http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/272028_testpilot30.html
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For test pilots, those were the days
Like that July day in 1954 when Tex Johnston took Boeing's new Dash-80 out for a spin over Lake Washington at 300 feet and did a barrel roll in the big four-engine jet, briefly flying upside down at 450 miles per hour before thousands of awe-struck fans watching the hydro races.
But among those in the crowd was Boeing boss Bill Allen, who was not amused.
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