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Old Sep 24, 2020 | 11:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Detroiter
And now I'm showing my age!!!

you might enjoy some of the conversations in the Old Timers’ Airline/Airliner Quiz and Discussion thread

Originally Posted by Detroiter
... NW, alone among the pre-dereg trunk lines, never bought twin-engine jets, preferring 727s because of the high-altitude stations in MT.
here’s an example about those milk runs where the 727s (first the -51 and -51QC, later the -251) replaced Lockheed Electras
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