort shill arrival over selected town standard gimmick flying gypsies would series loops rolls spins draw crowd worked well sometimes point onlookers shooed whatever passed runway Unfortunately crowds attracted stunts didnt always buy airplane rides Barnstorming daring romantic showy lot safer flying mail routes hardly economic success under dew-covered wing ground gets hard after gypsy pilots simply decided settle down set up shop spot providing air service single communitywhich term FBO came Fixed-Base Operator An independent few persevered still looking easy way make hard living flying airplanes Flying circuses answer beginning barnstorming mostly team occupation simply because nearly impossible person flying work crowd collect money simultaneously flying gypsies simply began banding together larger groups gypsies traditionally have done first traveling air shows appeared complete front men tickets other dodges borrowed another uniquely American institution roadshow carnival new shows rides lessons no longer main attraction public proved willing pay scary thrilling experience flight spectators participants call spectacular deering-do nearly impossible deadly stunt appeared better new era display aerobatics hand Wing-walking air-to-air transfers parachutists window dressing aerobatics stock-in-trade early air shows New maneuvers began appearing almost weekly pilots competed reputations bigger share public wallet Point Hesitation Rolls first big fat fuselages gave underpowered biplanes day good knife-edge performance Compound maneuvers such Avalanche followed rapidly quest reputations bigger paydays can top atmosphere led quickly establishment actual acrobatic competitions private cups trophies aerobatics established middle 1920s mid-1920s debris war given way measure prosperity Europe along air racing aerobatics again becoming popular aeronautical diversion American-style airshows wellattended European talent structure bureaucratic order soon asserted itself elaborate competition framework established including formal maneuver schedules methods scoring judging standardsleading first effort aerobatic World Championships held Paris 1934 America still land creatively free rigorous European approach slow catch 1932 Does Club Have Flying Site Success Story Model Aviation wants hear about Finding keeping flying sites paramount issue facing Academy its members today Just stories clubs losing flying sites being unable find flying fields success stories abound well vital success stories shared others may lea apply sound methods findiAg keeping flying sites club can assist others similar situations submitting article Model Aviation meets guidelines listed below Text should exceed 1500 words Electronic text 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competition pilots Gerhard Fiesler later Fiesler Storch fame also first develop inverted oil fuel systems leading real conquest inverted flight Adolphe Pegouds stretched loop 1913 notwithstanding Doolittle beaten him Outside Loop few weeks 1929 Gerhard put own stamp future aerobatics inventing Rolling Circle thereby making life miserable generations young aerobats come struggled learn Gerhard won first World Championships 1934 remained active aerobatics well 1990s Gerhards career along Jimmy Doolittle Chuck Yeager Bob Hoover proves indeed few old bold pilots Late Roaring Twenties first military flight demonstration teams formed response repeated requests larger air show promoters military participation modern concept 38 Model Aviation 4ETAH42 Inifodif cngapssycaf I, ciIin powed SpinMaster aluminum spinner cones prop nuts available through manufacturer product precision made quality light weight performance made USA money back guarantee competitive prices cant go wrong owning SpinMaster 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Florida Len Povey famous American barnstormer almost wellknown quick wit promotional abilities considerable aerobatic skills early 30s Cuban military brass looking someone advise train new Cuban Air Force Len quickly talked himself job After down awhile decided should take fledgling air forces new Curtiss Hawk biplanes show Miami compete Freddie Lund Trophy combination publicity recruiting stunt performing trophy decided triple Avalanche three snaps top loop top loop Len saw carrying way too much entry speed snap rode over top coming down back side did half-roll pulled another loop again half-rolling back side before pulling out new maneuver minor sensation Povey asked assembled press just exactly what done offhandedly remarked merely Cuban eight Bigger better faster stronger remained rule day right up World War II things aeronautical THE BATTERY TOOL field box tool 4-9 cell battery packs Use voltmeter loaded voltmeter check packs charge Use discharge pack read its capacity Unit 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depending Czech talk Regardless exact translation new maneuver blew assembled aerobatic community away first gyroscopic maneuver done arguably remains spectacular Gyroscopic maneuvers maneuvers take full partial advantage gyroscopic precession generated spinning propeller pilot usually applies controls such fashion maximize force basically becomes spectator until energy tumble dissipates time recover aircraft classic Lomcevak entered 450 up line cruise speed below full throttle applied begin maneuver full right rudder applied held simultaneously full left aileron full down elevator