| If you've been to many air shows, then you know | | | | aviation adventure companies. Specializing in offering |
| that numerous kinds of aircraft can please the crowd. | | | | advanced air safety training to professional pilots of |
| For example, while certain bombers might not seem | | | | all backgrounds, companies in the aviation adventure |
| so spectacular, it's not just every day that people | | | | industry also offer adventure flights to members of |
| see them in flight. However, at airs shows that focus | | | | the general public without requiring the possession of |
| on the performance of aerobatic maneuvers, it's rare | | | | a pilot's license. To make this possible, non-trained |
| to find a consummate show that doesn't feature the | | | | pilots pilot the Extra 300L with an experienced |
| Extra 300L. | | | | military fighter pilot serving as their copilot. With the |
| In discussing the specs of the Extra 300L, it's helpful | | | | plane's dual control system, the fighter pilot can |
| to compare it to another classic, two-seat, all | | | | assume control of the aircraft if and when necessary. |
| category aircraft that was invented by Walter Extra | | | | In addition to aerobatic air show style adventures, |
| in 1987: the Extra Flugzeugbau EA300. Compared to | | | | adventure flight companies also offer military flight |
| the Extra Flugzeugbau EA300, the Extra 300L has | | | | adventures that faithfully replicate what it feels like |
| lower wings-which is what the "L" stands for-that are | | | | to participate in classic air-to-air combat. As pilots aim |
| mounted near the bottom of the fuselage, with the | | | | a real gun sight and fire simulated bullets to the |
| total wingspan reduced by 2 ft. The Extra 300L also | | | | sound of real gunfire they engage in war games as |
| contains improved ailerons that increase its roll rate to | | | | they perform classic military flight maneuvers, |
| 400 degrees per second, making it one of the most | | | | including high-speed low altitude flybys. As with the |
| aerobatic aircraft in the world. As a sign of the Extra | | | | aerobatic adventures, those who choose military |
| 300L's popularity, more Extra 300L's have been | | | | flight adventures may also have the chance to fly |
| produced than any other Extra model, including the | | | | the Extra 300L. While the Extra 300L's aerobatic |
| 300S, 330SX, 300LP, 300SP, 300SHP, 300SR and the | | | | capabilities can make it seem a bit dangerous at first |
| 300SC. | | | | glace, it's incredibly high critical angle of attack and |
| As seen in air shows around the world, the Extra | | | | supreme ability to engage aerobatic upset recovery |
| 300L is regularly used to perform classic aerobatic | | | | maneuvers make it one of the safest planes to fly. |
| maneuvers such as hammerheads, loops, inverted | | | | If you go to airs shows and wonder what it would |
| flight, cuban eights, tail slides, torque rolls, accelerated | | | | be like to participate in one, the adventure flight |
| flat spins, inverted spins, outside loops, lomcevaks, | | | | industry has a variety of aerobatic flight packages |
| knife-edge spins and tumbles, to name only a few. | | | | that can be tailored to make your personal dream of |
| However, another lesser-known place that the Extra | | | | air show flight come true. |
| 300L can regularly be found is in the skies above | | | | |