Background
Chambliss was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. His father was a skydiver, and he loved the steep spiral in the sky the pilot put the plane into when racing the skydivers back to the ground.
Chambliss was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. His father was a skydiver, and he loved the steep spiral in the sky the pilot put the plane into when racing the skydivers back to the ground.
As a youngster, he wanted to be a pilot. During his high school years, he fueled aircraft to earn money. By December 1979 at the age of 16, Chambliss debuted in solo flying after formal flight training, and earned his private license the following March.
In the beginning, he earned his living as a certified flight instructor and then as a night freight pilot.
His later job as a business jet pilot enabled him in 1985 to take aerobatic flight training and to buy his own aerobatic plane. Winning top honors in his very first contest, Chambliss worked the way up to the elite "unlimited" level
In 1997, he became member and then captain of the United States Aerobatic Team. In 2013, Chambliss lost power performing a high Alpha pass at the Illopango El Salvador Airshow.
Chambliss exited his aircraft with minor injuries after a forced landing on a rocky embankment.
Chambliss enjoys performing in traditional airshows throughout the year when he is not training or competing. To stay in shape for enormous g-forces and exact timing, he runs four miles five days a week. Legend:
CAN: Cancelled
DNP: Did not participate
Domain Name System: Did not show
DQ: Disqualified
North Carolina: Not classified.
He won five United States. national championships and 13 medals at the world championships. He holds the title 2000 Men"s Freestyle World Champion, and has logged over 27000 flying hours. The champion of 2004, Chambliss finished the 2006 Series as the champion again with four wins of eight rounds on his Zivko Edge 540 aircraft.
Since 2003, he takes part at the international aerobatic competition Red Bulletin Air Race World Series as a member of the Red Bulletin Team along with his team mate Hungarian Péter Besenyei.
