As much as I like Douglas, to the point that you will have to shoot me before I call it a Boeing DC-8 or DC-3 like JP airline fleets does, I give the strength to Boeing. Just two examples - the one below and the convertible Aloha 737. David R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bahadir Acuner" <bahadiracuner@yahoo.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Boeing 707 > I'd vote for Douglas aircraft instead of a Boeing on that competition. > > BAHA ACUNER - CFI,CFII,MEI > > www.bahadiracuner.com > www.acuwings.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of > David Ross > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:51 PM > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Boeing 707 > > > He wanted to demonstrate how strong the 707 was. It was a great aircraft! > One lost several feet of its wing on take off one time (from either SFO or > Travis AFB, forget which) yet it made it down in one piece. > > At the risk of starting the Boeing versus "them" war, Boeing makes strong > aircraft! > > David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard A Whitenight" <rum.runner@juno.com> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:28 PM > Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Boeing 707 > > > > 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 > > > > > > >