Tex Johnson, the Boeing Test Pilot rolls the Prototype aircraft! He gets a Bollocking, but gets away with it!
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@Nariji1974 жыл бұрын
This is Tex Johnson, your captain for this flight. "Oh shit."
@legion34084 жыл бұрын
XD
@AlecArmbruster4 жыл бұрын
* sounds of everybody buckling seatbelts without being asked *
@MoeJae864 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly.
@MoeJae864 жыл бұрын
@@AlecArmbruster And a hail mary.
@andikkristian60234 жыл бұрын
Can I get off the plane now, captain
@Oakshield28 жыл бұрын
"What the hell were you doing?" "Selling Airplanes" Balls of steel.
@AviatorDark5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@user-zm1ft3ob7t4 жыл бұрын
No, crappy pilot with an ego
@NPC-Gamer4 жыл бұрын
@@user-zm1ft3ob7t read up on Tex, he was in no way whatsoever a crappy pilot.
@markfox15454 жыл бұрын
Null - spend a lot of time thinking about other mens' testicles, do you?
@billg72054 жыл бұрын
Mark Fox - You and D should hang out together.
@mantirig41398 жыл бұрын
I had no idea planes that size could do those things. Amazing, and he says it like it's nothing, lol
@markfox15454 жыл бұрын
Mantirig 41 - at no point is the aircraft undergoing more than 1g.
@makarpronin20084 жыл бұрын
Imagine a380
@RemixedVoice4 жыл бұрын
@@markfox1545 Is what he did would be considered a zero g roll? I have heard that planes can take a very large number of G's before they break apart
@markfox15454 жыл бұрын
@@RemixedVoice - it's not zero g, it's simply 1g. The aircraft is effectively experiencing level flight.
@robsmithracing4 жыл бұрын
It’s no different than a smaller plane. As long as the roll doesn’t overstress the aircraft which as he explains wasn’t any risk at all. Apparently it’s possible in a Cessna but il let you search for that
@nancyjohnson73618 жыл бұрын
Tex was a great guy. His youngest daughter Barbara and I were very close friends in the late 50's early 60's. Tex and his wife Delores and my parents were also good friends so I spent a lot of time at their home. Being a young kid, I didn't realize what he did for a living, he was just my good friend's dad and a lot of fun.
@singhanmolpreet59356 жыл бұрын
Nancy Johnson wow, you knew a famous guy!
@ChrisSmith-si6gq5 жыл бұрын
Don't care
@-et37-5 жыл бұрын
Chris Smith I do
@BahauddinOmar5 жыл бұрын
Wow, lucky you!
@cutieteal5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, no proof, might take this with a grain of salt.
@craftpaint16443 жыл бұрын
"I was selling an airplane." Damn good answer
@Newberntrains3 жыл бұрын
Boeing didnt like it cause they didnt want people thinking this is what the plane would be doing when airlines flew it
@trhendricks22163 жыл бұрын
And at the right time, too... with the DHC 106 coming apart in mid air
@miguelsuarez80104 ай бұрын
Clients probably came running to buy after seeing this.
@frtard3 жыл бұрын
This guy is the embodiment of "Asking for forgiveness is easier than asking for permission"
@rawpower12779 жыл бұрын
My dad told me half the CEOs and Presidents of Boeing had heart attacks when this stunt was pulled.
@realazduffman5 жыл бұрын
The other half had strokes
@paulh97705 жыл бұрын
Very impressive and skilled pilot.I am on my 3rd airplane and would never try that. Mr Johnson must be related to Bob Hover.
@Weightlossjourney244 жыл бұрын
Paul H Bob hover was a legend !
@samborlon4 жыл бұрын
Your dad bullshitted you.
@SonOfAB_tch2ndClass4 жыл бұрын
When one of the CEO’s was retiring who was around during Tex’s stunt he left a note for the nearly complete 777 *“NO ROLLS”*
@JohnWLewis3 жыл бұрын
On the subject of Tex Johnson and safety, there’s a story that he was asked which, of all the types of aircraft that he’d flown, is the safest. He said, something like: “The safest aircraft? That would have to be the Piper Cub.” When asked why, he said: “Because it can only just kill you.”
@eriktruchinskas37472 жыл бұрын
Thats funny, the piper cub is an amazing airplane
@joecool83152 жыл бұрын
Dude I love piper cubs, their short take off and landings are awesome.
