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  1. 3rd September 2018, 06:37 AM #1
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    Tex Johnston barrel rolls Dash 80 prototpye, 1955

    Apologies if this has been posted before, this is incredible.

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  2. 3rd September 2018, 08:22 AM #2
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    The Concorde was barrel rolled several times in testing. Not sure at what speed!
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    The barrel roll should be a 1g manoeuvre, so no worries
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    Yes, and I remain hopeful that some Qantas captain will get bored on the Melbourne - Sydney milkrun and decide to practice!
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    Airline pilots have occasionally done that sort of thing in the past, although I can't think of a recent example. One that comes to mind, might have been the last DC6 flight to Lae - on departure did a low level run at high speed to thrill the crowd at the airport, but it failed to thrill the company management or the authorities, both were waiting for the captain in Brisbane.
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    I’ve never done it at work, except in the simulator..... Well, my FO did. (He is an ex-USAF A-10 pilot) who took us under the Sydney Harbour Bridge upside-down at Vmo. Not a barrel roll per se, but a hesitation roll.

    I couldn’t stop laughing...
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