A400M Extremely High Bank Angle Turn
I am admittedly biased to American manufacturers when it comes to military aircraft, but when I saw this picture on the Airbus website I had to share it. This image comes from a demonstration flight that the A400M did at the Paris Airshow from one of their press releases. That kind of banking is just downright ridiculous in a cargo aircraft. As a C-130 navigator I spend most of my time standing which would clearly not be possible in such a maneuver.
You forget that this picture was taken at the Paris Airshow, where more “accidents” have occurred involving military “demo” pilots. Surely there was not a bit of cargo on board to shift during flight.
I don’t care where it was, it still looks cool. Hopefully they were being safe and operating within parameters but they wouldn’t be the first people being stupid at an air show.