Is this even legal??

"gatt" wrote:
"buttman" wrote in message
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Check out the second photo as well.

Would have been cool to see in person!

its the military, they do whatever they want

No they don't. They stick to the script or they die. There is no
margin for error, and they have their routine memorized and practice
it as a team before they get in the cockpit. It's that simple.

-c
(somebody correct me if I'm wrong.)

Well ... I believe that the FAA has the authority to grant waivers for any
of the regulations it writes. After all, it presumably wrote and/or
approved of them in the first place. So they may have granted waiver(s) for
those planes to perform those maneuvers.

Also, according to the information I found, military flights pretty much
have to follow the same FARs that civilian flights do - I once located and
posted what I believe is the relevant legislation that governs when and
where the military is and is not governed by the FARs. I could go hunt it
down and post it again if anyone is interested.