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Posted Saturday, August 1, 2015 @ 07:30 AM  

Thank you very much for posting that Steve, although it's a bit out of date now I am a solo performer again.
As I said on Facebook, I've never done anything so difficult in my life. And believe me, I've achieved quite a lot. Formation flying requires skill and practice. Aerobatics require significant skill and constant practice. But formation aerobatics in any aeroplane are almost unbelievably hard work. In a low-drag, very low-powered aeroplane... well, let's just say, only six other pilots have ever done it in the world.

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Posted Monday, August 3, 2015 @ 05:42 PM  

Hi Bob,

Have you ever performed formation aerobatics in France? I ask because we had an airport open house here yesterday, a French pilot was admiring my Fournier, and he went into great detail about a formation aerobatic routine he had seen. Would that have been you?

Don

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Posted Monday, August 3, 2015 @ 06:06 PM  

Hi Don,

Yes, Matthew and I performed at Roanne in southern France on the Saurday & Sunday about three (or was it four?) years ago.

But for many years in the eighties the Skyhawks perfomed both there and all over France, so it is more likely that he saw them.

If it was us, it was very kind of that guy to have remembered us.

I am hoping to get back into display flying myself some time soon, but it probably won't be for a few weeks yet, and it is most likely to be solo from now on.

I have a few displays booked in Britain for late this season, and I already have one booking for next June, but not yet (or to be honest, very likely) in France or elsewhere on the continent.

Yours, Bob

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