On August 7th, 1955, hydroplanes blasted through the waters of Lake Washington for the annual Seafair Cup races. Thousands of fans from across the Evergreen State gathered to watch, including a ...
It was a promotional stunt that in today’s dollars used a $144 million investment by Boeing. And it was done without the knowledge of Bill Allen, then president of the company, who was watching. And ...
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707 Passenger Jet Survives Upside Down Barrel Roll
In the 1950s, the American Boeing aircraft company wanted to pioneer civilian jet aircraft with its innovative Boeing 707. As part of its prototype demonstration program, the President of Boeing ...
When you think of an aircraft performing a barrel roll, the first kind of plane that comes to mind is likely a military jet fighter or a small, high-performance aerobatic plane performing at an air ...
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