Off topic a bit, but just a word of advice to you for the type of flying you want to do. There was a guy in our area flying at an event (Plum Island Jet Rally) recently, who flew his ShockJet so violently, it raised concerns amoung the pilots and event officials. This guy ended up crashing it on Saturday, breaking the entire nose off, gear and all.... he fixed it overnight and flew it the next day.

Sunday's flights of the ShockJet consisted of high speed passes.... inverted, upright and knife-edge, followed by a full elevator stick up or down to the stops at full power. The wings of his jet just couldn't take any more abuse and ultimately failed... yes, right at the spar.

There were 2 things this 'dangerous' pilot didn't know,

1) He was just about to be spoken to about his flying from the CD in charge... complaints began from a few pilots and a couple of spectators, then escalated as the morning went on.

2) If the jet survived the weekend, the pilot was also going to be approached by another CD/ pilot about his flying for the other CD's next area event, of course that didn't need to happen as the plane and engine was completely demolished.


I don't know exactly what type of flying you'd like to do, but if it is at an event with spectators, tone it down if you want to be like the ShockJet pilot... All CDs are taking flight safety VERY seriously, given the FAA is at our front door.