I can assure you that on ths occasion, the pitch angle was nearer 90 deg than 60 or 70. John lifted off and rotated almost immediately to about 90 deg with me watching.
JF was certainly the master (despite dropping me in it at SBAC - slight romantic attachment problem). The trick for us mortals was to have your back to the crowd as you rotated skywards, it then looked vertical. Pedal turn through 180 whilst pulling the nose up was an interesting manoeuvre if the wind was off-crowd; a bit taxing on the coordination but perfectly safe as long as the ADD was kept at zero. Certainly improved the scan!
Old display advice: Make the easy look hard, the hard look impossible and NEVER attempt the impossible!
Mog