a vintage plane lands at washington international airport, and flips upside down. caught on two cameras. i was just shocked. i couldn t figure out why that would happen. in june 2010, ashley halsey iii, transportation reporter for the washington post, is invited by a friend to take a ride on a vintage plane. he said we re going to be flying steermans into national airport, would you like to be on one. i said yes, even though i didn t know what a steerman was. the steerman, he learns, is a treasured world war ii biplane. it was used to train first-time pilots. a lot of them are flown by barnstorming pilots. they are revered by those pilots the way some people love a model
it was used to train first-time pilots. a lot of them are flown by barnstorming pilots. they are revered by those pilots the way some people love a model t or a little deuce coupe. they re restored. they re cared for. the steerman ashley is to ride in is owned by michael trushell who performs with the flying circus in northern virginia. we will simulate a bombing run. we replicate an old-time barnstorming act that was in the 30s and 40s and down comes the bomb. yes! i fly there just for fun. it s my excuse to go out on sundays and fly in circles. we do formation flying. down goes the outhouse. it s called a balloon shooter. which is the balloon. trushell, is to fly the steerman in an event promoting a
barnstorming pilots. they are revered by those pilots the way some people love a model t or the little deuce coupe. they re restored, they re cared for. the steerman ashley is to ride in is owned by michael trushell, who performs with the flying circus in northern virginia. we re going to simulate a strafing and bombing run. we replicated an act that was done in the 30s and 40s. six shots, down comes the bomb. yes! i fly there just for fun. it s my excuse to go out on sundays and fly in circles. the beginning of the show, we do formation flying. we ll do comedy acts. i did what s called a balloon shoot. he is to fly the steerman in an event promoting a 3-d film on flying. ashley halsey decides this is the perfect time to try out a camera he s just bought.
a vintage plane lands at washington international airport, and flips upside down. caught on two cameras. i was just shocked. i couldn t figure out why that would happen. in june 2010, ashley halsey iii, transportation reporter for the washington post, is invited by a trend to take a ride on a vintage plane. he said we re going to be flying steermans into national airport, would you like to be on one? i said yes, even though i didn t know what a steerman was. the steerman, he learns, is a treasured world war ii biplane. it was used to train first-time pilots. a lot of them are flown by barnstorming pilots. they are revered by those pilots the way some people love a model
would you like to be on one. i said yes, even though i didn t know what a steerman was. the steerman, he learns, is a treasured world war ii biplane. it was used to train first-time pilots. a lot of them are flown by barnstorming pilots. they are revered by those pilots the way some people love a model t or the little deuce coupe. they re restored, they re cared for. the steerman ashley is to ride in is owned by michael trushell, who performs with the flying circus in northern virginia. we re going to simulate a strafing and bombing run. we replicated an old-time barnstorming act that was done in the 30s and 40s. six shots, down comes the bomb. yes! i fly there just for fun. it s my excuse to go out on sundays and fly in circles. at the beginning of the show, we do formation flying. we ll do comedy acts. we ll do aerobatic acts. i did what s called a balloon shoot.