On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 3:42:20 AM UTC-6, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 1:57:46 PM UTC+13, wrote:
Who has done a loop in a standard cirrus?

Accidentally or intentionally?
If you don't know what I'm talking about, you should...

What Dave says . . .
The smoothest soaring pilot I ever flew with was Johnny Byrd (R.I.P), multiple time champion and member of our US World Team. He described to me about flying in very rough air when his Standard Cirrus sailplane pitched up vertical, so he pulled it around into a loop. He figured that was the best option to avoid a falling "tail slide" which might break the sailplane. It possibly pitched up so suddenly due the all-flying horizontal tailplane. I do not believe that he ever looped any other aircraft except for that "accidental" loop.

Johnny Byrd was cool cat. Quiet demeanor and always helpful. I learned a lot from his sharing of his knowledge and I miss him so . . .

Burt
Marfa, TX