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Boeing Jetliner does a Barrel Roll above Seattle Seafair (1955)

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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT This video is not being used to make money in any way and is for entertainment and leisure purposes only. This is an act of fair usage as described by the US Copyright Office, therefore, a dispute should not occur over this video.

On August 7, 1955, Alvin M. "Tex" Johnston stuns the crowd at the Seafair Gold Cup hydroplane race on Lake Washington by barrel (or aileron) rolling the prototype Dash-80, the precursor to the Boeing 707, thus launching the era of the modern commercial jet. Johnston's co-pilot was Boeing test pilot James R. Gannett (1923-2006).

This video is a small excerpt of the original documentary "Frontiers of Flight -- The Jet Airliner".

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