Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dataio.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!dataio!braman From: braman@dataio.UUCP (Rick Braman) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Most beautiful aircraft Message-ID: <693@dataio.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 04:15:44 EDT Article-I.D.: dataio.693 Posted: Mon Jul 1 04:15:44 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 08:18:31 EDT References: <2857@decwrl.UUCP> <808@ihnp4.UUCP> Organization: Data I/O Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 32 > As beautiful as the P-51 is, and as macho as the DC-6, has anyone > ever made a transport as lovely as the 707? There is an airplane > with the perfect length fuselage (any version, the short or long), > graceful wing and well formed tail. It is by far my favorite large > airplane. > > 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 believe that the roll took place during a Seafair hydroplane race in front of thousands of spectators, much to the horror of Boeing officials. I don't recall what happened to Tex, but I'm sure that this one unsanctioned display did more to sell the plane than any other! -- o | " Go catch a thermal! " | | _________oOo_________ x O O x \xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxO Oxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ O O OoO uw-beaver!entropy!dataio!braman -- Usenet Rick Braman Data I/O Corp Redmond WA 206-885-5851