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| Which is the largest aircraft ever to do an acrobatic barrel role? |
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Post subject: The largest aircraft ever to do acrobatic barrel roll?
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Which is the largest aircraft ever to do an acrobatic barrel role?
The B-17 Flying Fortress?
The B-52 Stratofortress?
The Boeing 707 airliner?
The C-5A Galaxy transport?
Vote your choie and post your opinions...
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| I think it is the big B-52, it has good maneuverability for such a large aircraft. |
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| Tue Nov 30 17:24:48 2004 |
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well......the B-52 unless it has to be a successfull barrell role lol
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| Tue Nov 30 17:50:24 2004 |
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The 707 roll by tex johnston was the milestone in Boeing's history. But not necessarily the largest aircraft.
Although come to think of it - technically wasnt it called the Dash 80 - or super 80 when it was rolled back then. |
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| Tue Nov 30 18:02:36 2004 |
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Yes it was, and I may or may *not* be referring to that flight...
heh... 
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| Tue Nov 30 18:59:13 2004 |
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| kaptor wrote: | | well......the B-52 unless it has to be a successfull barrell role lol |
LMAO!!! yea it has to be a successful roll, preferrably without ground impact! 
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| Tue Nov 30 19:00:17 2004 |
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BTW which of you guys didnt vote??
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| Tue Nov 30 19:01:01 2004 |
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i had voted
before I remembered the Dash-80 thing. |
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| Tue Nov 30 19:08:29 2004 |
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| Boeing History wrote: | The Boeing Dash 80 prototype jet performed a dramatic barrel roll over Lake Washington on August 7, 1955.
B707 Chief Test Pilot, Tex Johnston stunned the crowd at the Seafair Gold Cup hydroplane race on Lake Washington by performing an aileron roll that ended in a barrel roll, with the prototype Dash-80, the precursor to the Boeing 707. Tex ushered in the era of the modern commercial jet with sensational flair.
Johnston aerobatic maneuver with the giant Dash 80 was actually a variation on a barrel roll. Unlike a conventional aileron roll, Johnston maintained positive gravity through the maneuver. Even Boeing President William Allen was taken by surprise as he escorted potential customers who are seeing the jet for the first time. Talk about a big first impression!
Flying at more than 400 miles per hour just 400 feet above the water, Johnston commenced a sudden ascent. The jet's swept-back wings spiraled as the 128-foot-long, 160,000 pound plane rolled, flying for a short time upside down. Then, for extra measure, Johnston performed a second barrel-roll. Boeing President Allen asked a guest with a heart problem if he could borrow his pills. The potential jet buyers were duly impressed. |
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| Tue Nov 30 19:33:49 2004 |
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| Anonymous wrote: | i had voted
before I remembered the Dash-80 thing. |
And since you are an Anonymous guest, who are you? lol...
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| Tue Nov 30 19:35:08 2004 |
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I say B-52. I'm not 100% certain, but I have seen a video of one crashing while attempting one.
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| Tue Nov 30 19:54:53 2004 |
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| Tue Nov 30 20:04:11 2004 |
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I almost always rely on my Gung Fu to automatically cast a vote, and it universily fails lol.
correct the -80 was neither a 707 nor a KC-135 it had atritributes of both.
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| Tue Nov 30 23:41:59 2004 |
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Man that is absolutely the pits to be doing barrel rolls and crash  I would rather take a 100mm shell from the enemy than a mouthfull of friendly soil |
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| Tue Nov 30 23:48:31 2004 |
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Stupidity kills...
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