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

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knot4u said:
I've met a lot of pilots with "big" names, but I never met him. How a person could walk with such a large amount of brass in their scrotum is baffling.
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...and that's not even the most badass thing that Tex did. He was a true aviator.

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I've posted this before, but back in the 1990s when I worked at the Museum of Flight, I often saw Boeing's former chief test pilot Lew Wallick. Wallick flew the first test flights of the 727, 37, 47, 57, and 67.

He said that he'd personally rolled every single one of those airplanes during the test programs.
 
Hacker15e said:
I've posted this before, but back in the 1990s when I worked at the Museum of Flight, I often saw Boeing's former chief test pilot Lew Wallick. Wallick flew the first test flights of the 727, 37, 47, 57, and 67.

He said that he'd personally rolled every single one of those airplanes during the test programs.
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Don't tell atn, he doesn't appreciate any shenanigans. Lyle would've had a time tuning that petulant childs attitude.
 
knot4u said:
Don't tell atn, he doesn't appreciate any shenanigans. Lyle would've had a time tuning that petulant childs attitude.
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What a sophomoric statement to make. They probably do have to roll the aircraft during initial flight test certification.
 
Hacker15e said:
I've posted this before, but back in the 1990s when I worked at the Museum of Flight, I often saw Boeing's former chief test pilot Lew Wallick. Wallick flew the first test flights of the 727, 37, 47, 57, and 67.

He said that he'd personally rolled every single one of those airplanes during the test programs.
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The 727 and maybe the 757 I'll buy, but I call BS on the widebodies.
 
Seggy said:
But he said they did.

How do you know what the standard was for Boeings flight test processes back then?
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Aerobatic manuvers have never been part of the flight test process for normal category airplanes, much less transport category jets.

Johnson nearly got fired for his stunt of rolling the -80, the story is well documented.
 
USMCmech said:
Aerobatic manuvers have never been part of the flight test process for normal category airplanes, much less transport category jets.

Johnson nearly got fired for his stunt of rolling the -80, the story is well documented.
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Yes, I am familiar.

But we had some folks argue on here it is 'not an aerobatic maneuver' on rolling an airplane a few months ago.
 
ppragman said:
This sort of nonsense is killing the site...
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You are right! Demeaning a member who stands for a high standard of safety takes away from this site.

Didn't you and the rest of the Alaskans bitch and moan at me after I had concerns with a video of some guy hot dogging?
 
Hacker15e said:
I've posted this before, but back in the 1990s when I worked at the Museum of Flight, I often saw Boeing's former chief test pilot Lew Wallick. Wallick flew the first test flights of the 727, 37, 47, 57, and 67.

He said that he'd personally rolled every single one of those airplanes during the test programs.
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That's a dangerous seed to plant in a young man's mind, dontcha think?
 
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