@seikibrian86412 жыл бұрын
"On the subject of Tex Johnson..." * *Johnston.*
@mrki4129 ай бұрын
Like the Renault Zoe is safest car.
@franic_scopes91658 ай бұрын
@@joecool8315 Cubs are great but, Aronica Champions are better.
@jeremy04403 жыл бұрын
See you guys in another 14 years when this is recommended again
@A6Legit3 жыл бұрын
I look forward to it.
@nickname90193 жыл бұрын
Yuuupp, see ya
@ohhellothere37753 жыл бұрын
See you when china will spread another virus
@petersrightbut82973 жыл бұрын
I hope im alive to see it!
@lookyloo10003 жыл бұрын
Lol
@cfluff67163 жыл бұрын
What a boss”I’m selling airplanes” He needed to be his boss’s boss.
@rickpedia67243 жыл бұрын
Uhm, I think by that answer, he was.
@gastonbell108 Жыл бұрын
Procurement agents are not pilots, nor do they think like pilots. They are desk weasels and flim-flam artists. His demonstration was intended to demonstrate the aircraft's capabilities in the hands of a skilled test pilot. Instead, it literally frightened these little nerds to think Boeing would employ such a wanton madman.
@Ellada04274 жыл бұрын
Just imagine how the flight engineer was feeling lol and the fact that he managed to snap a picture of it while being upside down is just amazing
@JTA19613 жыл бұрын
Plus all the drama of film developing issues we don't even think about now...
@DonFelixGallardo Жыл бұрын
@@JTA1961I’m sure he took more than one photo
@Iden_in_the_Rain Жыл бұрын
@@DonFelixGallardostill though, all of those photos could go wrong
@SPTSuperSprinter156 Жыл бұрын
@@Iden_in_the_Rain "Hey Tex, the film came out blank, we need to roll a 707 again".
@benrig898 ай бұрын
When Tex says '1 G maneuver' he's pointing out that if you do a barrel roll perfectly you don't even feel like you're upside down. That engineer could have been standing in the aisle taking the picture. Not to diminish the awesomeness of the photo. Tex was famous for putting a glass of water on the dash and doing a barrel roll without spilling a drop, that man knew his barrel rolls.
@Starry_Night_Sky745510 жыл бұрын
I would love to be on a commercial flight and hear the pilot say, "okay everybody buckle up, we're going for a loop de loop." Yes, just for fun.
@lastdaysofgravity2056 жыл бұрын
it's just a 1g maneuver so you should be fine
@jacyborreaux9194 жыл бұрын
He would be fired on the spot!
@MurrayJoe4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but when he landed, he probably never be allowed to fly any plane again, even a Cessna, ultra light, a glider or PPC, aka powered parachute plane. Heck, they would probably put him on the “No Fly” list
@eye_man4 жыл бұрын
@@MurrayJoe I would hope anybody doesn't try any maneuvers like that in a glider!
@geraldpriest6354 жыл бұрын
LOL Dang I nearly peed in my pants reading your comment.
@dozer16423 жыл бұрын
When KZbin was two years old, this video was uploaded. Now here we are, thirteen years later enjoying it again thanks to the ever popular algorithm that brings things out from deep down at the bottom of the servers. I hope to enjoy this again in another thirteen years.
@JTA19613 жыл бұрын
Good point.
@mousepad99993 жыл бұрын
Glad they are not using the bottom of Coke bottles for lenses any more.
@opus57706 ай бұрын
I searched for this! I heard the story but never saw the video. I love his answer so much, "I was selling planes" lmao what a boss
@robert1175110 жыл бұрын
pilots like tex and chuck yeager had balls bigger than the planes they flew
@unclerojelio63204 жыл бұрын
Rob W You only hear about the ones that managed to survive.
@brad99563 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Bob Hoover.
@ericfix05213 жыл бұрын
I don't think the planes had balls at all?
@ppsarrakis3 жыл бұрын
@@unclerojelio6320 yeah remember that crazy guy that killed himself and the copilots on that military plane on a show flight.
@unclerojelio63203 жыл бұрын
Paraskevas Psarrakis This one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnmtZa1nn6x4maM
@OverlandOne3 жыл бұрын
Tex was correct. If done right, it is a 1g maneuver. Bob Hoover used to demonstrate this by pouring a cup of tea into a glass sitting on the glare shield of his Shrike while rolling the aircraft with his other hand. You can see the video here on Y.T. and it shows the tea going into the glass just as if he were flying straight and level which is also 1g. These guys were great pilots.
