Talk:Chandelle

Anyone else find it strange that the article first says that the Chandelle is not a dogfighting maneuver, then further down describes how it was used in air combat? Is it the modern-day Chandelle, the one used for pilot certification, which is not a combat maneuver? Or was even that maneuver actually used in air combat? --Avl (talk) 19:47, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Animation
Would someone mind making sure the animation loops repeatedly? Going through the sequence once isn't quite that useful. 173.21.247.63 (talk) 19:55, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Required training
If the Chandelle is "now required for attaining a commercial flight certificate in many countries" - not just some, why add "The Federal Aviation Administration in the United States requires such training"? The article might as well read "The Aviation Administration in Kazakhstan requires such training". To name one country adds nothing to the paragraph.101.98.74.13 (talk) 05:47, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

I disagree
A Chandelle is a maneuver to lose many thousands of feet per minute without building up airspeed or causing a stall. It's basically a no-power, turning slip used to get on the ground quickly. I was taught this maneuver by a WWII pilot for the purpose of rapidly decreasing altitude, for example, in the event of an engine fire. Perhaps both definitions are correct. Charles Juvon (talk) 16:08, 23 October 2020 (UTC)