Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site noscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!noscvax!medin From: medin@noscvax.UUCP (Ted Medin) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Boeing 707 roll Message-ID: <1003@noscvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 22:19:42 EDT Article-I.D.: noscvax.1003 Posted: Mon Jul 8 22:19:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 10:11:37 EDT References: <2857@decwrl.UUCP> <808@ihnp4.UUCP> <2232@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: medin@cod.UUCP (Ted medin) Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 18 Summary: In article <2232@ut-sally.UUCP> calvert@ut-sally.UUCP (Ken Calvert) writes: >cfiaime@ihnp4.UUCP (Jeff Williams): >>Story has it that when the 707 was first being demonstrated to airline >>officials and the Air force, Tex Johnson was making a low pass and >>rolled the thing. That sold many airlines, right there. Just a story, >>can any Boeing types verify? > >I seem to remember a book about the 707 (sorry, don't remember >any reference info) describing the flight testing of the 707-80, >and saying they *looped* the thing. I guess a loop wouldn't generate >any forces that category of craft couldn't take, but do they do that >to all airliners? Like, the 747? > Well I remember that when the 707 was first out one of the training or checkout manuvers was to roll the plane. The reason I remember it is on a training flight they rolled the plane,threw off some engines crashed and killed all. The FAA dropped that requirement from the checkout.