Seems eagles fly upside down as well!

Azimech · #1 03-14-2011, 09:27 PM

Nice article about an american bald eagle doing rolls and flying upside down.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...loop-loop.html

#2 03-14-2011, 09:53 PM

brilliant picture

it's a bit random, but this reminds me of one of my favourite insults that my flight instructor used with his thickest students: "you're so stupid that if a pigeon had your brain it would fly backwards!"

Biggs · #3 03-14-2011, 10:05 PM

can i just be the first to say....

BadAim · #4 03-14-2011, 10:05 PM

That's way cool. Thanks for posting. I love birds of prey nearly as much as warbirds.

Biggs · #5 03-14-2011, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadAim

I love birds of prey nearly as much as warbirds.

pupo162 · #6 03-14-2011, 10:34 PM

thanks bigs!

you just made my day XD

AndyJWest · #7 03-14-2011, 11:53 PM

It looks to me like he's doing a split-S: rolling inverted into a half-loop. I doubt if eagles are capable of sustained negative-G flight - the wing muscle development would be all wrong, and the extreme camber of the wings wouldn't help. Nice photo though.

Edit: A nice photo of a Red Kite doing an impression of a Stuka - http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff-e/3925938345/