Saturday, May 13, 2006

Flying with the Blue Angels

Where a couch potato does an Immelman
5/13/2006 10:22:00 AM 3 Comments

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Anonymous said...

And just whom is the sofa tuber in question, hmmm?
How many of us know what an Immelman is and from whence it came?

Dan

5/13/06, 12:01 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

Why god gave us google dan. The pilot had no problem at all.

5/13/06, 12:16 PM
Anonymous said...

It's probably rhetorical, but I'll bite. The Immelman turn was reportedly invented by the WWI flyer Max Immelman. It involves a half-loop, half roll, so that the aircraft executing an Immelman turn ends up on a reverse course, flying level. For those requiring an animated diagram, see http://www.furball.warbirdsiii.com/krod/ACM-immelman.html
I was privileged to be riding front seat in an SNJ last summer when the pilot performed an Immelman.

5/13/06, 12:52 PM

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