Welcome Back Rob!

Rob Harrison "The Tumbling Bear" returns to the air eight months after surviving an accidental impact with the ground at Modesto in May of 2008. He was performing a maneuver called "Rolling on the Deck" which is a series of rolls about 50 feet above the runway. Rob had his ankles reconstructed and has been walking again for only three months...

Here is a photo of Rob in his ZLIN 50 from the Cable Airport show in 2006.

The yellow plane gave its life protecting Rob in the accident. This white one is his wife's Zlin 50 while the new one is in the paint shop getting a coat of shiny yellow...