Shout out to @gofullturbo and @erle235 for helping transport my (live) body down to central Washington to retrieve our truck. It wasn’t the most pleasant weather, hanging out in the white room getting jostled around at record ground speeds due to a stiff headwind (~40 knots at 4,000’), but it was fun nonetheless. The drive home was… something I’m thankful I don’t do very often. Pic is of the Extra while juggling gear around at the hangar…
Taxiing out with my daughter for her first flight in the Chipmunk (113-151). Yes, her hair was purple. When I asked her what she wanted to see on the flight she said clouds. Was a perfect day for it. Moist stable air, thin layers, blue bird above… chased our shadow around, crashed into it a few times, rainbow around the shadow the whole time (Brocken spectre). Successful mission.
The building was a part of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and was used to monitor Soviet communications during the Cold War. I’m guessing the environmental remediation bill would be such that it will get left alone for quite a while… interesting bit of history though.
Flight in the Cap10 today. A few circuits confirmed that the recent gear work has improved the ground handling by a lot (I was definitely wondering what normal was…). Went out to work on hammers which I hadn’t quite sorted out given limited time trying; even got a few to go OK to the right. Cap10’s are great airplanes. Photo @abishek_nair
Meet a team member !
Pilot: Christian Baxter
👉Province: British Columbia
👉Aircraft type: Extra 330SC
👉Started aerobatics in a : 7ECA Citabria
The challenge of experiencing aerobatics at the absolute highest level is what motivates this BC-based member of Team Canada. Having experienced his first CIVA competition in 2023 as a member of the Canadian Advanced Aerobatic Team, Christian looks forward to pushing himself even further as he takes on his first World Aerobatic Championship.
From Christian : “ I’m looking forward to another world level contest. The people, the format, the atmosphere, all of it. Let’s Go!!
We have all been there because it is a part of competition aerobatics. After a long day of waiting, and the weather not improving, the contest gets called and the airplanes go back to the hangar. From the picture here you can probably tell it was due to wildfire smoke. I feel like I have flown my share of contests in poor visibility where you can’t see the horizons at all, just a cone of ground that extends a little way beyond the box markers. It definitely is a challenge. Tailslides… you just hope you get lucky…
As @gofullturbo and @fraserbrittonphoto with @thegetawayfilms mess with camera set ups we also try out different ways to enter and exit a shot… was a test day and the light wasn’t ideal but @gofullturbo pulled a fun clip out of it. Always fun.
