boeing 707 barrel roll

big bird does a barrel roll, actual footage not so clear, but still worth a watch as pilot talks you through and shows an upside down photo through window with the wing and engines in view.

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• 707
• barrel
• roll
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[ibook133]

The fact that it likely had no seats, or other such post-prototype weight, and a nominal amount of fuel probably helped the maneuver look as graceful as it did. I wonder if a 777 could do that. Or heck, an a380 hahaha.

[BB10Pilot]

Nice!

[kargaroc386]

that's an aileron roll though

[applesweeter]

you should get approval from Boeing before your barrel roll.

[StarIessNight]

@ibook133 man i just woke up about half an hour ago, and i had a dream of a 747 doing it. not a nice scene at all... it did it right after rake off, lost altitude very quickly, tail hit ground and u know the rest...

[goats4sale]

¡¡lloɹ lǝɹɹɐq

[giannisxxx]

bob hover! awsome pilot

[drugsandsolvents]

I love this vid, should be called,

"This is how to rave.."

[drugsandsolvents]

yeah 1 positive G. Still, must be designed to take at least 1 negative G if not loads more.

[ibook133]

It looks like it's 1G too. Usually more than 1G you see the aircraft, whatever the type "slide" or "slip" in a particular direction, usually the direction of initial acceleration (going straight, the aircraft would likely want to continue on that path), while the actual orientation of the craft changes. You can see this with high speed maneuvers in jet fighters.