What were you doing Tex? I was selling airplanes. [this video] Here's Boeing, doing a 'near vertical' takeoff in the Dreamliner (spoilers: not really but still impressive), also presumably selling airplanes. [link]
I am not at all familiar with aircraft, but in the video were Tex Johnson talks about doing the barrel roll, he literally says it is a 1G maneuver. [this video]
Similar video with a test pilot pushing a 707 pretty hard. Includes a barrel roll, which isn't hard on the aircraft, but unusual to see with a passenger aircraft. [this video] The 707 was pretty similar to the 737...same main fuselage dimensions, similar pax capacity, etc.
Test pilot barrel-rolling a 707, gentle on the aircraft
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