The photo is of an unsuccessful attempt to reduce fuel consumption and increase range by filling the aircraft's cargo space with helium.

I thought we might be seeing it 80% of the way through an inside loop.

When I bought another car, I used to go into the parking lot of the factory behind my house, and I would do ninety degree turns faster and faster til I spun. So I would know how far I could go. I used to have to know shit like that.

lol - Ahh the good old days. :right:

Yup, The CH47 can do that! I am a Blackhawk driver myself and although we cannot legally do it, the Hawk can be looped and rolled also

Nice to have a new SME, hawkhoney. You seem too long in the cellar to be a noob, but I welcome you anyhow.

You have a fucking cool job.

Word.

I don't know, but I had a Chinook pilot who was at the plant giving a rah rah speech, tell me privately he'd seen one do a full forward tumble and recover. I wondered if he was bullshitting me, but I was polite*. The Chinook can fly so high it could of had time, but the blade stress would have been tremendous.

*Yeah I know, not me, but professionalism, prime customer, and all that.;)