response varies considerably aircraft aircraft usual result graceful end-for-end tumble three control axes finishing aircraft inverted spin first postwar modern-format World Championships first sanctioned FAI held Czechoslovakia 1960 lone American participatedFrank Price funded himself out own pocket 1962 American competition aerobatics got big boost Aerobatic Club America later superseded IAC organized held first official US National Aerobatic Championships held Phoenix Arizona won legendary Duane Cole helped organize event America sent its first teama threeman crew consisting Duane Cole Lindsey Parsons Rod Jocelynto 1962 World Championships Budapest Hungary Lindsey Parsons placed very respectable fifth outmatched underpowered Great Lakes biplane beating considerable number hot Zlin Yak monoplanes American teams have fixture have among top competitors World Championships since 40 Model Aviation CLEVELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO P0 Box 55962AA Indianapolis IN 46205-0962 4lI Ll~Phone 317 257-7878 Fax 317 257-7877 MODEL ENGINEERS SINCE 1919 Choose Over 1100 Plans Over 100 Aircraft Manufacturers Represented Five Aviation Eras Spanned Seven Scales Available 48-page Catalog- $500 $800 Foreign h ojui c-tE CKF VcYLTAr5E ONDMER W HSF AIRPLANE VERSION $3995 HELICOPTER VERSION $4495 Spoly JR Frb Ak d 1, odo~g 4ppg & hMbg 6kq.3&J 4 Products 6924 F 92dTuIsa OK 133-5318 F 918 492-9333 next major development formal aerobatics introduction Aresti aerobatic shorthand scoring system contribution flamboyant Spanish acrobatic aristocrat Count Jose Louis Aresti Reportedly Count started out merely scribbling line diagrams sequence taping instrument panel reminders could actually read pulling six seven Go Known merely Sistema Aresti notation first used formally FAI World Championships 1964 Aresti notation eventually evolved FAI Aerobatic Catalog todays undisputed last word aerobatic figures families Aresti notation final key worldwide standardization evaluation formal aerobatic flight AMA Competition Regulations includes examples Aresti notation necessitythe AMA Scale Aerobatics events based Informal aerobatic flight practiced air shows freestyle events continued continues resist attempts standardization attempts description As result progression aerobatics postwar era has continued along same dual track before war geometric precision rigorous competition approach hand spectacular less-defined air show approach other difference former separation continent has disappeared both forms aerobatics now flown enjoyed over world Around 1972 American world aerobatic champion well-known air show pilot Charlie Hillard invented Torque Roll basically consists entering what looks like Tail Slide hanging aircraft prop initiating continuous roll left right-turning propeller engine torque keeps roll going until aircraft begins slide back whereupon aileron August 1999 41 LUE FLAME 3LASTER 5 Ducted-Fan powered 30 watt motor 2 ozthruat assembled tested Injection molded [Y Blue Flame Blaster SkH$2095 Complete free-flight system pack #2 includIng 4s27OmAil j flNICd batteries III 5 Pea eaod$350peSOgeha n aye ae immediately reversed because direction flight now reversed keep left roll going Recovery accomplished closing throttle finishing Tail Slide Zwilbelrurm Spiral Tower invented 1974 Swiss European champion Eric Muller right roll vertical up line tumble begun resembles inverted ascending spin controls reversed accomplish transition upright flat spin aircraft reaches apogee starts descend mid-1970s heavier aircraft powerful engines inertia precessive force lit explosion tumbling maneuvers continues present day variations apparently endless much people have either given up naming simply cant remember what just did because brain-scrambling effects high-G demise Lockheed Trophy rise formally judged competitions primary focus competition aerobatics shifted back European prewar emphasis flying standardized figures geometric precision competitive paradigm shift excluded gyroscopic figures such 42 Model Aviation 3SI IDont wait longer experience awesome thrill paintin sky SLiPERDRII wI SUPEfrIJRI AVLATION SMOKE OIL 0 lbs plernklnl sooke ok 10 OodOlOOO Mw ,o tsnonokeFOUR COW/EMENT UNITSI 1QM01200 3 I SUPER S500As II 00 tfronthebM AskOsos C. 4 I01 Js00$4000 Oso oon UnOowo Stevo StAske Ask 0005110 Stfl,feotorers hoe AMP old TMEP SOM$5000 OmSO5M .52000 IiI Lomcevak since aircraft pilot response varies much establishing precise judging standards tumbling maneuvers impossible Simply describing some figures Aresti notation impossible However gyroscopic tumbles Torque Rolls far too popular competition pilots spectators simply discarded relegated noncompetitive venues became centerpiece modern Four-Minute Freestyle event judged standards similar used Lockheed Trophy remain cutting edge aerobatics todays pioneers may still discover new forms aerobatic flight aeromodeling has taken much fullscale aerobatics may now process giving something back full-scale competition air show pilots have participated performers judges well-known Tournament Champions Las Vegas have come away entranced impressed inventiveness displayed pilots during Four-Minute Free safe assume spectacular 3-D bC moves possible full-scale piloted aircraft will coming soon air show near youdown low show center smoke st 1999 43 rBe Flag waver! gzeS per ezL 4OO fOL a44pa COICLO & C0L CkoAt - wm ajar decals 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