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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:31:57 PM EDT
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Quoted: Man those were the days... climbing on to a DC10 or an L1011 widebody tristar....plenty of leg room, cute and friendly flight attendants. Damn...  |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:32:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:32:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sweet. I never have but would have loved to back in the day. That was beck when the flight deck crew would hang out after landing and you could comment on their landing skills and they would laugh. Those were the days. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I flew the L-1011 Sweet. I never have but would have loved to back in the day. That was beck when the flight deck crew would hang out after landing and you could comment on their landing skills and they would laugh. Those were the days. I thought the L-1011 was the better looking jet. Don’t forget the twins jets.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:34:17 PM EDT
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The RB 211s would smoke the entire ramp on a cold day. We loved the L10 at TWA. Many found memories.
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:35:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought the L-1011 was the better looking jet. Don’t forget the twins jets. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1874/BD7C8A34-C349-43DD-B99E-BA8857D99C16_jpe-1911423.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1874/5735C10B-27B8-4662-B762-E9FA3FBAEEF8_jpe-1911424.JPG They look so chubby and cute. Something that bugs me about airliners these days. Most of the jets look pretty much the same. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:45:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hell yeah I'm old enough, I took my share of flights in a few! Love those TriStars.  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Delta_Air_Lines_L1011_TriStar_500%3B_N759DA%40ZRH%3B25.05.1995_%285120664942%29.jpg/800px-Delta_Air_Lines_L1011_TriStar_500%3B_N759DA%40ZRH%3B25.05.1995_%285120664942%29.jpg Beautiful jets: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_tEAIfeRru0/UzKazBqP6kI/AAAAAAAAwM0/uCeSghcQkhI/s1600/RAF+Tristar+&+Typhoon.jpg First plane I ever rode on...........it and the 757 were and are my favorites |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:47:27 PM EDT
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Spent plenty of time in DC10s growing up. We were non revenue so we almost always rode first class because that was where there was room.
747s were what I liked best though. Not DC10 related but the non rev thing had its drawbacks ,I can recall several times having to wait for cargo to be loaded to see if there was room for us. Beer and fish fly before non paying passengers. The joys of the Alaskan bush. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:50:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah I remember the DC10. I was in Sioux City on July 19, 1989. https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/17/29/2560x1920/sd-aspect-1500384963-232-lede.jpg Fuck that shitty airplane. I worked with the son of the Pilot (Finch) who was deadheading from Denver back home to Chicago. He is the one who was steering with the throttles. Don’t know how anyone walked from that. I still think the DC10 is the best looking commercial plane since the Connie especially in KLM or Braniff colors. Lucky enough to fly and land safely on them numerous times when I was a kid |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:55:33 PM EDT
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Those were my favorite planes to fly on
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Posted: 4/19/2021 8:57:38 PM EDT
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I flew a L1011 to Europe when I was a child, neat plan, all planes were neat... I remember when you could go up and shoot the shit with the pilots if you were a kid or waiting to use the lav on a smaller plane. It was called a cockpit back then and there were stews.
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:09:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Grew up on the L-1011. Old man started with TWA in 67. My favorite is still the 707. Anyone been on the rear stairs of a 727? Countless times. I’ve got 3000 hours flying the 727. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:10:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat's a Lockheed Jet Star.  There was one parked at my hometown airport forever that was formerly owned by Elvis Presley. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:11:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Best flight I was ever on was in a DC10. They were deadheading the plane back to where I was headed and I was in the airport waiting for my flight in 4 hours. I was at the gate and they asked if I would take that plane. Minimal crew, no real services, I said hell yeah. There were ten of us on that flight, and two crews. When they took off they must have kicked in the afterburners because that was the shortest take off roll and steepest climb I had ever experienced. I could feel Gs for the first time on a commercial flight. They opened the cockpit door and we mingled with everybody for 4 hours. It was fun and carefree and it makes me miss the old days of flight, before 9/11. I got that opportunity once on a 747 from LAX to Dulles. I missed my flight and the only thing they had going directly into Dulles was a 747 that was part of an equipment change. I was told there would be no service but that was OK. When the plane took off there were only a handful of true passengers plus some flight crew who were deadheading. For the sake of efficiency, the Steward moved everybody up to First Class. There was no food service but there was a drink cart with a liquor tray that already had the seal broken so the Steward said he didn’t have to account for it. There were only a few of us drinking so there was plenty. It was nice to sit back in the big comfy seats, drinking and looking out at the blackness of the night. People talked to each other and told stories. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:12:58 PM EDT
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Soviet tri jets
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:14:35 PM EDT
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Flown them many times, back when air travel was a pleasure instead of an ordeal.
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:15:10 PM EDT
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I've been on Constellations and DC3's/C47's more than a few times (they look SO &^$#@!ng SMALL today!).
