This from an NTSB report: " According to Advisory Circular (AC) 91-48, ?Acrobatics?Precision Flying With a Purpose,? the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently does not ?require the performance of ?pure? acrobatics maneuvers during the flight test other than the spin requirement for airplane flight instructor applicants. Therefore, the FAA has not been involved in establishing criteria for the performance of acrobatic maneuvers . . . .?
Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 91.303 defines acrobatic flight as ?an intentional maneuver involving an abrupt change in an aircraft?s attitude, an abnormal attitude, or abnormal acceleration, not necessary for normal flight.? In AC 91-48, under discussion of the definition of acrobatic flight, the FAA notes the requirement that occupants wear parachutes for maneuvers exceeding a bank of 60° relative to the horizon or a nose-up or nosedown attitude of 30° relative to the horizon " (this was one long paragraph, I have broken it to make it easy to read) Note, the reference to greater than 60 degrees of bank and greater than 45 degrees of pitch...... Can we then say, KR in Yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa.......... Kevin
