Rick, I remember seeing that clip also. He felt it could be done, but the big brass did not want to see him try it. If my memory was correct, he caught some flack for that barrel roll, but did not lose his job over it. On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:09:27 -0500 "Robinson, Rick" <Rick.Robinson@KNOX.ARMY.MIL> writes: > 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? > > > rick/kd4gnk > >