@WestCoastAce278 ай бұрын
Exactly- ‘controlled’. If he’d tried to swing a quick 1 he may have snapped a wing off. He knew what he was doing - in his hands it was a very safe maneuver.
@cup_and_cone4 ай бұрын
Except it wasn't fine or capable or being done correctly, he damaged the airframe. Crews discovered one of the bulkheads had an entire row of rivet popped out. My grandfather was an engineer at Boeing back then and internally they were less than thrilled.
@erikpoephoofd3 ай бұрын
@@cup_and_cone Damn, so I guess nothing has changed about Boeings reliability
@arthurmead53413 ай бұрын
@@cup_and_cone Weird that there's no record of that even though it was flown quite a bit after this
@fallofshadows22093 ай бұрын
@@cup_and_coneDon’t worry, Boeing has done a lot to make up for those damages since then. 😂
@DucatiMTS12003 жыл бұрын
Thank God for people like Tex who knew their job and understood their machine intimately. Big respect from me.
@okamiexe15013 жыл бұрын
The Boeing 707 is used as the platform for the US Air Force AWACS and JSTARS, as well as other amazing surveillance platforms. This video here is a good explanation of why. Thank you, Tex. I wouldn't hate my job without you! 😁
@devingraves80443 жыл бұрын
When he was the pilot for the 777 in the 90s one of the last things he was told before the first flight was "no barrel rolls"
@fritz463 жыл бұрын
Johnston was 80 years old in 1994, and he was _not_ a test pilot for the 777. According to Wikipedia, the first flight was made by John E. Cashman.
@DaleSteel3 жыл бұрын
The 777 like all airliners now have systems that stop this even if you wanted to
@alexspalding49453 жыл бұрын
Dale Steel huh I didn’t know that
@DaleSteel3 жыл бұрын
@@alexspalding4945 yes. Unless your rudder falls off you ain't barrel rolling lol
@DanielWilliams-oi4ss3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how hard it is to disable that "feature". Like, can air force one do a barrel roll?
@bernardboka42773 жыл бұрын
A huge paradigm shift, brought by the 707. It’s actually a little spooky how good this plane was, compared to what came before. Prop liners flying in storms vs 610mph 7 miles up
@Silly_Illidan2 жыл бұрын
Alien tech
@newbieuserguy6899 Жыл бұрын
Pencils, papers, and slide rules!
@aramos36399 ай бұрын
@@Silly_Illidan”It was aliens” -people too weak minded to remember shit that was taught in elementary school
@whdbnrm30239 ай бұрын
would love to know what Howard Hughes thought about that stunt
@neilturner67499 ай бұрын
@@whdbnrm3023well Howard was in bed with TWA and Douglas on the rival DC8 program so probably would’ve been telling Donald Douglas that now Boeing have rolled the 707, we’re just gonna have to loop the DC8!
@juanpennisi12024 жыл бұрын
In his case de 1 in 1G refers to him, and the G means Gangsta.
@onemoremisfit3 жыл бұрын
No.
@judithspelman85123 жыл бұрын
69 likes.. I'll leave one here. 👍
@sauercrowder3 жыл бұрын
"I told him, it was one G maneuver"
@John05003 жыл бұрын
Underrated
@ChapsShrugged9 ай бұрын
"You know that now we know that, but just don't do it anymore." 😂 100% badassery.
@MrParkinthedark4 жыл бұрын
I like this guy, he had absolute confidence in what he was doing, but not from ego, I love that at 1:40 'It was fine'
@patriciopaniagua66622 жыл бұрын
He said --> “ I was flying “
@bobbyricigliano27992 ай бұрын
That near tail strike, yaw right and near wing strike on take off was just as scary as the roll.
@tommallon40523 жыл бұрын
This happened after the De Havilland Comet suffered several disastrous in-flight break-ups. People who saw that probably figured that the 707 could do that it would survive regular flight.
@StarHorseLover2012 Жыл бұрын
The breakups were due to metal fatigue after many flights - this one was new so that reasoning doesn't really work. The lessons learned by De Havilland (and the humans lives lost) benefited the whole of the industry. But it cost them dearly.
@mixrable1212 Жыл бұрын
@@StarHorseLover2012 It sure as hell worked for the regular people that were buying airline tickets because the airline had 707s.
@williamsstephens Жыл бұрын
@@StarHorseLover2012 Metal fatigue and the square windows.
