Those crazy Russians

[midnight rambler]

Something you're unlikely to see being done by Boeing or Airbus test pilots.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/5/7/5/1746575.jpg

[Horn]

How do I know the camera man wasn't bending over backwards?:rolleyes:

[madfranks]

Is that plane doing a roll, or was the picture just taken from a person standing under the plane as it flew overhead?

[midnight rambler]

How do I know the camera man wasn't bending over backwards?:rolleyes:

Photo credit is attributed to Glenn Beasley who has over 2,600 photos on airliners.net - I seriously doubt a bona fide aviation shutterbug would besmirch his reputation by spoofing a photo. Besides the shadows give it away.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/4/6/4/1730464.jpg

[midnight rambler]

In 1955 during the Seattle Seafair event a pilot did a roll in a jet that was the prototype for the Boeing 707


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IV9PZW1N9U

Yeah, but as I'm asserting, you won't see a Boeing company pilot doing that these days. The photo in the OP was from last year's FIA.


Northwest Airlines Boeing 707 flyby at Winsted, Minnesota, 1966.

Capt. Aspeland: How low do you want me? A thousand feet? Five hundred?
Winsted Tower: You're the captain.http://www.aviationpics.de/airshow/707buzz4.jpg