The scariest part of my aerobatic flight over Oshkosh at AirVenture 2017 was undoubtedly the moment that Team Oracle’s Cameron Jaxheimer offered me the controls and guided me through a barrel roll. It was probably more thrilling than terrifying, but it was still a tense moment, because in addition to repeatedly telling myself, “Don’t puke all over this nice pilot’s plane,” I had to add, “And don’t lose control because you vomited upside down.” I was reminded of this while watching Flight Chops, AKA Steve Steve Thorne, take his first inverted flying lesson.
Flight Chops: Flying Inverted without Losing Your Lunch
Key Takeaways:
- The author describes a thrilling yet tense barrel roll during an aerobatic flight, highlighting fears of nausea and losing control while inverted.
- Flight Chops (Steve Thorne) also experienced an intense first inverted flying lesson in a Pitts S2B, admitting he almost vomited.
- Both accounts emphasize the challenging and potentially nauseating nature of inverted aerobatic flight.
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