I asked him why that's important to him.

About 1985, I was one of the little, uh, little youngsters out here watching all my idols that still some of them perform today and actually mentor me.

Um, and I always remember those feelings that I had just meeting one.

Well, we didn't have social media.

We didn't have a cell phone.

We didn't have any of that stuff.

It was going out on the flight line and hope, [laughs] you know, somebody would come out there.

My, my reputation just took a-

Pat McAlee, a solo aerobatic performer with Extreme Flight, describes switching to Michelin tires and immediately noticing the rubber felt denser and firmer than his previous tires.

One of the biggest things I noticed right off the bat was I had a different brand of tires before it was the quality of the rubber.

And it was actually a little weird because the Michelin tire was quite a bit harder and denser.

And then the other tire, like I could stand on it and I could just put my foot down on it and crimp the tire really easy.

And then the Michelin tire almost supported my weight.

What it actually is, it's basically a big part of it is shock absorption.

So it's almost like landing on independent shock absorbers.

And that same density that protects Pat's landings also means less rubber ending up somewhere it shouldn't.