Originally Posted by
Grebe
RE fly,,,
Tex had made a statement to the effect that every plane he had been seriously involved in he had ' rolled ' at least once. He was very involved in the B-52 program . . FWIW
Early B-52s had spoilers AND ailerons. Spoilers only, on the later models. That's key to rolling a 707, too...raise the spoilers a bit, and you get increased differential deflection from them during the roll.