The trick to distance is not luck and bad landing skills. It is a bad hop in and a good jump. The rocket is still firing when you hit the ground and you just hop along. + so people can see this.
After having defeated all waves on the 5th mission: Operation Arc Light. The game did not detect that I had one and just left me staring at a map that I could run airstrikes on, but had the towers doing nothing. Kind of a bad bug.
If you are having a problem getting "Do a Barrelroll" you don't need to never get hurt. You just need full health when you kill the snail. Grab a heart off one of the tadpoles if you get hurt.
As suggestions for more badges: Adamantite Armadillo - Complete all in game achievements. Audience with the King - Reach Kong Kastle at 2,500,000 feet.