Ridiculous display – not sure what he was trying to prove. The aircraft would have close to the g limits often during that display.
Arthur
I do not know what the G limits are for a DC4 but from what you can see in the clip it all looks very smooth and gentle, no sharp pull ups, so probably no more that 1.5 or at most 1.8.
Richard
Inclined to agree.
If it only had 50 min of fuel for 20 min flight, and empty of anything (even seats for passengers), one can get a light airframe with 4 powerful engines doing <2 G maneuvers.
Bob Hoover did hundreds of power-off maneuvers in his Aero Commander.
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