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Aw. Nice memory!
Aw. Nice memory!
OSH, 1998. Patty Wagstaff and Sean D. Tucker were doing a show together - it was demonstrating the difference in styles, Sean catapulting his biplane around wildly, and Patty executing razor-sharp precision maneuvers in her Extra.
While the show announcers prattled on incessantly like they always do, I instead was listening to the COM frequency on my handheld. What I heard was Sean and Patty talking to each other. Not discussing moves, not coordinating maneuvers, but egging each other on, challenging each other to do better and more outrageous maneuvers, and friendly chiding about who was the better pilot. They were having a blast, and you could tell. Up until Patty said, “oh yeah? Well watch this…oh man, major overspeed! OK, forget that!” Then the one-upmanship stopped and it was back to the routine.
Now THAT is what they should have been broadcasting over the PA!