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Beneath these inverted engine pylons lies Lake Washington, as test pilot Tex Johnston performs a perfect climbing barrel roll in the 367-80 during an unofficial yet very effective publicity stunt over thousands of spectators. (via Benjamin Cosgrove, Boeing)
Profile – Boeing’s Jet Heritage
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Boeing’s Heavy Jet Heritage
The Boeing 707/KC-135 family represents perhaps the greatest success story ever injet transport design. Part One of this three part in-depthProfile examines the development and testing of the Boeing 367-80 proofof conceptjet transport-the forefatherof all Boe ing jetliners – and the military careerof its first offspring, the highlysuccessful KC/C-135 tanker/transport and its many important variants . .
Boeing 367-80
On the 15th May 1954 Boeing unveiled amidst much interest its then latest aircraft, the jet engined Model 367-80. Two months later, amidst much excitement, the aircraft took to the air heralding a new era in air transport.
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