Kingfish wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
Actually "knew him" would be more accurate. Tex died back in 98.
Great guy, and he pulled off one hell of a stunt back there with the
prototype Dash 80! We always kidded him about it looking like a "whale"
roll!!! :-))

Hey Dudley,

Speaking of whales... D'ya think the structure (spars?) on the A380
would hold up to a barrel roll? Airbus could use some positive press
for that program right about now. That'd be even more spectacular than
the photos of the A380 four-ship from last year!

I hope it could hold up to 1 g. According to the history channel, the
head guys called the pilot to the mat and brought in some engineers.
Their main concern was that the aircraft was not certified for neg g's
and they thought fuel/oil/etc could unport. When the pilot explained to
him that he never got over 1.5 g's they seemed calmer.

-Robert