Here's how I got to spend my weekend in San Diego. This was purely "point-and-pray" video on my part, but it gave me some fun ideas for the next time!



Music: M83, "We Own the Sky"

RanchPilot wrote:Here's how I got to spend my weekend in San Diego. This was purely "point-and-pray" video on my part, but it gave me some fun ideas for the next time!

Music: M83, "We Own the Sky"

Awesome! Formation flying with other well-trained pilots is one of my favorite things to do with an airplane. Anyone can pull 6G's instantaneously, but the nuances of formation in tight while maneuvering take a hell of a lot more situational awareness, depth perception and fine-motor skill than any other type of flying I've ever done. The Red Star Pilots Association puts on fantastic formation clinics all over the place every year.

The Nanchangs and Yaks are surprisingly good airplanes, too. It's funny to me that the Chinese took a good Yak and made it into an even better airplane in the Nanchang, though. My buddy's CJ6 lost 180 POUNDS of weight when he ripped out all the Chinese radio equipment (vacuum tube stuff!) and switched over to western radios and Dynon Skyviews! Now he gets the same vertical performance with TWO people that he used to get when flying solo.

Yes! The Nanchang is on my short-list of dream airplanes.

Nice video Darin! Looks like you had a great time with your pops. Its good to have friends with cool toys too!!

hey Ranchpilot.

I sent you a PM a few weeks back and wanted to make sure you saw it...

Marc

Beautiful planes, that had to be a hoot to experience.