"Jim" jaahrens NOSPAM at yahoo dot com wrote in
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"Tex" Johnson - Boeing test pilot - Unlimited Hydro races on Lake
Washington.
jim
"Derrick Towers" wrote in message
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This looks just like the famous picture of the Boeing test pilot
showing off the bird in front of the military and investors way back
in 195?? His name was "Tex" something. After he did the aileron roll
(which was a simple 1 g manuever), he was told never to do that again
as it might upset future paying passengers. The navigator in back
snapped this picture. It's true, ...Look it up
"pe.rhodes" wrote in message
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This is my favorite 707 photo, of course, it's not a 707, it's the
prototype Dash 80, upside down over the hydroplane race course on
Lake Washington, west Seattle in the distance. My father-in-law was
there, and talks about it to this day.
"bob" wrote in message
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Taken at Kansas City Municipal airport a few months before the
airplane crashed there.
Tex Johnston, not Johnson.
A video of this roll, narrated by Tex Johnston, can be downloaded from
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...707%20Roll.mpg
Note: This file is almost 22 MB in size.
You can also find copies of this video on YouTube.com. Search for
"Tex Johnston".
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