Classic British Flight Sim

The Science of it has me baffled mate.

I'm just astonished that a huge lump of metal can stay up there with the minimum of fuss and not spoil someones garden.

VEGAS wrote: and not spoil someones garden.

....or their trousers

Im sure I would have touched cloth if I was on board...

Thats a fairly standard Airbus party trick using the FBW to hold it just above the stall

The angle and the wind here makes it look even more spectacular.

I saw a similar thing with the Dassult Rafales at the Paris Air Show seemingly defting gravity

Always impressive

.....so , best not to stand under one when it is performing the maneUver.

Indeed very impressive Garry.

Although I dread to think what could happen if the aircraft started to sink.

Very little height for recovery.

Yeah, you can do party tricks using headwind, or you can do party tricks using brute force -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9wuqfyOwM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlgVEFs3 ... re=related

That's some pretty crappy weather for an airshow!!!! Don't think I'll try that though!

Tonks

I bet the VC-10 could do that

Doubt it...it needs a computer

A.380

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3E1UqxUN0c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkb2H01x ... re=related

On report said at another show the A.380 was flown at 106 knots