Barrel Rolling A Cessna
Check out this 30 second video clip of a pilot barrel rolling is Cessna. He might be new at doing this, because he seems really excited to do it and even more excited after he pulled it off. I am not sure of the risks involved with barrel rolling your Cessna, but it does look fun!
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4 Responses to “Barrel Rolling A Cessna”
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Jess Sightler Says:
August 10th, 2007 at 9:50 pmOk, it is official. That guy is crazy.
Why would someone do this in a non-aerobatic airplane?
Did you see the baron crash just recently from pulling this kind of junk in a twin?
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Garry Says:
August 10th, 2007 at 10:08 pmHey Jess,
I am not a pilot, but I have always thought that you weren’t supposed to fly a Cessna like that…
http://www.airplaneblog.com/weekend-fun-with-a-cessna-172.html
has another video of the same. Fun to watch, but I can see how this could create controversy… its one thing for the pilot to risk his life, but I guess many could say that its not fair that he risks the lives of the people below him on the ground.
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Jess Sightler Says:
August 11th, 2007 at 7:59 amIf the airplane has insurance, and accident hurts all of us.
Having said that, if the pilot knows how to do it properly it is a perfectly safe maneuver.
Probably the thing that scares me the most about a video like this is seeing that a few of them mention the airplane being a rental. I fly rentals. Did the previous pilot overstress the airplane doing something like this badly?
Anyway, these are fun videos to watch.
Have you seen the bob hoover engine out video?
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Paul Adams Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:04 pmI agree. It’s a shame some people think it’s ok to do that in rental. I rent and the last thing I want is some hotshot out doing something like that right before I take the plane up with my family.
