Definitely not, Ken. The most it will have been cleared for is a wingover
(chandelle in the US, I think).
I watched its display at my base in 1992 and I found even the wingover rather
worrying!
Chris
> On 5 Nov 15, at 21:11, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Was that plane ever test flown for low-level maneuvers like the B-47?
>
> In all honesty, the Vulcan looks almost ungainly and I wouldn't think
> that it would be all that great for looping.
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