Two good friends of mine practising for the airshow season. Yes that big brown field is a good old fashioned Irish bog. The pilot of EI-HUM, the RV-7 is Gerry Humphries, a cattle farmer but an ex RAF Harrier pilot. Only the best flew Harriers. Every time I meet him, I learn something new about flying.
Eddie Goggins the pilot with the camera is a dentist but finished third in the world aerobatic championship at one stage. He was completely unsupported. I flew with him once in a Pitts Special. It took me three weeks to recover from that flight. I wrenched a shoulder. I remember thinking as we rolled at low level over the field, that if I died now, I would die happy.
I've recently lost most of my enthusiasm for flying. These two guys remind me why I fly.
http://youtu.be/uq-gY5UwwD8
