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Old 23rd May 2012, 10:14
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I saw it at the Dubai Airshow. It was the most impressive aircraft display all day.

They took off into a barrel roll, did a series of looping manoeuvres that I thought were impossible until I saw them. Including a full loop at low level.

The most impressive display item was the full left rudder turn. They yawed probably 80 degrees in one kick, flew sideways then accelerated out of it (away from the crowd line). When they were flying (nearly) sideways, you could see all the controls at full deflection. An engine failure would have surely ended up with a smoking hole in the ground.

The RAAF needs to make sure it doesn't order that particular display aircraft, although it's probably the "buy 9 get 1 free" aircraft option!
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