@SoonerStoneAI Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the Tupolev, was a “peer” of this plane.
@TheStefanskoglund18 ай бұрын
Boeing got their own lesson : multiple crashes due to metal fatigue around loading doors. Doors which had a very specific design to be able to make them bigger than previously was possible.
@wilburfinnigan21429 жыл бұрын
Tex Johnson was a product of Boeing B47 test program. See video here of "Boeing B47 combat manuevers" shows the B47 doing the Barrel roll and immelmann manuvers,here on You Tube...good video too. Thats what happens when you put a WW II fighter pilot in a test program. Tex started out his jet flying on the Bell P59A, America's first jet. He is one Hell of a pilot...RIP Tex...
@cryptosudaca25445 жыл бұрын
Copilot: TEX, WHATS THAT CLANKING SOUND?! SOMETHING BROKE IN THE ROLL??????? Tex: nahhh, just my BALLS that hit against each other, plane is fine
@fredotlogetswe30475 ай бұрын
hahahahahahahaha, Tex is BOSS
@pautkd14713 жыл бұрын
Props to the people who made the plane, they managed to produce a passenger airplane capable of flying with this mans balls on it
@hotrod66547 жыл бұрын
My dad told me about this guy years ago and the story has always stuck with me. I love this guy. Definitely a bad ass!!
@rudetc10 жыл бұрын
Looks like Wilford Brimley. Sounds like Jimmy Stewart. Flies like Tom Cruise. #Legend
@rudetc8 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah man! And He almost got away with it too until you brought him to task on a KZbin Video's comment section! #REALLegend
@deborahparrish22014 жыл бұрын
Flies like Tom Cruise wishes he could fly, but I take your point!
@user-rh3to9cu4x4 жыл бұрын
How does he not sound like Sean Connery in The Rock?
@MorganBrown3 жыл бұрын
Haha, Jimmy Stewart flew for reals!
@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking3 жыл бұрын
Because he was inverted!
@TheHumanAndroid683 жыл бұрын
This was actually the prototype Boeing 367-80 (more commonly known as the Dash 80). Basis for KC-135 tanker and 707 airliner
@Jpgundarun3 жыл бұрын
He was the only one to ever have one upside down and not crash.
@daveburgess49493 жыл бұрын
haha not recorded anyway
@astrofilmes78963 жыл бұрын
Well, there's a case in Brazil in which the plane was being hijacked. The pilot turned it upside down trying to make the hijacker fall. They landed successfully. I've heard that Bin Laden planned the 9/11 bases on this case, attacking a government or important place from a country. Search for "Vasp 375". Interesting story.
@OriginalSeblakCeker3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that guy who stole a dash 800 in Seattle
@astrofilmes78963 жыл бұрын
@Te Amo Sorry for my mistake. But the general idea is: Who planned the 9/11 may have based the idea on this case. (As I've heard). Don't have to attack me. :)
@AA-tz2bm3 жыл бұрын
Astro Filmes ^^
@polimorph20233 жыл бұрын
"We know that, but just don't do it anymore". They clearly didn't know.
@MR_POPSICLES3 жыл бұрын
"You know that, now we know that" yea they clearly didnt know that xD
@JesusIsTheWay593 жыл бұрын
"You know that, *now* we know that..."
@minitrundle3 жыл бұрын
Think I'd ask the question. How did you know that before? He's clearly done it prior to this. Haha
@Starjumper28213 жыл бұрын
"..just don't do it anymore." "Okay" *Does a looping instead*
@macman9753 жыл бұрын
He's talked to him AFTER the flight lol. We know that, as in everyone on the ground watching, you know that.
@robertmorgan39477 жыл бұрын
This plane is now in smithsonian air n space at Washington Dulles airport
@Seahorsefan5 жыл бұрын
I must go there. Thank you for the info.
@chrisb99604 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize that was the same plane. Thanks.
@alanhartmann33554 жыл бұрын
Right side up?
@けろりら4 жыл бұрын
Alan Hartmann upside down
@ricq3 жыл бұрын
wow! i was there and i didn’t know this bit of history, i don’t even remember it, was too fascinated by the Space Shuttle
@robmangeri777 Жыл бұрын
“It was fine.” Best way to summarize showing off with a multimillion dollar toy 😎👍🏼
@milos.r33444 жыл бұрын
To bad they didn’t test the 737 Max for 3 years before they sold them...
