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charlese wrote:The 747 did a loop over plant .
A "loop?" A loop is flying straight up, and keeping the elevator in the "up" position, until you do a circle in the air.

Maybe, flying the landing pattern. Turning left (or right) and flying around the airport, in the usual landing pattern.

Don't think I've EVER seen a 747 do a loop. Saw a 707 do a barrel roll, though. Tex Johnson did one, in a demo flight of the first 707. A barrel roll is a 1 G maneouver. A loop ISN'T.

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O.K. Steve, My terminology was lacking. The 747 came in low from the West passed by the airport, turned left and looked like it was going to land as it passed by from the East to the West.
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The outer belt making a big circle around downtown Houston is called the 610 LOOP. So he's right in that sense.
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skou wrote:A "loop?" A loop is flying straight up, and keeping the elevator in the "up" position, until you do a circle in the air.

Maybe, flying the landing pattern. Turning left (or right) and flying around the airport, in the usual landing pattern.

Don't think I've EVER seen a 747 do a loop. Saw a 707 do a barrel roll, though. Tex Johnson did one, in a demo flight of the first 707. A barrel roll is a 1 G maneouver. A loop ISN'T.

steve
I've watch the Tex Johnson video, it is very entertaining.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Ra_khhzu ... a_khhzuFlE

I hope they get the next generation of spacecraft ready. It was before my time, but the Saturn V rocket was one amazing piece of equipment. True American ingenuity.
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WOW! At a loss for words ... What more for you?
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