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ToiletDuck 08-23-2011 07:59 AM

C-27 aerobatics
 
Italian C-27J cargo plane doing aerobatics - YouTube

FlyJSH 08-23-2011 08:47 AM

While that is about as loop is about as ugly as can be, it's still pretty impressive.

SenecaII 08-23-2011 09:16 AM

Had a 75YO. retired F104 driver explain to me (complete with drawings/ algebra on a napkin) in a bar, just how you can successfully roll or loop any aircraft ever made. :D Course he had a whiskey or two in him at the time....lol

LowSlowT2 08-23-2011 04:33 PM

More of their display:

RIAT 2011 C-27 Rehearsal Italian Air Force - YouTube

The G-222/C-27 has been doing some impressive stuff for years at RIAT....complete with collapsed nose gear after a bad landing:

RAF Fairford Airshow 2002 G222 Take off and crash landing - YouTube

dustrpilot 08-23-2011 05:03 PM

Ain't nuthin. Watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6dWtDk_rOI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

LowSlowT2 08-23-2011 07:52 PM

Great old vid:

Hercules and the Four Horsemen - YouTube

Declan 08-29-2011 05:06 AM

C-27 flying
 
There's a book out on the C-27: Amazon.com: Memories of an Emerald World (9780983375104): Michael Bleriot: Books

LowSlowT2 08-29-2011 02:24 PM


Originally Posted by Declan (Post 1045981)

Got some friends who flew the Chuck-two-seven in Panama. Of course, these were the A-models with the old engines & 3-bladed props. They all loved it!


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