[Blood of Tyrants]

“Zhang said Riggs crashed while attempting a stunt in which the wheels of his plane were to drag along the lake surface at high speed.”

And that stupid stunt got him (and his translator? not much about her) killed.

[centurion316]

That was known as water skiing when done with a Huey in Vietnam. I know of at least one crew that died while trying that trick.

[taildragger]

“Zhang said Riggs crashed while attempting a stunt in which the wheels of his plane were to drag along the lake surface at high speed.”

In a Lancair? You have got to be flippin kidding me. It has been eon's but I have a wee bit of stick time in an early gen Lancair, they are not for the ham-handed, and with those small tires he wanted to do what?

In a Super Cub with large tires? maybe, in a hot rod like a Lancair? No wonder he is taking a dirt nap....

[az_gila]

I guess he was trying to duplicate this, but in a faster plane with much smaller wheels...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcu3GklGvLo