@lewisparker44883 жыл бұрын
Too bad they sold it to third world airlines and hired idiots that didn't provide redundancy on a safety of flight system.
@visionist73 жыл бұрын
@@lewisparker4488 too bad they hid small details like _THIS PLANE WILL DELIBERATELY TRY TO CRASH_ from the pilots of those "third world" countries
@thomas.leitner3 жыл бұрын
Well.. seems like 41.000 flights without any incidents were good enough for them... "After one year of service, 130 MAXs had been delivered to 28 customers, logging over 41,000 flights in 118,000 hours and flying over 6.5 million passengers." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX#Introduction (And main source referenced on wiki)
@romangeneral233 жыл бұрын
Too bad they out sourced the software coding to programmers who had no experience or knowledge in aviation coding.
@thomas.leitner3 жыл бұрын
@@romangeneral23 Too bad that there are people in the world who need to blame others by made up stories, because the actual topics are far beyond their horizon.
@nesticle14 жыл бұрын
Hahaha I love the picture of the engine facing up and the lake below. Considering this was done in 1955 on a civilian aircraft... WOW! Tex got some big cajones!
@joaquinltaif57443 жыл бұрын
Hi are you still alive?? That coment is 10 years old bro
@EA_47_2 жыл бұрын
@@joaquinltaif5744 are you?
@alexsteil72277 жыл бұрын
Absolute legend.
@philipemma23593 жыл бұрын
The Boeing 707. One of the best aircraft to ever fly
@agentorange1538 ай бұрын
A few are still flying -- I've seen a (re-engined) one on landing at SJC!
@rtmdlawncare57743 жыл бұрын
This maneuver coupled with the aircrafts capabilities made it a must have for all airlines ....... Tex - your the shit man.
@englishelectric17 жыл бұрын
Check out how much altitude he loses in the roll too!
@maxtew65214 жыл бұрын
Yep. When a wing slices into the air sideways like that, you're pretty much eliminating lift for that span of time. Gutsy.
@maxtew65213 жыл бұрын
@@sirifail4499 With the significant training you have, I want to take advantage and ask a couple of things. 1) Because such a plane is not intended for maneuvers like this, was there any risk of the airframe coming apart altogether? And 2) do you know of any commercial aviation pilots that, given the chance and with only their own lives on the line, would attempt to do such a thing? Thanks.
@MaximEck963 жыл бұрын
@@maxtew6521 as he said in the video it's a one G maneuvers, the airframe doesn't see the difference with level flight if realized perfectly. It's called a barrel roll and any aircraft could do it, given the good pilot at the control. Bob Hoover might have been the other one capable of doing it. Do it today and you would basically be fired instantly. It doesn't prove anything in termes of airplane capabilities but can quickly become a risky maneuver with overpeed and overstress risk if not well executed
@Twobarpsi3 жыл бұрын
@@MaximEck96 "if"...
@saeed68113 жыл бұрын
2 meters and 5 centimeters
@Edgy019 ай бұрын
And sell they did. The 707 is a terrific aircraft. Got about 3000 hours in the 707-320B. Enjoyed every hour. I recall visiting the graveyard in Arizona and got to see the Dash 80 for some time before they moved it to the Boeing museum.
@bigredracingdog4668 ай бұрын
I remember seeing it at Davis-Monthan when we flew the last active duty Navy Phantoms there in 1986.
@TheCormTube3 жыл бұрын
"One of my test engineers happened to have his camera with him and snapped a picture while at the same time shitting his pants...."
@BrianKorth-nu7gw3 жыл бұрын
Wow. I love how he explains it like he was doing a backflip on a trampoline in front of his mom and dad. Amazing
@thomas.leitner3 жыл бұрын
Mentour pilot is pulling off a roll in a Boeing 737 simulator, if you want to see the trampoline in action :-D kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJndkqKdfLaBfLc
@MrTruehoustonian3 жыл бұрын
Mama mama mama mama look what I can do! Mama mama mama
@solracer669 ай бұрын
It was actually a little more impressive than what Tex says here. First of all it was at the Safari hydroplane race in front of hundreds of thousands of fans. Secondly he came in at 100 feet over the barge with the airline execs on it, pulled up did a roll then turned around, buzzed them a second time and did a second roll! My parents were there for the race and dad, who was a pilot and would later fly the DC-8, had his movie camera with him but sadly was out of film by then. I do have film of the hydros racing however but that is all. I met Tex once just before he passed and got an autographed copy of his book Tex Johnson Jet-Age Test Pilot.
