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From: Drew Radford <drew.r.radford@boeing.com>
Subject: Re: Real life : Can a 747 perform a roll?
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Joe Kartychak wrote:
> 
> Theo Redelijkheid wrote:
> > I have a bet with some people:
> >
> > I don't think it's possible to perform a roll with a 747. Some friends
> > of mine saw this in the movie 'Turbulence'.
> 
> The REAL Boeing 747 can perform a roll.  From what I understand, Boeing
> test pilots roll every boeing aircraft in the testing phase (This
> includes 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777).
> 
> As for the movie 'Turbulence', well, it is just a movie :-)

I can assure you that none of the 777, 737-NG or 757-300 pilots at
Boeing Flight Test were stupid enough to roll their planes. Tests that
aren't tracked by telemetry (first flights and the few following) are
staffed by up to 20 people and no pilot is going to risk his job on the
chance that they will all keep quiet. They do enough dangerous stuff to
keep the need for thrill to a minimum. That stuff is a thing of the
past.
