Jet Pioneer's Legacy Includes 707 Barrel Rolls
When Tex Johnston barrel-rolled the four-engined, prototype
Boeing 367-80 ("Dash 80") over Lake Washington in 1955 -- twice --
James R. Gannett was flying right seat. Aero-News was saddened to
learn Gannett died of a brain aneurism on Saturday, June 17, in
Redmond, WA. The retired Boeing test pilot was 83.