even before id had the big sleep , first teddy and then topsy had been busy , they had been on a recruiting drive , not just for personnel but also aircraft , and very quickly people on the circuit realised that he had just reached ( and passed ) the magical twenty two , was the green diamonds going to go for a world record beating twenty-three aircraft loop ? , and topsys answer was always the same , i can neither confirm nor deny that there will be a record breaking attempt ( he was definitely spending too much time on the lady s , the floating one ) , but i can categorically state that if there is , mr michaels will be the first to see it , and at the last large show of the season the green diamonds had equalled the world record , whilst natasha stood beside arabella on the flight line .