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