I just watched the Korea Air A380 do its customary display in the hands of Airbus test pilots. The display includes the extraordinary manoeuvre, called 'circonflex', where it does a TOGA climbing turn at near max aoa (16º-ish), with stick full back, and then, on the far side of the field, they select flight idle, put the gear down and 'bunt' the aircraft from about 25º pitch up to 15º pitch down. Apparently it goes to about 0.3g during the manoeuvre.
Sad to say, the commentators were busy talking about range, passenger numbers, sales figures, and other technical details, so they weren't able to point out to the spectators what was happening. But it still looked fantastic.
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