Boeing tearing down historic Plant 2

[c-j]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100914/ap_on_hi_te/us_boeing_plant2_1

How sad

[Art]

This really, really, really dosen't bother me at all. Should we preserve every single facility where something significant was made in World War II as some memorial forever. I was born in Orange, Texas. The shipyards that launched a DE or DD a day in 1943 (among them was the USS Charles Ausburne, auguably the most famous U.S. Destroyer in history) are all gone. You know what, it dosen't bother me a bit.

If that Boeing plant stayed up it would be a rusting rotting hulk. What dignity is there in that??

[Gyrene]

I worked there, and the story brought back some memories. Working at Plant 2, Plant 1, the Develomentmental Center, the Renton Plant (whose address is 707 [I forget the street]). I worked at Plant 2 when we were working on the B52 (by the way ALL the Seattle built B52's have the longer pointed tail, while the Wichita built B52s have the shorter tail).

The 727 was underway at the Renton Plant, but the big focus was on the 707. The original 707 (the Golden Goose) was actually smaller than the later 737. I watched the Original 707, with Tex Johnston at the controls do barrel rolls the length of Lake Washington, over the Seattle Seafaire Unlimited Hydroplane races. Since that time I understand that every Boeing built aircraft is taken through some barrel rolls at some point in its test flights (sort of a salute to Tex Johnston).

Gyrene VSM - OFC

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[John L. Lucci]

I worked there, and the story brought back some memories. Working at Plant 2, Plant 1, the Develomentmental Center, the Renton Plant (whose address is 707 [I forget the street]). I worked at Plant 2 when we were working on the B52 (by the way ALL the Seattle built B52's have the longer pointed tail, while the Wichita built B52s have the shorter tail).

The 727 was underway at the Renton Plant, but the big focus was on the 707. The original 707 (the Golden Goose) was actually smaller than the later 737. I watched the Original 707, with Tex Johnston at the controls do barrel rolls the length of Lake Washington, over the Seattle Seafaire Unlimited Hydroplane races. Since that time I understand that every Boeing built aircraft is taken through some barrel rolls at some point in its test flights (sort of a salute to Tex Johnston).

Gyrene VSM - OFC

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I wonder how those barrel rolls worked in the 747?:eek::headbang::eusa_dance:

[John Sukey]

Interesting story about those barrel rolls. We had a Lufthanza training area here where they trained german pilots to fly the 707 since the weather in Germany wasn't good enough year round. One crashed. The tapes showed it had been inverted at the time. Thinking the flight recorder was faulty, investigators wanted to look at other tapes, but found they had been sold for scrap. Contacting the scrap dealer they found he had not destroyed them, and they found out that ALL the German pilots in training had barrel rolled the aircraft. Now this can be done safely IF you keep positive G's on the wings, BUT if they experience NEGATIVE G's doing the manuever BAD THINGS happen.

[Gyrene]

Yes, the 747's and even the B52's.

The test pilots know their business, and as John Sukey stated: POSITIVE G's, otherwise bad things happen.

Gyrene VSM - OFC

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[Nick Riviezzo]

You haven't lived 'til you roll a helicopter! I'm just sayin'. Nick

[Kirk]

I was born in Orange, Texas. The shipyards that launched a DE or DD a day in 1943 (among them was the USS Charles Ausburne, auguably the most famous U.S. Destroyer in history) are all gone.

If you are making a list, don't forget the DDs & DEs of Taffy 3!