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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 5:13 pm
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That makes perfect sense, and I agree. I've certainly felt turbulence more in the aft seats of a Boeing 747.

For a tail twister, I am not sure anything beat the Lockheed Constellation series. It almost felt the triple tail was trying to fly off in a different direction than the fuselage. This was pretty true from the early L-049 through L-1049G "Super Constellation" to the L-1649 "Starliner" - all of which I have flown in as civilian airliners, USAF, US Navy and FAA aircraft. In the USAF EC-121D radar picket version, crew bunks were as far aft as you could get before digging through the pressure bulkhead; sleeping while entering turbulence made for a gut-wrenching lurch and a sudden wakeup.

I don't think you BA folk ever experienced any of the "Connies".

Originally Posted by BApilotinsider
As pilots we sit above rows 2/3 on the 747. When turbulence is a problem we often call back to the rear galley to see how bad it is when deciding whether to turn the seatbelt sign on. It does seem worse the further back you go, but i guess that comes down to physics and moments.
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