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post #1 of 9
8/7/09 at 2:15pm
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Tex Johnston put a Boeing 707 prototype into a barrel roll in front of a shocked group of buyers over Lake Union.



A picture of him, and wearing a nice jacket too.

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post #2 of 9
8/7/09 at 2:18pm
ah. I thought this might be a belated birthday thread for me.
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post #3 of 9
8/7/09 at 2:22pm
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ah.
I thought this might be a belated birthday thread for me.
This is cooler than your birthday, which was in January.
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post #4 of 9
8/7/09 at 2:23pm
he wins
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post #5 of 9
8/7/09 at 2:27pm
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post #6 of 9
8/7/09 at 2:37pm
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ah.
I thought this might be a belated birthday thread for me.

By how many years? JJ. Happy birthday!
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post #7 of 9
8/7/09 at 8:39pm
That's a big plane. Is that why it's a big deal?
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post #8 of 9
8/8/09 at 1:51am
One of, if not the only, commercial airliners to do a barrel roll. My photo of the aircraft now resting comfortably in the Smithsonian-
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post #9 of 9
8/11/09 at 3:48am
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