@cmdmd2 жыл бұрын
The VERY FIRST TIME I sat in a small plane, an Extra 300L, we flew to an open uncontrolled airspace area. When we arrived, the FIRST THING WE DID, a roll, after the second demo, the instructor had me do it. It was epic. 18 hours of lessons later, I was snap rolling and doing more advanced maneuvers. BEST. FLYING. EVER.
@codymoe49866 ай бұрын
Your first flying lessons, ever, were an introduction to aerobatic maneuvers? Are either of you, still alive, by chance?
@cmdmd6 ай бұрын
@@codymoe4986 Dual, bruh. Yes, I had thousands of sim hours by then. I did not land and I wasn’t as crisp as I became with hours and hours of practice.
@codymoe49866 ай бұрын
@@cmdmd So the first REAL flying, you were allowed to do, were risky aerobatic maneuvers, that have zero to do with the important ones, like takeoff ms, stalls, and landings? Smart choice.. P.S. I. Am. Not. Your. Brother.
@cmdmd6 ай бұрын
@@codymoe4986 Dual Hours are with an instructor in the command seat. Extra 300L has two seats.
@cmdmd6 ай бұрын
@@codymoe4986 Whatever. Brother.
@keithexum73122 жыл бұрын
This is true a 1 G roll PERFORMED CORRECTLY is safe and will not damage the aircraft. I had a old navy pilot who was a corporate pilot at this time who rolled everything we had. Falcon jets roll good he would tell me. Everything in the galley never moved and not one drop spilled or bottle laid over.
@Bryzerse3 жыл бұрын
He seems like the coolest guy, very wholesome.
@boom7star7313 жыл бұрын
This is why Boeing is flown all over the world! Well done Tex well done.....
@mr.b13623 жыл бұрын
“It was fine.” - Tex Johnson
@jamesmoore95113 жыл бұрын
It blew my mind when I saw him do it (as a kid) - The Gold cup Hydroplane race was in Seattle that year and that added to it. Putting it mind blowingly beyound belief.
@PatrickBateman1913 жыл бұрын
That's the type of pilot I want in the cockpit if something goes wrong.
@deanc.59844 жыл бұрын
Thats a Great pilot right there. Made me smile.😎👍
@beowulf395654 жыл бұрын
Flew overseas on the 707 a few times in the 70s. Awesome aircraft. She look like she was flapping her wings sometimes.
@NickWeissMusic3 жыл бұрын
That was a righteous “Called me into the office Monday morning...” move. Ask for forgiveness, not permission.
@tallen78733 жыл бұрын
This interview doesn't include the fact he was just about to retire.... Tex you are a legend...thank you
@ohhellothere37753 жыл бұрын
The test engineer who took the picture while upside down: I'm in danger
@MrBsvc3 жыл бұрын
Delete this
@ohhellothere37753 жыл бұрын
@@MrBsvc why
@MrBsvc3 жыл бұрын
@@ohhellothere3775 its cringe and not funny
@ohhellothere37753 жыл бұрын
@@MrBsvc and i dont give a shit about your opinion
@trhendricks22163 жыл бұрын
Either they were saying "I'm in danger" and praying OR going "Yeeeeeeeeee Haaaaawwwww!!!!" CEO Bill Allen's biggest worry was watching Boeing get financially tanked if the Dash-80 crashed..
@cha-ka86713 жыл бұрын
Tex you were a badass and thank you to all test pilots out there. You are brave men and women.
@concordegaming50373 жыл бұрын
It’s all fun and games until the sky is below you... ...and then you realize you’re in a 707 flown by Tex Johnston.
@n9086s4 жыл бұрын
Best airplane video of all time. There will never be another Tex.
@djm55 Жыл бұрын
Nice to hear Robert Vaughn as the narrator. He was great in Bullitt.
@cdhilton7124 Жыл бұрын
If you've never watched the television series Hustle, I highly recommend it. Robert Vaughan plays a central character and is in nearly all episodes.
@djm55 Жыл бұрын
@@cdhilton7124 Thanks, I'll check it out!
