Taildragger in space!

http://www.break.com/index/james-may-ri ... plane.html

I hope this isn't a repost.

That was awesome. I wonder how James won out on that one? You'd think they'd want Richard because he's so tiny.

Would have been cool if Vick had given the ride.

Some people have all the fun. Spectacular!

The whole, hour-long episode comes on BBC-America this Tuesday night.

nkh

1SeventyZ wrote:That was awesome. I wonder how James won out on that one? You'd think they'd want Richard because he's so tiny.

Would have been cool if Vick had given the ride.

I missed out on giving the ride but I was there the week they filmed. I did get to spend some time in the squadron bar talking GA with James - he has a Citabria that he's been cutting his teeth on tailwheel ops with. He admitted that it had scared the crap out of him a few times but he was slowly getting the hang of it. The guy he flew with, Cabby, is an avid Cub pilot too.

BBC didn't set out to make a U-2 specific show originally - their visit was to get material that would be a part of a show on moon landings. They ended up getting so much good footage though they decided to break it up into two separate pieces - so keep an eye out for both.