Alvin Merril "Tex" Johnston was the pilot in question. This information is pretty easy to find with www.google.com. Plugging the keywords "707 barrel roll" into Google found these links (and many more): http://www.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=390 http://www.707sim.com/texjohnson.html http://www.spartan.edu/Executive/Fall2001/Tex_Johnston_Aviation_Pioneer.html (Be sure to cut and paste if the links wrap.) Regards, Jon -- Jon Wright mailto:jwright@halcyon.com 425-635-0338 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robinson, Rick" <Rick.Robinson@KNOX.ARMY.MIL> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:09 AM Subject: Boeing 707 > I saw a short clip on Discovery the other evening about the demonstration of > the Boeing 707 where the pilot did the slow roll at low level. > > Who was the test pilot?