@coonyman1010 жыл бұрын
"Selling airplanes"
@PaulHarris-sl1ct9 ай бұрын
My boss in the navy was a flight instructor. It was news to me when he told me that the barrel roll is a one maneuver. He said " you put your coffee cup on the dashboard, do the roll and pick up your coffee cup after"
@butryniplz72473 жыл бұрын
Tex Johnson is about as American a name as you can get. What a absolute mad-lad rolling a commercial Boeing like it's nothing lol
@lanesworld4000 Жыл бұрын
1 g maneuver is key ❤ Confident pilot 👌
@chasermalloy74069 ай бұрын
This was the first 707 and is actually a very low hours plane. If I remember it was a freight carrier for a while and ended up stored out in the desert for years. Then it was scheduled Tobe scrapped. Boing employees knew about it and said why are we scrapping this plane ? The big wings finally came to their senses, cleaned it up and put it back to the original livery you see here. 1:02
@Dan.d6492 жыл бұрын
He was probably concidered a "Daredevil" in his own right, though Tex made a program in it's own existence, as a beneficial driver to a company like Boeing, not a mockery. He was as great a man that stood the time to prove to the world that, with the right preparations, a civilian jetliner like the 707, can do the inevitable. He certainly knew how to impress the airlines, and get them to buy some airplanes, one has to wonder.
@rtmdlawncare57742 жыл бұрын
Tex was buddies with bob Hoover - another top test pilot of the times…… they could fly on the edge and knew their aircraft through and through. Bob ended up selling airplanes for a company called Rockwell. Bob sold aircraft the same way Tex did…… Legends of their time !
@zachmatt311 жыл бұрын
I met Mr. Johnson in 1990 at an airline hobbyists' convention in Seattle. He signed my Boeing aircraft book. Very nice man. He was quite old at the time, so has probably passed on by now.
@LateNightCable14 жыл бұрын
Tex was bad ass, this is back when pilots had balls. Other pilots have had balls too, but they don't always survive. As the old saying goes, " there are old pilots, and bold pilots, but there are no old and bold pilots. " But like he said, the roll was absolutely non hazardous, but very impressive.
@ziggy32374 жыл бұрын
"you know that, and now we know that. Just don't do it anymore." Totally different time. Tex woulda been fired, sued, tried and convicted if he did that in this day and age.
@asasasasa37393 жыл бұрын
"Tex Jonhson convicted of terrorism and sexual assault as plane comes forward after years of abuse"
@ziggy32373 жыл бұрын
@@asasasasa3739 😂 I'm dead 😂
@onemoremisfit3 жыл бұрын
In this day & age some baggage handler steals the plane for an aerobatic joyride suicide.
@ScoutSniper31242 жыл бұрын
FAA Inspector frantically flipping pages... "Doesn't say you CAN'T do that".
@chriscapablanca34913 жыл бұрын
Perfect example of 1) Do First 2) Ask Later
@earlystrings13 жыл бұрын
“Just don’t do it any more.” One of the most famous anecdotes in commercial aviation caught on film. The Boeing 707 is arguably the most significant civilian aircraft ever built, certainly the most significant jet.
@StarHorseLover2012 Жыл бұрын
Arguably, the most significant was the British De Havilland Comet. The industry learned all the important lessons. The American airliners the followed (DC-8 and 707) took advantage of the lessons learned.
@oldnewlearner91909 ай бұрын
Johnson did this maneuver in Aug of 1955. The 707 prototype first flew in July of 1954, several months before it was known that the Comet had design issues (the second Comet crash happened in April 1954 and was still being investigated). It accumulated about 2000 test flight hours (hard hours) before being retired in the 1990"s. The 707 design was frozen years before the Comet disasters. @@StarHorseLover2012
@agentorange1538 ай бұрын
Douglas DC-3: "Am I a joke to you?!"
@SVSecondChance9 жыл бұрын
now thats how you sale airplanes
@SVSecondChance8 жыл бұрын
of course you role them to lol
@JoshSideris7 жыл бұрын
That doesn't work for selling boats. It also doesn't work for sailing boats.
@robertreynolds10444 ай бұрын
My father witnessed this event. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message and we watched the Enterprise shuttle land for the first time, also with my grandfather, dad's dad.
@davidkellymitchell474711 ай бұрын
No biggie, just a barrel roll in a huge airliner. What a guy!
@bramer20089 жыл бұрын
That was pure ability and craziness as well, had to be going really fast to do that, unbelievable!
@joaquinltaif57443 жыл бұрын
Hi, still alive after Coronavirus??
@bramer20083 жыл бұрын
@@joaquinltaif5744 oh yeah!
@gmanchurch3 жыл бұрын
Love that video! TEX was a real good pilot and a real man!
