That’s how you fly a glider, a C172, or in his case, an A380. One with the wing.
Kirby is a five-time US National Aerobatic Champion and two-time Red Bull Air Race World Champion. With over 27,000 flight hours, he says in a Flying magazine video that wings are “just an extension of my arms.” Photo from TeamChambliss, taken at his Flying Crown Ranch, between Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.
Quote from his excellent book QF32.
Parasailing mountain skier Antoine Montant on playing with elements, ability and the mind. He died later that year year attempting a BASE wingsuit jump. (Quote is from his appearance in the TV show Red Bull Ultimate Rush, S1 E1)
Flying is above roads and rivers, but to go higher we make it above time. Quote is from Emerson’s 1841 essay Self-Reliance.