Rolled Airliners
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From: Herefordshire
The infamous Alan Dix rolled a BAC 1-11 on airtest just before he left to join the Rothmans Aerobatic team. Pulled just a little over 1G all the way round, apparently so as not to empty the loos into the cabin!! He said it went very well, which is exactly what you would expect from a British aeroplane.
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Walpole???? Oo? Oh, yer mean Trubshaw?
Oh dear!
But they were test pilots, which places them, and the airframes that they might overstress in a quite different category. Quite apart from the fact that had they overstressed the airframe they'd be responsible enough to admit it...
Airline pilots who commit aerobatics in their airliners are in the same box as child molesters as far as I am concerned.
Oh dear!
But they were test pilots, which places them, and the airframes that they might overstress in a quite different category. Quite apart from the fact that had they overstressed the airframe they'd be responsible enough to admit it...
Airline pilots who commit aerobatics in their airliners are in the same box as child molesters as far as I am concerned.
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From: in the mist
Think it was Warpole. Trubshaw would have told Andrew where to go. 
Could be wrong though, I'll have to check again...
I agree airline pilots rolling aeroplanes are stupid idiots who may fiddle with kiddies when they get bored of fiddling with themselves. However, test pilots doing it is very different. Especially since Concorde was not overstressed or did not (unintentionally) exceed any parameter on the flight in question.
Could be wrong though, I'll have to check again...I agree airline pilots rolling aeroplanes are stupid idiots who may fiddle with kiddies when they get bored of fiddling with themselves. However, test pilots doing it is very different. Especially since Concorde was not overstressed or did not (unintentionally) exceed any parameter on the flight in question.
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From: Sale, Australia
Bristol Freighter of a certain airforce was aerobatted and a subsequent crew had the unfortunate experience of the wings clapping hands while on a routine flight. Guy also put on performance in a 748 for his final flight, only to tell the CO on landing he had been practicing for a month so he better get the techs to check all the other AC in the squadron as well.
