60 years ago: The famous Boeing 707 prototype barrel roll over Lake Washington

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Howard Johnson is right about Tex Johnson being right...
 
Hacker15e said:
Physics works the same for all aircraft.
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That's why I have trouble believing anything bigger than the -80, and maybe the 727 were ever rolled. Much less done so with out seriously over stressing the airframe. To gain enough excess energy to complete a roll, they would have had to dive to transsonic speeds and/or sacrificed a great deal of altitude to carry through the maneuver.

OTOH, the FedEx 705 crew rolled their DC-10 almost inverted so I guess it is possible.
 
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That's why I have trouble believing anything bigger than the -80, and maybe the 727 were ever rolled. Much less done so with out seriously over stressing the airframe. To gain enough excess energy to complete a roll, they would have had to dive to transsonic speeds and/or sacrificed a great deal of altitude to carry through the maneuver.

OTOH, the FedEx 705 crew rolled their DC-10 almost inverted so I guess it is possible.
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That bird was written off I believe, because of over stressed maneuvers.
By the way, is that dude still in prison? Hope so...
 
mshunter said:
Doh! So one of them is still on the job?
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None of them were ever able to hold a medical after their horrendous injuries and ever fly professionally again. (Captain Sanders and FE Andy Peterson) But the F/O Jim Tucker, was able much later on, to fly under Light Sport and taught his son to fly his Luscombe. He still has that plane but he has to fly with someone else as PIC.
 
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A Life Aloft said:
None of them were ever able to hold a medical after their horrendous injuries and ever fly professionally again. (Captain Sanders and FE Andy Peterson) But the F/O Jim Tucker, was able much later on, to fly under Light Sport and taught his son to fly a Luscombe.
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He is one of those hazards to aviation that ALPA doesn't want flying in light airplanes without a 3rd class medical.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.
 
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USMCmech said:
He is one of those hazards to aviation that ALPA doesn't want flying in light airplanes without a 3rd class medical.
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Don't get me started. I've had my fill of certain members on here as it is and I have no intention of giving either one of them the chance to come into this thread with their self-righteous, personal opinionated rants, even though one already sadly has. It's getting to be like whack a mole....nope can't go into that thread....nope there goes that thread.....nope not touching that thread with a ten foot pole..... nope staying out of this thread....... nope there goes another thread down the toilet.....nope there's another ruined thread that could have been interesting..... nope I'd like to contribute to that thread but not even going to bother......nope that thread has been completely monopolized, etc. It's gotten old. Very old.
 
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ppragman said:
This was amazingly intense. Awesome video!
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It's a helluva story isn't it? They were lucky to have survived, let alone perform a safe landing. Tremendous efforts on all of their parts. Good, decent men, all three of them.
 
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Hacker15e said:
I have a feeling that Mr Shelton would have a *lot* to say about the airlines and airline pilots today were he still here!
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There are very few pilots like him anymore. I miss him and his airplane. When he sold the Bearcat it was the end of an era.
 
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A Life Aloft said:
Don't get me started. I've had my fill of certain members on here as it is and I have no intention of giving either one of them the chance to come into this thread with their self-righteous, personal opinionated rants, even though one already sadly has. It's getting to be like whack a mole....nope can't go into that thread....nope there goes that thread.....nope not touching that thread with a ten foot pole..... nope staying out of this thread....... nope there goes another thread down the toilet.....nope there's another ruined thread that could have been interesting..... nope I'd like to contribute to that thread but not even going to bother......nope that thread has been completely monopolized, etc. It's gotten old. Very old.
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True. It's why I rarely look at this site anymore, or post here. I don't even know why I'm posting this, I'm sure someone will reply with a comment, like "if you don't like it, leave!"...well, I mostly have.

I used to recommend this site to people...not really doing that anymore.

My kid is getting to the age where he's getting really interested in aviation...if he asks me about aviation websites to look at I'm not going to steer him this direction. Reading almost any thread here lately would be enough to squash the spirit of any young potential aviator.

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