Between Point A and Point B

When I tell people I fly airplanes, a good majority of them respond with the same two questions. They are something along the lines of:

1. "Do you fly those jumbo jets?"

And

2. "Do you ever do loopty loops?"

Well, after today I can confidently say yes to one of those questions. I performed a loop, amongst other aerobatic maneuvers. My flight instructor and I took the Super Decathlon up at about 1 pm on a particularly mild December day here in Grand Forks. And by particularity mild I mean 21°F. I don't really consider Grand Forks a "city" but if you were to do so it is known as the second coldest city in America (behind only Fairbanks, Alaska).

Anyways, we performed a series of power off and power on stalls, along with loops, rolls and spins. We also flew inverted for a bit, though it was not nearly as chaotic or hyper-unrealistic as the scene in Flight. I felt sick after the spins, but other than that it was a fun time.

And above all, we didn't die.