# Some interesting airplane stuff
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-interesting-airplane-stuff/356752
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 14, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-interesting-airplane-stuff/356752 "2006-05-14T20:36:56Z")
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-interesting-airplane-stuff/356752/1 "2006-05-14T20:36:56Z")
Via Fark
[Gulfstream GV in the pavement](http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=225489) (some question validity of pic)
[C-130 in the pavement](http://www.airdisaster.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68096) (this is real)
[C-130 landing on an aircraft carrier](http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/c130_forrestal.asp)
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-interesting-airplane-stuff/356752/2 "2006-05-14T20:59:56Z")
Well, in the C-130 photo it was obvious that the weight of the airplane buckled/broke the pavement. Such possibilities are why the _Airport and Facilities Directory_ lists weight limits for runways and taxiways.
As for the Gulfstream… jet exhaust is VERY hot and capable of softening or melting asphalt, which may be what happened there, if they were situated for a time in such a way that a patch of pavement was heated, then they rolled over it. Or it’s possible it’s another case of pavement breaking, but in the normal course of events Gulfstreams usually aren’t that heavy/pavement usually isn’t that weak.
All WAGs, of course.
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-interesting-airplane-stuff/356752/3 "2006-05-15T01:33:52Z")
My favorite airplane video: [Tex Johnson doing a barrel roll in a Boeing 707.](http://www.aviationexplorer.com/707_roll_video.htm)
Technically, not such a difficult feat, but considering the circumstances in which he did it, a ballsy effort if there ever was one.