Let battle begin in the Silverstone sky ; CHAMPIONSHIPS: Aerobatic flying with stomach-churning loops and rolls: Motor racing will have to take a back seat at Silverstone when the 25th World Aerobatic Championships are staged there next month. Mail video editor PHIL VINTER joined one of the competitors for a stomach-churning training session.

Birmingham Mail › June 29, 2009

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"So, that's Silverstone to the left Phil, let me get you a better view." Before I could say 'I wish I hadn't eaten a curry last night', my body was suddenly thrust back against my seat.

"There we go," laughed former US Airforce pilot "Smokey" Young. "Much better!" I was upside down just a few hundred metres from the ground in a lightweight aerobatics plane travelling at 250mph with six and a half times the force of gravity bearing down on me.

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Let battle begin in the Silverstone sky ; CHAMPIONSHIPS: Aerobatic flying with stomach-churning loops and rolls: Motor racing will have to take a back seat at Silverstone when the 25th World Aerobatic Championships are staged there next month. Mail video editor PHIL VINTER joined one of the competitors for a stomach-churning training session.

It's an incredible feeling. Imagine the wildest roller coaster you've ever ...

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