US Aerobatic Team 1986

[Gloria Finis]

A few scanned slides of the US Aerobatic Team, at Strathallan, in 1986, ahead of the World Aerobatic Championships, in England.

Pitts S1T, N200ST, Patty Wagstaff, US Aerobatic Team @ Strathallan, 24 July 1986 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

Pitts S1S, N169CM, Debby Rhin, US Aerobatic Team @ Strathallan, 24 July 1986 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

Extra 230, N230X, Clint McHenry, US Aerobatic Team @ Strathallan, 24 July 1986 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

Pitts S1T, N49307, Gene Beggs, US Aerobatic Team @ Strathallan, 24 July 1986 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

Weeks Solution, N300KW, Kermit Weeks. US Aerobatic Team @ Strathallan, 24 July 1986 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

I hope they are of interest.

[LondonEye]

Nice uncluttered shots. Scanned well. Thanks for posting.

For anyone interested in more -
I posted some pictures from the South Cerney competition on FlickR

Pete.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/139532024 ... 4701472742

[Cessna954]

Great to see that selection and in terms of competition aerobatics it's interesting to see that 33 years later Pitts and Extras still dominate the scene (albeit with 270-330HP engines these days).

Bumped in to Kermit Weeks at his Oshkosh Hangar back in '97, nice chap and showed us around his airframes.

Neil