RV8 aerobatics practice session 16 June 2026

I originally started learning aerobatics partly to see if I was up to it, and partly because it would make me a more accomplished pilot. I never intended to go in for competitions or to fly any of the more extreme manoeuvres. But the ability to control the aircraft properly and guide it through a flowing series of moves has become a real pleasure and for me epitomises the beauty of flight: approaching the effortless mastery of the sky you see in so many soaring birds. So: I guess I have the bug and I'm starting to push a little harder to perfect the basic moves, greatly helped by my friend and mentor Clive, who is not only vastly experienced, buy dearly loves aerobatics...