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You'll like this For no other reason than it’s a great picture

Malone

Been there, and had one
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I saw one of them at a Biggin Hill air day 50+ years ago. By heck it’s noisy.
 

Artemis

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Got quite a few more aviation photos, but not to hand
 

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Cougar377

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There's nothing special about that one, it's just aproaching the earth from its left side and you've turned the image
Eh no. This maneuver is a standard part of the Chinook Display Team's airshow routine. They do a zoom climb until the aircraft is pointing nose up and then at the top of the climb, flip to a nose down attitude and drop into a spiral descent.

It's quite spectacular to see such a big helicopter thrown around so hard.
 

DEG5Y

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Eh no. This maneuver is a standard part of the Chinook Display Team's airshow routine. They do a zoom climb until the aircraft is pointing nose up and then at the top of the climb, flip to a nose down attitude and drop into a spiral descent.

It's quite spectacular to see such a big helicopter thrown around so hard.
I am one who has stood in awe watching that very display.
AND even though I'm not bad with Physics I still can't believe what my eyes were telling me was happening!
 
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