Whatever happened to the "...the aircraft captain may act in the best interests of the services..." clause in the mil flying regs? Still there? Probably misquoted (not my bed time reading anymore)but the essence was that if you did something, broke a rule, as long as it was done in the best interests etc etc and could be justfied it wasn't a problem.
This is obviously a different matter to breaking vne limits and risking RBS/jack stall/ bits falling off.
I too have flown sea kings up to vmax (iaw ODMs) and the laws of physics will stop you if you get much faster than that, ie before you get to VNE anyway.
