Stella Guilding

Team Nickname:    STEALTH
Wingwalking for:    2 years

Stella’s passion for wing walking first began many years ago, but in 2009 she was given the opportunity to be part of the Aerosuperbatics team and literally ‘Live the Dream’ when she applied and managed to get the position when the team last advertised for new wing walkers. Stella is the newest member of the team.

She has always had a deep love for flying and high adrenalin activities, this lead her towards the skies a couple of years ago when she decided to take up skydiving which she continues to do in her spare time. She says that the feeling she gets whilst flying through the air skydiving, compares only to performing a wing walking display. Both of these activities cause her to experience speeds of up to 150mph, positive and negative G-forces! She loves it!

Stella really enjoys flying around to lots of different airshows all over Europe. She especially enjoys attending a show when her parents or friends come along to support her, as this makes her feel very proud knowing they are watching. She says her favourite wing walking manoeuvre is to perform the ‘inverted loop’ position on the wing. This is where she will swivel herself upside down in her wing walking rig so she is in a handstand position as the pilots perform a formation ‘loop the loop’ which, for them creates some G-force (around 4G’s) which makes them feels 4 times heavier! In the meantime, Stella experiences the opposite so experiences negative ‘G-force’ and says that this gives her the most amazing feeling when she is at the top of the loop. She says it almost feels like she alone is holding the aeroplane up there!

Stella really loves displaying to large crowds where everybody is waving back at her. She likes it when the team are able to land after their performance as she loves to meet people on the ground and even sign a few programs!

Stella generally flies on the No.2 aeroplane and follows the lead wing walkers moves…