I think I recall an anecdote that the test pilot of the 747 barrel-
rolled the prototype in front of a bunch of airline or company execs at
a demo. Or maybe it was another 7x7 plane. Either way, if
true.....whoa!
- Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Glass <jonglass_at_usa.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 22:58:10 +0200
Subject: Re: [NTLK] [OT] airports and Newts
>
> on 10/5/01 8:30 PM, Lou Forlini at lforlini_at_sspi-software.com wrote:
>
> > This brings to mind a news story I read a few months ago. Seems
> > that a disgruntled (and I mean *really* disgruntled) FedEx employee
> > stowed away on one of their cargo jets, and appeared in mid-flight
> to
> > attack the pilot and co-pilot with a screwdriver. The pilot
> disabled
> > him by flying the plane *upside down*, throwing him to the roof. I
> > can only imagine one of those huge cargo jets being thrown
> completely
> > over on its back, I had no idea they could even do that.
>
> Glad none of my fragile packages was on the plane. :-)
> --
> Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <jonglass_at_usa.net>
>
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