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:16:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did this make the Tri Star a shitty airplane? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136311/139D6DB1-7367-45AB-8E07-9A9C4CDAFEC7_jpe-1911420.JPG The L-1011 never had a crash that was a result of a mechanical failure. All of them were pilot/crew error. Nice try. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:17:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How do you tell if the crash was a DC-10 or an MD-11? If its upright, its a DC-10; if its flipped over, its a MD-11. The gear were so still on the MD-11 they would flip over and burn when they crashed. Of course they didn't build many of them and most of them crashed. The L-1011 was a fine aircraft ruined by its horrible RR RB engines. It almost bankrupted both companies. Stiff gear isn’t the reason for the MD flipping over. Derotation in the flare, excessive Gs from that, and the wing being the failure point are (a boiled down simplified version of) what flips them. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:18:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did this make the Tri Star a shitty airplane? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136311/139D6DB1-7367-45AB-8E07-9A9C4CDAFEC7_jpe-1911420.JPG  |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:22:25 PM EDT
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Hell, I remember the Wright Brothers 1st. flight at kitty Hawk. All other the radio that day....
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:24:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I flew on several MD-11s flown by World Airlines on charter "rotator" flights. I never flew on an L-1011, but did see a few when I was a kid. I painted a couple of those. CSB |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:25:05 PM EDT
[#22]
Worked on the L1011 back in the 1970s
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:27:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Worked on the L1011 back in the 1970s Your avatar is the airliner equivalent of a hellraiser cube. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:27:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hell, I remember the Wright Brothers 1st. flight at kitty Hawk. All other the radio that day.... 1903. Commercial radio didn't get here until November of 1920.
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:28:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe Falcon 7x and 8x are sexy too. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:44:57 PM EDT
[#26]
Dad was a pilot for Delta, so yeah, I got to ride around in a lotta planes.
Airstairs at CVG, "When the power goes out.....Thieves will be about!" Delta has the honor of flying at the same time. The 707(AA interchange west coast)DC-8 and the Convair 880. And the 747, the DC-10 and the L-1011. Delta's 727 ship #s 500 and above had a somewhat simplified Collins autoland system. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:50:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dayum! Your old!  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I flew the L-1011 Dayum! Your old! Flew on one from Denver to Philly when I was sent off to basic at Ft Dix |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:51:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No your officially old when you can say you flew comercial on a DC-8 lol Flew on one from Denver to Philly when I was sent off to basic at Ft Dix I have but I was a rug rat at the time. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:53:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah I remember the DC10. I was in Sioux City on July 19, 1989. https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/17/29/2560x1920/sd-aspect-1500384963-232-lede.jpg Fuck that shitty airplane. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Man those were the days... climbing on to a DC10 or an L1011 widebody tristar....plenty of leg room, cute and friendly flight attendants. Damn... You people not old enough to know wtf im talking about... Lol. Good luck. The shit is still being hauled up to the global fans. Get ready. Yeah I remember the DC10. I was in Sioux City on July 19, 1989. https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/17/29/2560x1920/sd-aspect-1500384963-232-lede.jpg Fuck that shitty airplane. Damn man. I remember that like it was yesterday. "You want to be particular and make it a runway?"  The Impossible Landing - United Airlines Flight 232  NASA United Flight 232 Lecture by Capt Al Haynes |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:54:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Vickers Viscount sounded cool, but the Lockheed Electra for some reason with the droning engines made me air sick. Capitol airlines & American all I remember. Maybe I go back too far working for Flying Tiger Airlines. I rode in a Flying Tiger DC-8 stretch LAX-Japan. 240 military onboard, stopped in Anchorage, AK to refuel at 2 am and everyone deplaned for about 2 hrs to an empty terminal. 15 minutes later another plane landed and it was the Miss USA pageant. 50 beautiful girls and 240 GI’s. My first overseas tour started with great luck. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:56:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No your officially old when you can say you flew comercial on a DC-8 lol Flew on one from Denver to Philly when I was sent off to basic at Ft Dix Rode around on an 880 more than a few times. I remember when Delta had L-100-30s too. Anyone know what that was? |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:58:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rode around on an 880 more than a few times. I remember when Delta had L-100-30s too. Anyone know what that was? https://simpleflying.com/lockheed-l-100-delta/ |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 9:58:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That shitty airplane probably saved some lives that day, the way they were able to semi control it till it hit the ground. That was Al Haynes and his crew. True Professionals. Their hand was 10 times worse than Sullenburger. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:00:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I flew on both the L1011 and DC-10 as a kid. The couple times I flew on the 747 as a kid was really cool..." it has an upstairs!!!" Good times  This. My dad worked in the airline industry and we flew non-rev on everything, all over the country. Remember when smoking was allowed on airliners? |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:00:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shitty post, redfish.... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Did this make the Tri Star a shitty airplane? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136311/139D6DB1-7367-45AB-8E07-9A9C4CDAFEC7_jpe-1911420.JPG I think everyone is misunderstanding my post. The weather that forced 191 down no more made the L10 a shitty plane than a random part failure which brought down 232 made the DC10 a shitty plane. @Wilson @57fairlane |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:00:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's a Lockheed Jet Star. There was one parked at my hometown airport forever that was formerly owned by Elvis Presley. I missed getting an SIC type in one by months. Rode up front a bunch. Amazing aircraft, even today. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:02:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The L-1011 never had a crash that was a result of a mechanical failure. All of them were pilot/crew error. Nice try. A couple of near misses though. TWA had at least one dual engine failure and a spar failure that was less than 10 minutes from a crash. I don’t buy the official report for the JFK accident either. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:02:57 PM EDT
[#38]
Worked on the DC10/MD11 and L1011 20 years ago.
