Art Scholl Aerobatics

[MaverickAv8tor]

A "Super Chipmunk" which is barely a Chipmunk once modified, chopped about 3' off the wings, changed the engine, retractable undercarriage, bubble canopy etc etc

[jrcadet4]

Met Art Scholl on the airshow circuit---a real gentleman, and a superb pilot.

[flipper82a]

Dunno where you get these Art Scholl videos from, But, Most certainly a master of Aerobatics! A Pleasure to watch thank you, muchloveflipperxx

[FABIAN1955]

UNICO. INIGUALABLE. MAJESTUOSO. ESTREMECEDOR. IGUAL QUE LA GUITARRA DE DAVE.

[RoninTXBR549]

Nice video... very nice!

[wolverineskyhawks]

I grew up watching him fly at his home airport. Talked with him many times, just an all around nice down to earth guy. Was just beautiful watching him fly what a great loss. I do miss him. Thanks for the video

[jimothy2391]

This is so crazy.

[rediryou]

The inverted fly over the runway is insane! 0_o

[dazzaJoseph]

hi all i have this model in rc plane form and it to performs just like the real thing. i think it is super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrStefanogeorgetti]

my favorite plane, with my favorite band *__* AWESOME

[NextGenScared]

Thanks for the video, brings back memories of Art! I was a student of his at San Gorgonio HS in San Bernardino,Cali. One final lesson from him, if your going to leave this earth make sure it's doing something you truely LOVE!

[GMCNoSkill]

I got to see Art fly at an air show in Cold Lake Alberta. This would have been in the late 70's. I still remember it.

[adman1951]

I was able to fly with Art back in 1980. He was my client when I worked at the Riverside Press Enterprise and I was able to plan out several advertising campaigns for his school. Art, as i remember was extremely humble, gentle man and the day he passed was a day what he enjoyed doing most, flying. He was fearless and had a lot of great stories and willing to tell them. I only knew him for a short while but it will always be a cherished memory for me.

[kellywheeler100]

watched him when I was a kid, he inspired me to become a crop-duster, he was the best, he pushed the airplane to the limits, near the edge of a stall, where the airplane is harder to control.

[althesmith]

Art was a fantastic guy. I spoke to him for over 20 minutes on a radio show in the mid-70's when I was a plane-crazy teenager, and at an airshow a month later he remembered me and showed me around his setup and crew. Guys like that never die, they just keep flying into eternity.

[Flyingbrickyard]

What music is this?

[MGB1977Red]

I saw the same show at Centennial in the 70s. The chippy isn't that big an airplane but it seemed huge compared to the Pitts formation team of Soucey, Poberezney and Hillard that was at the same show. Scholl in a flat inverted spin coming right down on top of you was a little ooofy!

[gumbykevbo]

Thanks for posting this video.

I got to see him fly in the mid 1970s at a show East of Denver. Bob Hoover was there as well, with IIRC two different P-51s and a jet of some sort. Greg Boyington was there signing books and shaking hands.. It was weird day for Denver, rain showers kept moving through, and the show would stop for an hour to wait out the rain, then they'd pick up again when the rain quit. The Art Scholl Lomceveks are exactly as I recall, just without the trees in the background.

[josephdupont]

he was great. I saw yim at the sussex air show in NJ.

I under stand that he flew the airwolf heliocopter.

[3214349]

haha the stall warning must be going crazy on this^^

[MissDaProach]

@3214349 thats why he took it out...

[Anacinc]

Floyd!

[Cavelson]

I met Art in 1973 at São Paulo Air&Space Saloon

[josephdupont]

I saw him at Sussex.. I loved the guy.

[wahoobrad]

I had dinner with him. My dad owned the hangar that many of the performers stored their airplanes on that airshow weekend. Flint Michigan, Capital Air...1978 or 79. I miss my dad and Art Scholl

[snappin360]

Aerobatic Master!!!!!!!!!!

[csmeltz]

I remember watching Art Scholl perform at Rialto (Miro Field) when I was kid. The AV-8 Harrier was great along with Pappy Boyington signing artwork and the filming of a CHiPs episode where they ended the show by dropping a vehicle from a Hughes 500 north of the field. I still have family in the area and on occasion I visit the field - It has lost all its character since his demise - a great showman and extraordinary pilot.

[curtjillson]

I was lucky enough to hang out with Art, Frank Christianson and my dad while they practiced near San Jose. Good Times. Art with his chipmunk, and Frank and my dad Curt Jillson in Pitts Specials. Awesome!

[slammedbagger]

Just stumbled across your videos of Art. This is great! I took flying lessons in high school back in 81-82. The classes were at Art Sholl aviation. We all got to know Art and Judy pretty well. Nicest people I ever met! I was even asked by Art to work the airshows. It was great! I got to be on the flight line when he did his shows. As thanks, he gave me an autographed picture of him in the Super Chipmunk. It hangs on my wall to this day. He is sorely missed! Thanks for the video!

[grimeuphoria]

Awesome pilot, and an incredible human being. I got to fly with Art back in 1981, was then invited back to his house for a steak dinner. No B.S. Never got the chance to do it again, I miss him more than words can describe. One of the finest humans beings I ever met.

[robindeputy]

Oh, this brings back fond memories of watching Art Scholl perform at the Rialto Air Show in California. His precision amazed me. I was so sad when we lost him while he was working on the Top Gun movie. I attended his memorial at Rialto. Thanks for sharing the footage.

[ZombiedustXXX]

robindeputy, I grew up less than 3 miles from Miro Field in Rialto, CA...and saw Art perform in the 1970's (maybe 1978?).

Art, and a Marine Corps. AV8 Harrier were the hit of the show. The only reason why a Harrier was there at all, was because of Art Scholl's already legendary status. That airport is SMALL! It was amazing to let the public stand so close to that Harrier lift off and hover above the runway vertically.

[seerj172]

Glad you could get another vid of Art on here TJ. He was the greatest showman of the 20th century.

[MGB1977Red]

Art's Chipmunk was pretty heavy by today's standards. Now acro planes use a lot of carbon fiber components and other light weight bits. You can see that when he starts pulling out of a dive the chippy compresses quite a bit of air before it levels out. Art and Harold Krier made the most out of the modified deHavilland. One wonders what they would have been able to do with a Sukhoi and several hundred more hp!

[startazz]

What a top pilot man and thanks for shearing,5*

[cub1940]

Thanks for the video. I have never seen Art fly. Truely one of the greatest aerobatic pilots of all time.

[Auggie56]

That's a Chipmunk I belive.

[TJDOZIER1]

Yes sir.

[W4LL5]

@TJDOZIER1 Its a Super Chipmunk, much stronger airframe and powered by a 194-kW (260-hp) Avco Lycoming GO-435 piston engine, equipped with revised flying surfaces and retractable landing gear.

[Macsgrafs]

@Auggie56 super chipmunk