Well done Chief Warrant Officer 3 Abshier. I believe your rank qualifies for salutes from lower ranks, though I may be wrong (I often am!). Whether I am or whether I'm not, your deed gets you a virtual salute from me now, "Longest way up and shortest way down!". There, it's done!
As to the technicalities discussed above I have no idea being by conviction a fixed wings only pilot. It is my firm belief that the Good Lord never meant for wings to go around and around!
