January 25, 2006
High-flying girls are ready to take to the skies above Brean!
The world’s only formation wing-walking team will take to the skies above Brean Leisure Park this weekend during the village’s annual rally.
The glamorous ‘Utterly Butterlys’ – who are sponsored by a brand of butter – are scheduled to perform a daring 12-minute display on Sunday January 29th at around 1pm to mark the 10th anniversary of the Brean Rally.
Two 1940s Boeing Stearman biplanes will fly over the Brean Leisure Park, weather-permitting, and then peform a sequence of formation aerobatics.
Pulling up to 4G – four times their own body weight – the pilots will loop, roll and turn the biplanes through the sky with daring wing-walkers waving and performing handstands on the wing against 150 mph wind pressure.
Speaking to Burnham-On-Sea.com this week, a spokesperson for the group said they were looking forward to the event.
“The most exhilarating part of wing-walking is climbing around the aircraft in flight,” says art student Poppy, one of the wing-walkers.
“We have learned to climb from the open cockpit of the biplane up onto the wing against extreme wind pressure and for our final flypast we will stand in a position between the cockpit and the wing to wave at the crowd during a knife-edge pass!”
The 2006 Brean Regency Stages Rally will be held on Saturday January 28th and Sunday January 29th.
Entry to the rally on Saturday opens at 9am with the race starting at 11am. On the Sunday it opens at 7.30am and the rally re-starts at 9am.
Car parking is £7 on Saturday and £10 on Sunday and both days include a souvenir programme.
RELATED LINKS:
2005 Brean Regency Stages Rally won by ‘speed king’ Duncan Holder
Weather forecast for Brean and Burnham
Hotels and accomodation in the area
Map showing location of Brean Leisure Park
