A few years back, I got into aerobatic flying, in preparation of a movie on the subject, called Cloud Dancer. When the producer first approached me, he said they had it all worked out, with special cameras and stuff, so that I wouldn’t actually have to do any of the flying.  I said, “That sounds really boring.  I don’t think I want to do it.”  He said (kind of amazed, I thought), “You mean, you want to learn how to do it?”  I said, “Well, yeah.  If you want me to do the movie, that’s what it will take.” Read the rest of this entry »