We flock to airshows. Throughout the world, tens of millions annually descend on airports to watch pilots dance in almost unimaginable freedom in the sky. Watching soaring gymnastics on a grand scale has inspired aviators-to-be for over a century—and we’re lucky enough to be living in an age where the dream of pulling hard to a 45-degree up line, putting the ailerons to the stop and rolling the world around us is an accomplishable reality.
Every year more and more pilots take the step they’ve long dreamed of—to loop, roll and generally burst free of everyday confines.