ATC said, "they would give you a job doing anything if you could pull this off," to which he replied "Yeah right! Nah, I'm a white guy."[5] He spoke of wanting to do "a couple maneuvers to see what [the aircraft] can do," and requested the coordinates of an orca that had been brought to national attention, saying, "I want to go see that guy." He stated that he did not want to hurt anyone,[17][19] and in the final minutes of the communication apologized to his friends and family.[15] Near the end of the flight, the aircraft was seen performing a barrel roll over Puget Sound, recovering a mere ten feet (three meters) over the water.[7] A veteran pilot said the maneuver "seemed pretty well executed, without either stalling or pulling the wings off."[21] When an air traffic controller requested he land the plane after this maneuver, he said "I don't know.