The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-08-24, Page 20Pig* 29 Tirrtos-Advocate, August 4, 1V2
The wild blue yonder calls
for 38 years, 15,000 hours
Sam Burgess has been high for oa years, and in that time, has
accumulated 15,000 hours of
flying time.
It sounds like a lot, but for
approximately two-thirds of his
life, the retired USAF Colonel has
done little else but fly: first as a
commercial pilot teaching stunt
aerobatics,; then in the Air Force
for 26 years; and since his
retirement four years ago,
performing precision aerobatics
in his own little yellow and white
Pitts Special.
Now, Mr. Burgess is preparing
to participate in his eighth
competition this year, The
Canadian Aerobatic Cham-
pionship, to be held in Huron
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Although official practice for
the event doesn't begin until
Friday, Sam has been up in his
plane almost every day since he
landed in litwon Park, August 11.
"If you don't fly every day,
you're out of practice," he satcl.
Normally he practices every
other day, but before com-
petition, he tries to get in some
time every day.
And such diligence seems to be
paying off. He has placed second
in six competitions this year, and
first in the other two.
"Those young kids are hard to
beat, though," said the 55 year
old pilot from Honolulu, Hawaii.
For each competition, he must
perform two routines, one
compulsory, called the "known
group" and one set of
manoeuvers of his own choosing,
All must be executed within a
3,300 by 2,600 foot area, and with
only three seconds between
manoeuvers. The pilot is allowed
six minutes to complete his
program, but it usually only
takes about two and a half.
"Because of the safety factor,
though, we have to stay between
1,500 feet and 3,500 feet. If you go
lower than 1,500 forget it, You get
an automatic zero," he ex-
plained.
The program is judged by five
judges. To avoid any chance of
prejudice or bias, however, the
highest and lowest marks are
discarded, and an average taken
of the three remaining.
"Prejudice isn't quite the right
word,"said Mr. Burgess. "But if
one of the judges happens to fly a
Pitts Special himself, he knows
just what the plane can do, and
then tends to mark harder. This
way, we avoid any trouble."
His dashing little plane,
weighing only 725 pounds, and
with a wingspan of just 17 feet, is
rated as the best aircraft in the
world for acrobatic competition.
His was built in Miami four
years ago, and is valued at
between $10,000 and $15,000.
"There is no money in a sport
like this," he said. "And it is
an expensive hobby."
The "hammerhead" is just one
of the manoeuvers Sam Burgess
does as part of his hobby, and it is
also his least favorite, For this,
he goes straight up, as far as he
can go, does a pirouette right at
the top of the ascent, and then it is
straight down.
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