@rafalopez91413 жыл бұрын
“That plane cannot do that.” Tex: “hold my beer!”
@UndoingRuin083 жыл бұрын
These are the same cameras used in current times to capture UFO's
@UTock3 жыл бұрын
You know there real
@KumaBean3 жыл бұрын
The dislikes are from people who failed to attain their pilots licence
@walkie19853 жыл бұрын
Or from people who now realise what shady barsteds Boeing are allowing their planes to fly when they know they're unsafe
@walkie19853 жыл бұрын
Thomas Jefferson seriously? The 737 Max, it’s absolutely horrendous what Boeing did
@walkie19853 жыл бұрын
@Thomas Jefferson I am saying the negative votes are likely down to Boeings recent failings; unrelated to this video. The pilots in this video are phenomenal and I am sure Boeing back then weren’t the shady under pressure Boeing of today. They rushed the 737 Max, cutting corners and to keep it within the constraints of its common type certificate. This fundamentally was the problem, MCAS was not only flawed but the pilots weren’t even fully aware of it - this all lies with Boeing. The FAA aren’t squeaky clean with all this either.
@walkie19853 жыл бұрын
@Thomas Jefferson You think a system that can malfunction and the pilots knowing little of what it is or what it does doesn’t make a plane unsafe?
@Catalyst-du3cp2 жыл бұрын
I love the old America!! Not worried about what people think all the time!! Great Pilot!! True American Icon!!💯👊🏽
@zlm0018 ай бұрын
Awesome, I didn't know footage and that photo existed. Thanks for the interview clip.
@dabrazillionaire7 жыл бұрын
What a real G!!! "I'm selling airplanes"
@mariuscostel52183 жыл бұрын
Yep he is a living legend
@robertstorey74764 жыл бұрын
what a brilliant man, that drawl explaining how he rolled an airliner...priceless.
@LottiDotti762 жыл бұрын
LoL the plane cleaners after the flight were like "how the fuck did he cause blue juice from the toilet all over the ceiling?"
@christiandilena95263 жыл бұрын
The pilot was just following orders. He heard “Do a barrel roll!”
@albertonex1912 жыл бұрын
God bless you Tex Johnson.the world needs more people like Tex
@haruhidude4 жыл бұрын
Being a test pilot requires balls of steel for the things they do
@jonnnyren62458 ай бұрын
Well this man's 5 heart attacks of badassery with a bit of comedy in it and then some. 😂
@RUBBER_BULLET3 жыл бұрын
If you think that feat is impressive, don't forget that there was a guy who was able to perform a steep barrel roll descent in a 757 to perfectly level out for his final approach into the side of the Pentagon.
@AlexRetsam Жыл бұрын
The best pilots are a little suicidal. Praise Allah 😎
@Hug_life Жыл бұрын
He did the maneuver so mtfast too that none of The cameras could catch it!
@phylliswhite415411 ай бұрын
And that plane disapeared without a trace.@@Hug_life
@altergreenhorn8 ай бұрын
And hide it from the cameras
@Hikari_Sakurai4 ай бұрын
When Boeing was still a reputable company which had customer's safety as their priority no 1. These days it's just profits.
@minnesotajack12 жыл бұрын
A true rarity: an old, bold pilot. Usually it’s one or the other
@IanLConnors3 жыл бұрын
what an absolute unit of a pilot
@zerocoolok9 жыл бұрын
BALLS OF STEEL
@757birdie13 жыл бұрын
wow from the heart! love watching this clip over and over again
@joaquinltaif57443 жыл бұрын
Hi, still alive??
@757birdie3 жыл бұрын
@@joaquinltaif5744 who? Tex? I doubt it
@joaquinltaif57443 жыл бұрын
@@757birdie woow you are amazing
@mcahill135Күн бұрын
What’s not stated in this clip is that Tex rolled the B-707 prototype twice. General Curtiss LeMay saw the demonstration and ordered a lot of KC-135s - some 734 of them.
@dalesfailssagaofasuslord7833 жыл бұрын
The guys book is a riot. . He is definitly from mother era. “My test engineer just happened to have a camera on him “. Riiight Tex we know.
@gregoryp28594 жыл бұрын
Seriously, someone needs to digitally enhance this video. Something this awesome needs to be seen clearly.
@JTA19613 жыл бұрын
True that
@lhaviland86022 жыл бұрын
There's probably better quality original film footage out there somewhere.
@felixx321 Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5KkaJ6Gm6hofs0 this is a bit better