Stalls and Thoughts

"Bob F." wrote in
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Bertie,
Did your mole ever tell you the story about Jack Waddell when he took
the maiden 747-100 flight to Farnborough?


Nope don't think he would have known. He operated in some weird way with
Boeing. Because he did defense stuff he was isolated. I just meant he knows
how all this stuff works.

Do tell, though..


bertie

Well, I'll tell you right here and now.

Seems Jack, who already had lots of test hours in the 100 and made a flight
to NY already, was preparing for a flight to the air show in England. Bill
Allen (president) came on board just before he was about to depart and said.
"You know Jack, if you don't want to make a maiden cross Atlantic flight
now, it's ok, we don't have to take this plane there." Jack said "It's ok
Bill, I don't see any problem in doing so". Bill nodded and walked off the
plane but came back a few minutes later and said "Jack, I'm serious, if you
feel any reason why you don't want to make the flight, it's ok", Jack looked
a little puzzled but said "It's ok Bill, I have no bad feelings at all
about it and I feel completely confident it'll be ok" Bill looked at Jack
for a few seconds, said nothing and walked of the plane but returned almost
immediately and said "Jack, I know you'll do the right thing, but when you
get to the air show, please don't roll this airplane !"

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BobF.
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Bob F." wrote in
:

Bertie,
Did your mole ever tell you the story about Jack Waddell when he took
the maiden 747-100 flight to Farnborough?


Nope don't think he would have known. He operated in some weird way with
Boeing. Because he did defense stuff he was isolated. I just meant he
knows
how all this stuff works.

Do tell, though..


bertie

"Bob F." wrote in
:

Well, I'll tell you right here and now.

Seems Jack, who already had lots of test hours in the 100 and made a
flight to NY already, was preparing for a flight to the air show in
England. Bill Allen (president) came on board just before he was
about to depart and said. "You know Jack, if you don't want to make a
maiden cross Atlantic flight now, it's ok, we don't have to take this
plane there." Jack said "It's ok Bill, I don't see any problem in
doing so". Bill nodded and walked off the plane but came back a few
minutes later and said "Jack, I'm serious, if you feel any reason why
you don't want to make the flight, it's ok", Jack looked a little
puzzled but said "It's ok Bill, I have no bad feelings at all about
it and I feel completely confident it'll be ok" Bill looked at Jack
for a few seconds, said nothing and walked of the plane but returned
almost immediately and said "Jack, I know you'll do the right thing,
but when you get to the air show, please don't roll this airplane !"


Heh heh. I wonder if anyone has. I know someone who claims to have rolled a
Convair 880 9 the FAA's own flying lab) and some Lufty guys tried to roll
a 707 and pulled two engines off it ( so the story goes, anyway) The 757
would be a piece of cake to roll if you were so inclined. The sim does some
fine aerobatics anyway.


Bertie