______For some pilots, embracing risk and pushing the limits of aerodynamics are hallmarks of their livelihood. And, in doing so, they create scenes that thrill fans worldwide. David Martin, inspired by footage of legendary aerobatic pilot Bevo Howard, first performed an inverted, no-hands flight of his Buecker Jungmeister (below) at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Oshkosh airshow in 2010. "Basically, you're flying with your knees," he says. "My 'real sophisticated' modification was I took a rag and wrapped it around the stick and put some duct tape on it, making it big enough for me to hold."
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