"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:08:09 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

Just to add to all of this about if a barrel roll is a 1G maneuver, which
I
don't think it is, I was watch a Military Channel show on Boeing and
the -80/707 and Tex Johnston was talking about the barrel roll he did and
said it was a 1G maneuver.

Think about it, sitting at the keyboard typing, and flying along in
level flight, you are at 1G. Pull back on the yoke or stick and you
are no longer at 1G, you are at 1G plus whatever it takes to climb.
It's impossible to gain altitude without experiencing more than 1G.

Could it be that the person describing the 707 barrel roll meant that
the maneuver was 1G in excess of 1G? In other words 2G's? Could be,
but probably the announcer or "talent" speaking for the clip had no
idea what he was talking about.

Corky Scott

Well Corkster, don't tell me tell Tex Johnston. He did it and he said it. As
I said in my post I don't think it is a 1G maneuver and for that mater it
wasn't a very good barrel roll except when you consider it had never been
done in that model of airplane and even the co-pilot didn't know he was
going to do it until right before he did it.

Gig G