Kestrel Flight Part 1

My flight from June 14th on "Checkers!"
Checkers, a T-6, is a G model aircraft and was produced in 1952. It was taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with serial number 5114913 that same year. It has a Pratt and Whitney R1340, 9-cylinder radial engine with 600 horsepower and carries 110 gallons of fuel and 10 gallons of oil. Carrying a crew of two, it was equipped with two .30 caliber machine guns during its military days, located in the nose and wing. The opposite wing carried a camera to review the pilot’s target footage. Though disabled, Checkers retains the barrel of one machine gun, visible in the nose. (Copied from The Kestrel Warbirds site)
My pilot that day was the awesome Wes Davis!

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Timeline: 00:00 Startup and engine warmup 2:39 Begin taxi 9:15 Close canopy and run-up 11:20 Moving to the runway 11:55 Here we go!!! 12:21 Wheels up 15:10 Just enjoying the view 21:33 I'm flying at this point! 30:36 I'm doing some slow banking turns, descending and ascending 36:00 Wes takes control to start acrobatics! 37:00 Right wingover 38:40 Barrel roll! 40:00 Climb and into a roll 41:20 Slower roll and pulling some negative Gs! 42:25 Another slow roll with a dive 43:50 Slow turns and pulling negative Gs 44:24 Full loop! At this point for some reason my GoPro started a second video, which picks up right where this one leaves off.