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3 unusual facts about Barrel roll


Barrel roll

He was flying a glider owned by John Joseph Montgomery during an exhibition show, which was lifted by balloon and then released.

Concorde was rolled multiple times by her test pilots, including Jean Franchi and Brian Walpole.

Roland Falk

During the 1955 Farnborough Airshow he barrel-rolled a Vulcan at the top of the post-take-off climb, although safe it was a spectacular manoeuvre in an aircraft weighing 69 tons and with a 99-foot wingspan.


Crescent wing

The Victor had good handling and excellent performance, along with favourable slow speed flight characteristics and has been described as an agile aircraft, atypical for a large bomber aircraft; in 1958, a Victor had performed several loops and a barrel roll during practices for a display flight at Farnborough Airshow.


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