Licensed to Loop: America’s Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot | Autopia | Wired.com
Technology • June 2011 • Views: 650
CAMARILLO, California — Red Bull aerobatic helicopter pilot Chuck Aaron is flying straight and level 2,000 feet above the citrus groves south Santa Paula. We’re moving along at 110 knots when Aaron gives the control stick — known as a cyclic in a helicopter — a gentle pull. Suddenly we see nothing but blue sky.