When a light aircraft points directly upwards during a loop-the-loop (which takes forever), what keeps it from falling out of the sky?

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When a light aircraft points directly upwards during a loop-the-loop (which takes forever), what keeps it from falling out of the sky?

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Momentum.

If you were to stop it at that point and release it, it would fall. But, it has upward momentum, so it slows rather than falls.

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