I think that at least a couple of shots showed the aircraft inverted and nose
down; a rapid roll would have been needed to prevent it from being a vertical
recovery – with insufficient height.
But I get your point, Ken.
Chris
> On 5 Nov 15, at 20:07, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> That doesn’t make it a good idea, Ken. A simple roll would have been safer;
>> a barrel roll is almost inherently dangerous as it can so easily turn into a
>> vertical manoeuvre without having reached the appropriate gate height. Add
>> to that the truly rubbish view out of the cockpit and you have a very risk
>> undertaking. The pilots were stupid to increase the risk.
>
>
> I don't disagree at all. The sequence of still pictures I've seen of
> it doing the final roll make it look like it's closer to a standard
> wing-roll instead of a positive-G barrel roll. The B-47 needed +20
> degrees pitch before starting the maneuver.
>
> Maybe ChrisT can tell us about barrel rolling C-130 aircraft.
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