Back in the 90's working for burbank aeronautical we faa flight tested our hush kits out of plant 42 in Palmdale ' during shutter stall tests over the pacific the faa guy rolled the aircraft 180 our test pilot took the controls from him and just managed to recover from inverted dive ' when the aircraft came back 2 hrs early we knew something was wrong ' it blew all the slot seals and nearly broke the back of the aircraft ' after mutch work and numerous inspections we got back in the air ' a 180 in a dc8 was a first as far as I know scary shit !
This aircraft was so so loud even louder than the 727 Which is a good thing And most of the time during take off some landings lots of black smoke which is an even better thing.
Tem que passar por cima de várzea grande MT Brasil também indo pra outras cidades e pais são Paulo Equador Bolívia Chile esse grandes 707 eos DC 8 DC 10 também A340 A380 747 400
So glad to see NASA trying to understand global climate change in the least efficient jet aircraft. Now that we know NASA's not too concerned, it's just normal earthly or sun related behavior, can we please go back to flying in classic aircraft?
So, when you fly on your side like that, do you lose a lot of altitude because the wings are no longer in a position to counteract gravity, or can you step on the rudder hard enough to keep flying level?
Yeah, you lose a lot of altitude. If you listen to the audio, you can hear the engines ramping up just before the roll in an effort to climb again before the drop.
I wasn't aware of the 717 story, it does however explain why the 720 name was given the shorter range, fewer seats, 707 spawn. Tex Johnson's twin barrel rolls may have been the first flight seen by perspective buyers, certainly they had flight tested the Dash 80 at their remote fields such as Moses Lake. Dash 80 was more than a project name used during development, in the end Boeing went back to their long used numbering system and their is no reason to think they will abandon it in the future. Once 797 is breached, Boeing will start with 800's. Whether 801, or 807, even 811, we'll never know until they tell us.
Watched a KC-135 do a top speed flyby on the deck then climb nearly vertical to 10,000', kick over inverted, then roll right side up. Incredible sight I'll never forget.
Oh yes I did! DC8 French Air Force training, what we called"anusual positions". The instructor put the plane in a "very high nose attitude" and the trainee had to regain control of the ship! We practiced these exercices over the Alps with a beautiful scenery below us! Cheers
Handled with the proper care, many transport jets can easily perform all sorts of maneuvers (sorry Airbus guys, the machine will intervene to stop you). Back in my USAF days, my last 3 years were in SpecOps and I knew the old C-141 could do more than realized. I flew a few flights with engineers from NASA, Lochkeed and the USAF all wired to multiple sensors. My crew and I demonstrated numerous maneuvers well outside the usual maneuver limitations, without exceeding any aircraft stress limitations. Big jets can be hamfisted into disaster or finessed into success depending on the experience of the crew.
