Propliner fans … enjoy !

Wow, fantastic video . Similar to the Dakota Norway at Duxford a couple of years ago.

Tex Johnson at work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaA7kPfC5Hk

A shorter version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bvhov0nxPQ

And a beautiful picture of the Dash 80 in flight, right side up.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Air_to_air_photo_of_the_Dash_80_FA239925.jpg

Careful, those who think metal “goes off” with age will be able to hear the rivets stretching!!!!

A great performance and illustrating perfectly what a large aircraft can do with its energy.

That picture, fantastic as it is, is surely shown upside-down. The person standing/sitting in the aeroplane (and therefore the camera they were holding) was upside-down – the land should be at the top and the sky at the bottom ! 😀

Roger Smith.

Here’s the view out the port side of the Dash 80 with Tex at the controls. After over 3 decades of retirement it was last flown in 2003 to IAD and now can be seen there at the Udvar-Hazy Center.

This brings to mind the Boeing test pilot (whose name escapes me at this time) who rolled the 367-80 (707 prototype) on its maiden flight

Tex Johnson. Not on the maiden flight, but during trials.

Inverted Airliners

This brings to mind the Boeing test pilot (whose name escapes me at this time) who rolled the 367-80 (707 prototype) on its maiden flight

I am also reminded of the displays of the F27-400M by Major Boy Soons of the Dutch Air Force, of whom it was said that he never took off in a display, he merely retracted the undercarriage, cut one enginer and flew the rest of his display on one engine.

Superb….just like airshows used to be

Absolutly fantstic.

Loved it.