SkyThrills Exotic Stunt Planes Video
SkyThrills is now operating 4 of the most exotic aircraft in the world. Whether you are looking to experience the thrill of flying “low and slow” in a 1935 open cockpit biplane or feel the speed and power of flying an unlimited carbon fiber super plane, SkyThrills delivers! All of our aircraft are current production, FAA certified aircraft with aerobatic type certificates. That translates into English to mean they we have the strongest and most thrilling aircraft in the world with full factory support from 4 manufacturers. Getting parts is not a problem and we keep our aircraft in tip top flying condition. We currently have over $1,000,000 in aircraft for you to enjoy.
Our Classic Aircraft Waco YMF-5 is a new aircraft design based on a 1935 blueprint and is currently produced in Battle Creek, MI, by Centennial Aircraft. It is made 100% by hand of all new materials and incorporates state-of-the-art avionics including a Garmin 430 GPS with a moving map and full IFR instruments that allow it to fly in the clouds and at night with 3 people on board in total luxury. It has a Jacobs R-755 275 HP radial engine with the upgraded constant speed metal propeller. Most biplanes in the world have the less expensive wood propeller installed. Ours is outfitted with supple leather seats with burl wood trim, a heater for winter operations, panel and navigation lights for night flying as well as a video camera to document your adventures. It sells for over 400K brand new and can be upgraded to nearly 600K if every option is installed. Ours is a 500 hour 1996 model with all the bells and whistles. You won’t find a more beautiful, more luxury, more aerobatic, more fun, 2 passenger luxury biplane used for pleasure thrill rides anywhere on earth. We want you to experience this amazing flying machine for yourself and choose to fly it hands-on or with someone special for either a romantic sunset flight or an aerobatic thrill ride for 2. Classic Aircraft
Our Pitts S-2C is a new aircraft design that has evolved from humble beginnings dating back to the 1940s. It was designed and built by Curtis Pitts and has become an icon of aerobatics since the very beginning. This amazing biplane design has won more competitions and been in more air shows worldwide than all other aerobatic aircraft types combined. It is best know for its ridiculous climb performance, its crisp fingertip handling and wonderful stick centering characteristics, its perfect upright and inverted flat spins, and its unfair bad rap for being the most difficult aircraft in the world to land. This aircraft is 100% handmade by a small company called Aviat Aircraft located in Afton, WY. This is a very special aircraft and it is made by a very special group of people who build each aircraft from scratch and have been doing so for over 30 years. The new Pitts S-2C has been redesigned to be much stronger than its predecessors, now certified to (+6/-5 Gs) giving the new S-2C far better negative G capability than any other Pitts or any biplane in the world for that matter. The new “C” now has a 15 mph faster cruise speed than its predecessors, 160+ mph, with its redesigned sleeker windscreen. Its top speed is still a blazing 212 mph! It’s ailerons been enlarged, giving the aircraft a much quicker roll rate, now over 300°/second. Since its “spades” were removed from under the wings, the S-2C has a wonderfully balanced and solid feel in the pilot’s hand. In other words, pitch and roll authority are equal and it rolls with the same rate and feel as the elevator provides. The older Pitts Specials took way more pressure on the elevator (up/down) than it took in the roll (left/right) which felt unbalanced. The rudder and elevator were also enlarged, making both much more effective and precise with enhanced rudder and elevator authority and a better feel. The landing gear were also modified making the S-2C the best behaved Pitts ever made. It’s landing characteristics are quick, responsive and positive throughout the entire landing event, with a much more tame runway personality. The biggest and best propeller on the market was installed on the S-2C. It’s huge 76″ Hartzell 3 bladed composite propeller, retailing for $45,000 from the factory, was added and dramatically enhanced the performance of the S-2C. Pilots who fly with this prop are the envy of everyone who wishes they had what has been affectionately dubbed “The Claw” for its incredible “hang time” capability in the vertical. It makes the S-2C almost hover! All in all, this is the best certified aerobatic biplane in existence. The S-2C is the best Pitts Special ever made, and one can be had for a mere $250,000 brand new. The Pitts S-2C is the only FAA certified, production aerobatic aircraft still made in the USA today. Ours has a freshly overhauled 260 HP Lycoming 540 engine and prop. Our S-2C left the factory floor in 1998 as the 3rd one ever made. It has all the bells and whistles installed including a factory smoke system, that gives the pilot a sense of height, speed, and trajectory which makes flying the Pitts S-2C that much more fun to fly. We also have installed a custom, FAA approved, state-of-the-art, multi-digital camera system to record your flying adventures. You won’t find a finer Pitts Special being used for extreme, hands-on, aerobatic thrill rides anywhere else in the world. Even if you have never flown before, you are sure to appreciate the world-class performance we offer you in our Pitts S-2C aircraft. Aviat Aircaft
