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Team Guinot is the world's only formation Wing-walking Team using four Boeing Stearman aircraft, and are based at Rendcomb in Gloucestershire. Previously known as the Utterly Butterly Wing-walking Display Team and before that as the Crunchie Wing-walking Display Team they now have a new sponsor for 2007 with Guinot cosmetics. The aircraft remain the same but are now painted in the Guinot sponsored colours.
The aircraft display a breathtaking sequence of loops, rolls and turns while wingwalkers wave and perform handstands against 150mph wind pressure. The wingwalkers also get back into the cockpit after their display while the aircraft is still in flight.
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HISTORY
Wingwalking dates from the romantic era after the First World War when young pilots returned home exhilarated from their adventures in the sky, keen to earn a living in the clouds. These daring heroes purchased surplus war biplanes cheaply and travelled the country captivating civilians with the opportunity of flying, landing in fields and charging locals for their first taste of flight. To capture the imagination of potential customers the pilots flew down the main street of each town at low level and persuaded girlfriends and engineers to climb out along the wing of their aircraft.
Now over 80 years later, the Team Guinot pilots are celebrating the passion of those early adventurers. Pulling up to 4G (4 times their own body weight) they loop, roll and turn the biplanes through the sky with deliciously daring wingwalkers waving and performing handstands on the wing against 150 mph wind pressure!
AIRSHOWS 2008
2008 Team Guinot Schedule:
Click here for the 2008 Team Guinot Schedule.
Links:
Official Team Guinot website.
Scanner frequencies:
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