A new, light, aeroplane and new, very powerful, engines

[crfriend]

Put those together along with no passengers or luggage and a light fuel load? And you get this!

It's not quite as jaw-dropping as the time when one of Boeing's test-pilots corkscrew-rolled a 707 over Puget Sound for effect, but it's pretty breathtaking nonetheless.

[Uncle Al]

Uncle Al

[partlyscot]

Most, if not all, modern airliners are capable of a lot more than most people realise, or would be comfortable experiencing. Airline practice is to avoid this sort of thing, and try to maintain the illusion of a magic carpet, and pretend that the laws of physics do not apply. Having this ability is, to me, a great reassurance, as life does not always go as planned, and the laws of physics certainly do apply. Very smooth flying, a great display. I particular like the side slip the pilot demonstrated at about the 2/3 mark. This trick was one the pilot of the "Gimli Glider" found extremely useful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glid ... g_at_Gimli
I was on a plane once which had to do a very heavy crosswind takeoff, and he used a technique similar to the one in the video, in that he kept the plane on the runway 'till well past normal rotation speed, and when he did unstick, well, he described it after as a "sporty little takeoff"

[MrNaturalAZ]

Quite agile for an airplane that size.

[crfriend]

Quite agile for an airplane that size.

It was artificially agile thanks to a very light takeoff weight; manoeuvres of that type would not be possible at anywhere near max TO weight.

I especially liked the porpoise move out of the steep takeoff. Even Sapphire commented that the video was a thing of beauty -- and she's no longer really a "techie".

[Sinned]

I liked the swept up wings and if they were serrated edges to the engine exhaust cowls then they looked coooolllll!