I was reading an article in the June 2006 Business and Commercial Aviation magazine.
It was basically about B52 pilot Lt. Col. "Bud" Holland and his antics preceding his awesome crash of a B-52, right into the ground.
Awesome, meaning, full of awe, how could you do that?!
One question about the article..
It said, during another performance, "he then abruptly pitched up, far past the aircraft's limits and performed a wingover type maveuver- a non standard maneuver the sideslip can damage the aircraft"
at another event, it said, "He flew several low altitude steep turns in excess of 45 degress of bank, a hig speed pass down the runway and then climbed at a 60 degree plus pitch attitude, concluding the maneuver with a wingover. When the aircraft was later brought intot the chocks, the maintenence techs were astounded at the number of rivets that popped..."
So what is a wingover? And what is sideslip?
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