From Kee Nethery
I watched the first 360-degree barrel roll used in The Man with the Golden Gun when it was first attempted at the Houston Astrodome.
The one thing you did not mention in your item on “stuntology” (24 August, p 49) was that the driver of the car was the guy who did the computer modelling of the car dynamics. Since no one else was willing to drive the car, he volunteered. His speed was just a bit off, and the landing was not perfect, but it worked. He was the only one prepared to take the risk.