Helluva Chinook pilot....

[Slim Deal]

Absolutely stunning. That pilot had to have lots and lots of simulator time to be able to do that. Absolutely stunning.

 

[golddigger14s]

I've been on Chinooks a number of times. That was freakin awesome!

 

[John6185]

I'd imagine that the pilots had to have beaucoup approval before they could do this stunt. The stress is not only on the blades but other mechanisms on the aircraft. I've never seen one of our own pilots do this although a test pilot looped an HH43-B. I almost did once myself by accident.

 

[xseler]

The newer versions of the blades are made of carbon fiber. It upped the max load quite a bit compared to the old blades.