My former student, Scott Okland, got the ride of his life a couple days ago in a Beechcraft T-34A Model A45 in the aerobatic box northwest of DVT.

“Did you see the plane below us, we were at 5k feet between the aerobatic box and lake pleasant,” Scott said.  “We did loops, cork screws (2 turns), spins, and hammer heads in the aerobatic box. Even turned on the smoke once.  That plane is so rock solid you wouldn’t believe it. We only did 3 g’s but it was a blast.  Al is fearless, unrocked by the twisting.  Every student should go up with him.”

“Al” turns out to be Alan Trabilcy of SpiritRotorcraft, LLC, a CFII specializing in all kinds of complex and high-performance training out of both DVT and SDL.

You can see more of the T-34A here »