Our Extra 300L is also a new design incorporating the latest innovations in modern aircraft manufacturing. This aircraft, designed and built by Walter Extra in Germany, was invented in the 1980s and was cutting edge at the time. As time went on, the monoplanes began to dominate the aerobatic world and have become the industry standard for speed, performance and light weight ultra-strong aircraft. It is primarily constructed of a steel alloy fuselage, like a racecar roll cage, and everything else is constructed of high strength carbon fiber, like Formula I race cars, jets and spacecraft. The Extra 300L is by far, the best, certified, unlimited aerobatic monoplane in existence. With its huge 300 HP Lycoming 540 engine, its clean aerodynamic shape that allows it to go to speeds up to 250 mph, its ultra-light stick forces, lightning quick roll rate of over 400°/second, its unparalleled +10/-10 G FAA certification, its amazing visibility, and its tame landing characteristics and runway manners made this aircraft the best most capable aerobatic sport plane ever made. It is also outfitted with a state-of-the-art multi-camera digital camera system to record your flying adventures. You won’t believe how much fun it is to fly an aircraft that is more like a Formula I race car than a plane. The Extra 300L can be purchased from the factory in Germany, imported into the USA, and had for $370,000. You won’t find a finer aircraft in the world than our Extra 300L, being used for extreme thrill rides anywhere. So, even if you have never flown before, you are sure to appreciate this world-class, unlimited aerobatic champion, the Extra 300L.
Extra Aircraft Our SIAI Marchetti SF-260 is a modern current production Fighter/Trainer that was originally designed by Stelio Frati in the early 1060s and flew its maiden flight in July 1964. It is now and built in Italy by a company called Aermacchi and sells for approximately $900,000 reasonably equipped. This aircraft is made almost entirely of 2024 aluminum, tipping the scales at 1,500 pounds empty and 2,430 pounds fully loaded. It’s primary mission is to fly as a front line close air support air to ground fighter/attack aircraft. The “W” Warrior model and some “C”and “D”models of the aircraft are equipped with 2 external pylons. These standard 14″ on center stores are capable of deploying a wide range of air to ground weapons. The SF-260 can carry these and many other weapons under each wing: 2, 250 pound bombs, 2, 1.75 inch rockets pods with 6 under each wing , 2, 7.62mm cannon pods, or 2, 5o gallon external fuel tanks. The SF-260 is best known for its balanced, fingertip handling and its jet-like flying characteristics due to its very thin wings that give the aircraft its unusually high cruise speed, 160 knots at sea level, and its unusually high-wing loading. The dihedral in its wings of approximately 3 degrees helps stabilize the aircraft especially at high speed making the aircraft an excellent air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons platform. This stability also makes the Marchetti an excellent formation machine and a solid and stable instrument flying aircraft at night and in the weather. The Marchetti is very strong, has a +6/-3 G aerobatic type certificate from the FAA and has been flown for many years as a combat aircraft by some 40 countries around the world. There are over 860 SF-260 operating around the world, 180 are in civilian hands and we have 9 of them here at Air Combat USA/ SkyThrills!
All of our aircraft are hangared and meticulously maintained by our full time staff of mechanics.
Looking for something exciting to do for that special someone’s birthday or have you always wanted to fly a plane yourself? Are you considering a helicopter tour, flight lesson or a flight in a hot air balloon? Have you considered flying a hand’s-on aerobatic thrill ride in a world-class aerobatic stunt plane? We would like to invite you to come fly with us and take the stick of our aircraft yourself. You will be able to fly loops, rolls, hammerheads and spins like a pro stunt pilot. We are a totally hand’s on operator and we encourage all of our clients to fly the planes themselves but we can certainly fly the plane for you if you prefer not to fly.
