Come Fly With Me by bmac62

Photography • Aviation • posted on Oct 05, 2008

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Well, not with me...but with Sean D. Tucker in Team Oracle's Challenger-II. This professional aerobatic pilot and his plane are very, very special. Sky Bites Sean has logged over 20,000 hours flying, which if done all at once, would take over two years, 24 hours a day. During media photo flights, Sean will fly upright and inverted within 5 feet of the support plane carrying photographers. Twice during the performance, Sean will fly the aircraft backwards, straight-down, tail-first at more than 100 mph. Over half of Sean's maneuvers are original and have never been duplicated by another aerobatic pilot. Sean is the world's only pilot to perform a triple ribbon cut. He flies through the ribbons at 220 mph in right knife-edge for the first ribbon, then left knife-edge and finally inverted. The ribbons are only 25 feet off of the ground and 750 feet between each set. Sean has a revolutionary set of wings that use 8 ailerons instead of 4. The tail on Sean's airplane is modeled after the tail used on high-performance remote control airplanes. Sean D. Tucker is the only civilian performer ever to be allowed to fly close formation with the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds. Quite a showman! Saw him at Kansas City, August 24, 2008. Takes your breath away. Challenger-II is rated at over 400hp and weighs a scant 1200 pounds. Bill

Comments (20)

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kansas

6:35AM | Sun, 05 October 2008

Amazing! Wish I could have seen him fly.

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neiwil

8:11AM | Sun, 05 October 2008

Wow, sounds like a real crowd pleaser.Would love to see this guy fly, and sounds like an amazing plane but I guess it would have to be.Big thanks for this one Bill.

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ariaans

9:17AM | Sun, 05 October 2008

Love the trail of smoke and the shiny clean model!! Wonderful shot!! :)

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Alz2008

9:51AM | Sun, 05 October 2008

Wonderful capture Bill, excellent well done..

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gypsyflame

9:54AM | Sun, 05 October 2008

I've always been fascinated with planes and love to watch a good air show but I've never flown, too afraid....this one looks amazing...thank you for sharing!

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debbielove

10:36AM | Sun, 05 October 2008

Ah! The famous Pitts Special. Outstanding aerobatic aircraft and sounds like, outstanding aerobatic pilot too! Great shot, my friend, well caught too! Rob

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