Stampe SV4 V2 - Fred's First Aeros

Video from the channel Mike Cronk about Stampe SV-4, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 6:30. Language: English. Video type: Onboard.

Onboard footage of a Stampe SV4 during a student's first aerobatic flight, Fred, with his instructor. The flight includes the introduction to aerobatics, the return to the airfield and getting out of the cockpit after landing.

The instructor explains the loop: dive to 100 knots using May Hill as a reference, reduce power to look after the engine and let the aircraft climb on its own until the ground is overhead. He then hands the controls to the student, who repeats the loop and then does a roll to the left, after checking there are no gliders in the area. On the way back, an overhead join to runway 22 with a right-hand circuit is heard, along with a traffic call for a helicopter at two o'clock at 850 feet. Air traffic control is also heard stating that the GPS approach is not approved and offering an NDB/DME approach to runway 27 instead.

The student compares the experience with the Cherokee, and the instructor notes that those maneuvers are not done in that aircraft. At the end he is shown how to get out of the open cockpit by standing on the seat.