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:03:31 PM EDT
[#39]
I rode in a L-1011 once.
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:03:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stiff gear isn’t the reason for the MD flipping over. Derotation in the flare, excessive Gs from that, and the wing being the failure point are (a boiled down simplified version of) what flips them. From all reports she’s a pitch sensitive machine. We’ve got a bunch of ex World guys at my current employer and they all speak fondly but respectfully of the -11. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:04:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I missed getting an SIC type in one by months. Rode up front a bunch. Amazing aircraft, even today. Looks like it burned a fuckton of fuel. What was the appeal? What did it have that others didn't, excepting the obvious gobs of thrust? |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:05:39 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think everyone is misunderstanding my post. The weather that forced 191 down no more made the L10 a shitty plane than a random part failure which brought down 232 made the DC10 a shitty plane. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:10:41 PM EDT
[#43]
I flew on a DC-10......about 50 years ago...
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:11:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did this make the Tri Star a shitty airplane? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136311/139D6DB1-7367-45AB-8E07-9A9C4CDAFEC7_jpe-1911420.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Man those were the days... climbing on to a DC10 or an L1011 widebody tristar....plenty of leg room, cute and friendly flight attendants. Damn... You people not old enough to know wtf im talking about... Lol. Good luck. The shit is still being hauled up to the global fans. Get ready. Yeah I remember the DC10. I was in Sioux City on July 19, 1989. https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/17/29/2560x1920/sd-aspect-1500384963-232-lede.jpg Fuck that shitty airplane. Did this make the Tri Star a shitty airplane? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136311/139D6DB1-7367-45AB-8E07-9A9C4CDAFEC7_jpe-1911420.JPG In all fairness, that was weather, not mechanical failure. Apples and oranges. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:12:27 PM EDT
[#45]
Remember? Yep.
My first commercial flight was in a DC3. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:16:15 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dad was a pilot for Delta, so yeah, I got to ride around in a lotta planes. Airstairs at CVG, "When the power goes out.....Thieves will be about!" Delta has the honor of flying at the same time. The 707(AA interchange west coast)DC-8 and the Convair 880. And the 747, the DC-10 and the L-1011. Delta's 727 ship #s 500 and above had a somewhat simplified Collins autoland system. cool! I remember looking at the Delta seniority lists for 727, Dad was pretty close to the top. then he switched to the TriStar. he liked to say 'it needs at least three engines' |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:17:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like it burned a fuckton of fuel. What was the appeal? What did it have that others didn't, excepting the obvious gobs of thrust? It was possibly the best business jet cabin I’ve ever been for the size. When you walk through a Gulfstream, Falcon or Hawker it’s no contest. You’ve got to get to repurposed jet transport for the same feel. Four engines was a function of the USAF requirements with straight jet engines. The plane itself is just remarkably overbuilt. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:17:24 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Surely, you now know, never have the fish on an airplane. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I had the displeasure of sitting in the front row of the middle section of a DC-10 from LAX to Japan. There was NO leg room, and I got sick from the in-flight meal. I did NOT enjoy that flight. You are exactly right. I ate sashimi on that flight, thinking it would be OK because I was going to Japan. 
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:22:46 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I flew on several MD-11s flown by World Airlines on charter "rotator" flights. I never flew on an L-1011, but did see a few when I was a kid. Was this the Houston Express charter that ran from Houston to Luanda? I was so glad when SonAir gave the contract to Atlas Air and we started flying the custom 747's. World Air sucked. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:25:18 PM EDT
[#50]
Quoted: Man those were the days... climbing on to a DC10 or an L1011 widebody tristar....plenty of leg room, cute and friendly flight attendants. Damn... You people not old enough to know wtf im talking about... Lol. Good luck. The shit is still being hauled up to the global fans. Get ready. I remember them, never had a flight on one. |
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