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From: Timbukthree
Specifically, it is the Boeing 367-80 prototype jet airliner. Known as the "Dash-80",
with test pilot Tex Johnston at the controls, he performed a barrel roll over Seattle in August of 1955. It has come to be known as a 707, but the manufacturer's build plate says it is a model 367-80. Yes, its civil registration is N70700, but the FAA registry lists it as a model 367-80.
Yes, it is OPEN HOUSE.
with test pilot Tex Johnston at the controls, he performed a barrel roll over Seattle in August of 1955. It has come to be known as a 707, but the manufacturer's build plate says it is a model 367-80. Yes, its civil registration is N70700, but the FAA registry lists it as a model 367-80.
Yes, it is OPEN HOUSE.
Last edited by evansb; 18th August 2012 at 00:42.
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From: New South Wales
Sorry Brian, I didn't think you wanted to be that specific. 
I'm curious though. I watched this video and your challenge photo appears as you have posted it...
VIDEO: Boeing 707 Barrel Roll by Test Pilot Tex Johnson | Airline Reporter | Blogging on the airline business
...but I'm wondering if that clip has accidentally rotated the photo on the vertical axis?
It's the outer starboard engine?
I'm curious though. I watched this video and your challenge photo appears as you have posted it...
VIDEO: Boeing 707 Barrel Roll by Test Pilot Tex Johnson | Airline Reporter | Blogging on the airline business
...but I'm wondering if that clip has accidentally rotated the photo on the vertical axis?
It's the outer starboard engine?
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From: Minehead Somerset UK
That looks rather like an Anzani "Fan" type engine, there seem to be a lot of variations in the pushrod/head layouts and this is similar in appearance to that used on the 1908 Bleriot monoplane; so is this machine pre or post WWI ?
I expect it's just a trick of the light or the "ghost in the machine", but that does look like a face peering out of the dark area behind the engine ??
I expect it's just a trick of the light or the "ghost in the machine", but that does look like a face peering out of the dark area behind the engine ??
