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The tale of Boeing's high-risk flight into the jet age

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In the Seattle of 1955, there was no Space Needle to give the city a signature skyline. Tucked away in that quiet upper left-hand corner of the map, Seattle was still seven years away from hosting the World's Fair. (seattletimes.nwsource.com) More...

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cbw
cbw 0
Great article. Its very cool to see how its do or die for a company and one event can turn the whole thing around; even if it might be a little exaggerated.
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karl
Karl Lehenbauer 0
From the comments on the original article, here's footage of Tex Johnson talking about and performing the infamous dash-80 barrell roll. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_khhzuFlE
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