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Greg Koontz learned to fly in 1969 getting his Private Pilot Certificate when he turned 17 years old. In his senior year in high school, Greg restored a 1946 Piper J-3 Cub in his mother’s garage and flew the antique plane for 300 hours to gain experience for a flying career. Before turning 18, he sold his Piper Cub, using the money to take lessons for his commercial pilot certificate and all the pilot ratings he would need to pursue the pilot profession. Well before that birthday, Greg was working as a flight instructor and attending Business College at the University of Montevallo in Alabama.

Until 2002 Greg flew jet aircraft for a corporation in Alabama and performed air shows in his spare time. Greg is known throughout the USA and parts of Latin America as the foremost authority on the Super Decathlon aircraft. Besides doing an inverted ribbon cut 15 feet above the ground in air shows, Greg specializes in teaching pilots how to fly aerobatics in his Super Decathlon. Today Greg is a full time air show and aerobatics professional.

The Decathlon and Super Decathlon entered production in the early 1970s, the result of a long design evolution begun in the 1940s. The current model is the premier trainer and best selling aerobatic airplane today--a training/sport plane built for competition. The Super Decathlon has a Lycoming AEIO-360 engine with 180 horses and inverted fuel and oil systems. Its large wing allows for tight maneuvering and slower entry speeds, allowing for close and up-front performances. The Super D is certified for the whole list of aerobatic maneuvers, including outside loops, vertical rolls and accelerated stalls.

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