Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bcsaic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!ted From: ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Most beautiful aircraft Message-ID: <172@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 16:50:31 EDT Article-I.D.: bcsaic.172 Posted: Tue Jul 2 16:50:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 09:46:34 EDT References: <2857@decwrl.UUCP> <808@ihnp4.UUCP> Reply-To: ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center Lines: 20 Summary: In article <808@ihnp4.UUCP> cfiaime@ihnp4.UUCP (Jeff Williams) writes: >... >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? > Jeff Williams > ihnp4!cfiaime I personally saw the 707 do an aileron roll over the southern end of Lake Washington. Since I joined The Boeing Company, I have also seen a few copies of a photograph taken while the 707 was inverted. Some versions of the photo show only the starboard wing and engines, with the lake and shoreline in the background. I've even heard some people suggest that the photo was mounted upside down -- until they look closely at it! TJ (with Amazing Grace) The Piper (aka Ted Jardine) CFI-ASME/I Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center ...uw-beaver!uw-june!bcsaic!ted