Chippy and I had some fun. Some new stuff in the sequence for 2023. More slo-mo tumbles, and maybe some Waldo Pepper shenanigans. Thanks to all the great Chipmunk airshow pilots of the past who continue to inspire me! Especially Art Scholl, and Jim “Fang” Maroney.
My sister Vickie Meredith Lord had a great time flying in Chippy’s front seat. We flew my entire airshow sequence and then some and she loved it!
My talented sister Vickie Meredith Lord created this terrific hanging art quilt inspired by Chippy, and in the spirit of classic airshows past and present. I love it! Thank you so much, Vickie! My wife Martha and I are blessed to have quite a few of Vickie’s beautiful art quilts hanging in our home (or …
One of my favorite parts of any airshow is talking with the kids and their parents after an airshow! We are all out there to inspire the next generation. https://www.facebook.com/maura.lankenau/posts/10159879373869235
Thanks to David Eckert for shooting these awesome photos! And to Nathan K. Hammond and Ross Harwell for bringing their Chips. special thanks to Richard, Sandy and Dan Landis for hosting us at Flying Horseman Ranch. It was a lovely weekend – cold, crisp and blue…perfect weather for fall flying among the Blue Ridge mountains. …
Yes, friends, Chippy is now an IFR capable airplane. Not many open cockpit airshow airplanes that can (legally!) fly in the clouds! The photos in the scuzzy weather are past experiences of flying under low cloud layers. It’s all good until there’s mountains about! Don’t want to do this anymore. So now we’ve done two …
Here’s a little video I put together using a wingtip mounted GoPro Max 360 camera plus some video shot from the ground. Edited using Wondershare Filmora. Hope you enjoy!
Chippy and I flew in The Great Pocono Raceway Airshow last Saturday, 21 August 2021. It was a terrific event with tens of thousands of airshow fans in the stands! The venue was fun for flying aerobatics, and my wife Martha was in the stands which made it even better.
Rebuilding and flying airshows in this classic aircraft has been an adventure! I’m happy to share it with people at shows, media flights, or just to introduce kids and adults to aviation and aerobatics. Raising the next generation! You can check out more details about me and this globe trotting airplane.
